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Big live jazz month at Gingko Blue…check out April’s lineup!

April 09, 2013

There’s no better way to celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month than to head down to Gingko Blue and hear the real deal live while sipping on some of their amazing cocktails. In fact, every Wednesday and Thursday of this month, Guy and Patrick will be slinging a special cocktail for only $8.

Sonny’s ups the lunch rush ante with a new menu…and great cocktails.

April 04, 2013

I have to admit that when I learned that not one but TWO of our cocktails, the “Basil Fawlty” and the “Dawn of the Dead,” were gin-based concoctions, I was concerned. But both of them were spectacularly balanced and refreshing.

Vetting your new summer cocktail candidates? Gingko Blue has some hot options worth considering.

March 15, 2013

Bartenders Guy Streitburger and Patrick McDonald stand behind the counter of Gingko Blue’s long bar, polishing the shakers and spoons they’ll use to mix up the Prohibition and Literary-style creations that form the foundation of their rather large specialty cocktail menu. They are incredibly friendly, clearly skilled, and don’t take too seriously the admittedly serious business of crafting perfect cocktails.

Make Portland’s new favorite cocktail at home. Recipe time!

March 11, 2013

I’m happy to say that us five judges finally…after much tasting and hemming and hawing and re-tasting and re-tasting…agreed on a winner, and Sonny’s bar manager, Christina Klein, is now officially entitled to be pretty darned proud of her “Entendre” cocktail.

The Maine Restaurant Week Signature Cocktail Event is sold out, but you can still participate!

March 07, 2013

On Sunday night the conclusion of Maine Restaurant Week will be upon us, and as in years past, it will be marked by the 2013 Signature Event Cocktail and Dessert Competition. Tickets to the event are sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a say in whose Double Cross Vodka cocktail will reign supreme.

Drink. Dessert. Repeat. The Signature Event

March 06, 2013

Considering all that desserts and cocktails have done for us, it’s about time we gave them a celebration to call their own (besides, desserts are frankly tired of playing second fiddle to those first come, always first-served appetizers). The Signature Event rounds up some of Maine’s best cocktails and desserts and celebrates those master cocktail shakers and dessert makers who bake, blend, and create the fare we love the most.

Great bourbons of fire: Mixology classes at One Dock, Kennebunkport

February 03, 2013

Lighting things on fire is sometimes frowned upon. Especially if you’re, say, sitting in your cube at the office, quietly igniting the paperwork in your file cabinet. but comes in handy if you’re camping. And it makes a regular ‘ol cocktail a whole lot livelier.

Historic meets alcoholic: Maine Cocktail Tours

January 31, 2013

It’s taken a long 160 years for cocktails to become a local craft – something more complex than the apple martini of our twenties. Something created, not poured from a half-frozen bag and tinted a painfully artificial red. Local Noah Love believes the time for craft cocktails is here. The Portland native is the founder of Maine Cocktail Tours, a walking tour of Portland bars that highlights our city’s alcoholic history. And yes, there will be cocktails.

Gingko Blue’s the place to be for killer cocktails and major music this month!

December 17, 2012

f you’re looking for some seriously amazing cocktails served up with a side of toe-tapping tunes, you should check out the rest of Gingko Blue’s December music lineup. It’s jam packed full of jazz, blues, standards, and rock-n-roll. I can guarantee you I’ll be there for at least a couple of these awesome music nights and sipping on some of their famous Prohibition Style and Literary Series cocktails.

The List: Hot cocktails to help ward off the cold

December 12, 2012

Winter is so much stronger than us. Between the unstoppable snowfalls and the abrasive wind that likes to slap us around, we’re little more than seasonal pawns at the will of the wind chill. But the hot cocktail is our most indefectible tool to fend off the cold.

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