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Cocktails, More Than Just Wine at the Disney California Food and Wine Festival

By: Dana Vollmer

Cocktails, More Than Just Wine at the Disney California Food and Wine Festival

It’s time to plan your trip to Disneyland because the Disney California Adventure  Food and Wine Festival is open. Food and Wine festivals are the ultimate event for foodies. A chance to sample a variety of chef-created dishes and pair the dishes with wine. Combine that with Disney, and you’ve got quite the over the […]

Best Places for Margaritas in Phoenix

By: Dana Vollmer

Best Places for Margaritas in Phoenix

Phoenix is a town where Mexican food is widely popular and with that follows Margaritas. National Margarita Day is Saturday, February 22. Yes, there’s a national food holiday dedicated to Margaritas and to celebrate many places have specials just for the special day. This is the perfect time to share my list for the top places […]

Phoenix Drinks: the BEST places for Valentine’s Day cocktails

By: Dana Vollmer

Phoenix Drinks: the BEST places for Valentine’s Day cocktails

What better way to celebrate love than with Valentine’s cocktails shared with your love? We’ve rounded a list of Phoenix restaurants and bars that are featuring specialty cocktails just for February 14th. photo credit: Hulas’s Modern Tiki   Hula’s Modern Tiki (High Street and Uptown locations only) Love Elixir – Lejay Creme de Cassis Blackcurrant Liqueur, […]

Angels Trumpet Ale House Opens an Adjacent Cocktail Lounge, Tall Glass

By: Dana Vollmer

Angels Trumpet Ale House Opens an Adjacent Cocktail Lounge, Tall Glass

Angels Trumpet Ale House newest location in Arcadia includes an adjacent cocktail lounge, Tall Glass. This makes cocktail fans like myself very happy. The lounge includes a bar plus indoor and outdoor seating and is connected to Angels Trumpet by a hallway. Tall Glass, Arcadia’s newest Craft Cocktail Bar Tall Glass opened at the same […]

Sip with Someone You Love Cocktail Menu Returns to True Food Kitchen

By: Dana Vollmer

Sip with Someone You Love Cocktail Menu Returns to True Food Kitchen

True Food Kitchen has brought back their Sip with Someone Special cocktail menu for Valentine’s Day again this year. Last year’s True Food Kitchen special menu was deliciously refreshing and gorgeous.  True Food Kitchen’s drinks and food always make use of the freshest healthy ingredients combing flavors that both taste and look amazing. Sip with […]

Bitters, Scottsdale’s Newest Craft Cocktail Bar

By: Dana Vollmer

Bitters, Scottsdale’s Newest Craft Cocktail Bar

Scottsdale’s newest craft cocktail bar, Bitters, opened this week so I had to go check it out. Bitters is located in Sky Song in the south part of Scottsdale. Erika Rode is the owner behind Bitters – I was impressed with her enthusiasm for the craft culture and it is evident by the bar’s offerings. Chef Ehren […]

Culinary Dropout’s Bar Wars

By: Dana Vollmer

Culinary Dropout’s Bar Wars

How fun is this? Each of the 5 Culinary Drop Out locations has created their own unique cocktail in a friendly competition. Bar Wars. You can vote for your favorite for your own chance to win gift cards. I toured all 3 Arizona locations to sample for myself. There are two more locations in Vegas and […]

Blue Hound Welcomes New Mixologist, Phil Clark

By: Dana Vollmer

Blue Hound Welcomes New Mixologist, Phil Clark

Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails is one of my favorite places for cocktails in downtown Phoenix.  They change up the menu a few times a year, but there’s always a perfect whiskey cocktail on the menu. I also love that they have some classics and then a few for the more adventurous drinker. I usually let […]

It’s that time of year – Negroni Week 2017

By: Dana Vollmer

It’s that time of year – Negroni Week 2017

Negroni Week 2017, Crudo Mark you calendars now for June 5th-11th for Negroni Week and make plans to visit your favorite participating bar. What is Negroni Week? Presented by Imbibe Magazine and Campari, the annual worldwide event raises money from a portion of Negroni sales during the week. Last year over $400,000 was raised. Negroni […]

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