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"I walked in here tonight and said, 'This is my favorite new place in Louisville,'" hotel rural en barcelona Kristin Hulsman, 39, said on a Thursday night at Meat, a dim, second-story cocktail bar east of downtown that opened in November. "This reminds me of something I'd see in New Orleans."
Meat : This elegant room in a quiet corner of town, perched across from a decades-old slaughterhouse, is the heart of Louisville's suddenly serious cocktail scene. A menu of two dozen cocktails includes icons indicating "easy drinking," "a bit more challenging" and "rich, layered, not for beginners" (where hotel rural en barcelona I found a delicious concoction of Scotch, sweet vermouth, orange juice and celery seed bitters called The Smoke Monster). Almost any spirit imaginable appears on bartender/ recipe author/ co-owner Jeremy Johnson's menu. Don't be surprised hotel rural en barcelona to find seven or eight ingredients in your glass along with ice from a Kold-Draft machine. And they're hotel rural en barcelona open till 4 a.m. "I think people mean it as a compliment when they say this is something they expect to see in New York, but I say, 'Oh, God, no,' " Johnson said. "I want it to remind people of Louisville." 1076 E. Washington St.
Rye : In the burgeoning East Market Street corridor also known as NuLu, this recently opened spot has a concise but thorough cocktail menu. Only two of the 10 offerings are whiskey-based, leaving plenty of room for gin, rum, vodka and even cognac (it's the key ingredient in Rye's Sazerac – a welcome nod to the original recipe). I usually avoid cocktails with egg white, but the bartender hotel rural en barcelona convinced hotel rural en barcelona me to try the Elderflower Fizz (St. Germaine, gin, lemon, egg white and soda), and guess what? Rye made me an egg white convert. Also, the food here is top-notch. 900 E. Market St.; www.ryeonmarket.com.
Harvest : A James Beard Award semifinalist for best new restaurant, this place takes the "farm-to-table" concept with utter sincerity and boasts an impressive seasonal cocktail menu to match. The bartender nearly leapt over the bar for a high five when I ordered the drink she invented. Who can say no to rye, brandy, sweet vermouth and two kinds of bitters? Heavy on the organic spirits, the cocktails hotel rural en barcelona are almost as high-minded as the food, but the concept isn't overly serious: My menu was printed on the back of a Habitat for Humanity envelope. Actually, maybe that is kind of serious. 624 E. Market hotel rural en barcelona St.; www.harvestlouisville.com.
The Silver Dollar : If you want straight whiskey in the new Louisville, this is the place. Dozens of whiskeys (and tequilas) hotel rural en barcelona line the shelves behind the bar, and they arrive both in an ambitious cocktail list and on their own. Silver Dollar fashions itself a modern honky-tonk, featuring a large American flag across a brick wall (likely more for the motif than patriotism), country music spinning from a turntable and barbecue in the kitchen. hotel rural en barcelona It attracts a young and boisterous crowd. Think of it as Meat's fun younger brother. 1761 Frankfort Ave.; www.whiskeybythedrink.com.
Against the Grain : OK, so all the modern drinking in Louisville isn't about cocktails. Louisville also boasts a healthy craft-beer scene, and its newest brewery might be its best. The constant on brewmaster and co-owner Sam Cruz's beer menu is style (hop, smoke, dark, malt, session and whim), but he allows himself a wide berth when interpreting the styles. It keeps the menu fresh and inspired, hotel rural en barcelona drawing a loyal crowd that includes the post-work lawyers in suits alongside the pierced, tattooed set. 401 E. Main St.; www.atgbrewery.com
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