Side $4
George’s Corner Restaurant, St. George UT
These hush puppies were WAY over cooked and super greasy. A complete fail!
Old Fashioned: Woodford Reserve Kentucky Bourbon, sugar, bitters, orange, soda, cherry. $8.25
Manhattan: High West Double Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters. $9
Two over easy eggs, cheddar cheese, crisp corn tortillas, black beans, tomatillo salsa. $12
The Grille at Shadowrock, Sedona AZ
I really liked this breakfast item! It was presented a little bit differently as a stacked dish. It was fun to eat and the tomatillo salsa tasted great with the black beans and crispy tortillas. The eggs were also cooked nicely, still runny and perfect.
House made charcuterie, TBOX breads, select cheese, other goodies. $16
Tinderbox Kitchen, Flagstaff AZ
This charcuterie board was delicious! I loved all the meats and the smoked duck breast was probably my favorite. Noms!
Churchill Manhattan: Bulleit rye whiskey, sweet and dry vermouth, blood orange bitters, lemon twist.
Hummingbird: champagne, elderflower liqueur, lemon, soda.
Happy hour $5
The Grille at Shadowrock, Sedona AZ
The salsa was pretty good, but the chips were on the stale side. The happy hour prices were nice though especially for the margarita.
Margarita. Happy hour $5
Old Overheat rye, amaro, lime, blood orange bitters. $12
Pisco Latin Lounge, San Francisco CA
This cocktail was delicious. I loved the rich flavor and it was neatly made. The foam top added a nice texture too.
Jungle Bird: Campari, Blackstrap, pineapple, and lime. $10
Hotel Albatross, Seattle WA
All these cocktails were super fun and yummy. I love that this tiki bar has opened up in Ballard. It’s a nice addition to the variety of bars in the neighborhood.
Planters Punch: Don the Beachcomber’s blend of rums, fruits and island spices. $10
Missionary’s Downfall: rum blended with mint, peach brandy and pineapple fruit. $9
Refried beans, white cheddar, avocado, crema, pico de gallo, salsa verde. $6
Hotel Albatross, Seattle WA
This was really cute and had a lot of different, fun textures. The carnitas was good and I liked the puffy taco shell. I also liked the height of the taco, it was almost like a small salad.
Vodka and dill house cured salmon, chive creme fraiche, shaved fennel, dill and salmon roe. $14
Maximilien, Seattle WA
I didn’t like the host at all and his horrible attitude left a bad taste in my mouth. The salmon was good and it looked pretty appetizing. Our bartender was also friendly but I really couldn’t enjoy myself after having dealing with the asshole host!
Knob Creek old fashioned.
Mozzarella, thyme. $18.50
Restaurant Lulu, San Francisco CA
This pizza tasted great. It was earthy, warm and melty. Yum! The thyme was the perfect herb to combine with the wild mushrooms.
St. Germain Cocktail: St. Germain, prosecco, club soda. Happy hour $6
This was cocktail was very bland and disappointing.
Happy hour $1 each
Eureka Restaurant & Lounge, San Francisco CA
The texture was REALLY off on these oysters. They were definitely not fresh. Ugh! In all honesty these oysters tasted like crap which sucked because we ordered a dozen. I don’t know how old they were but they should NOT have served them!
Eureka Manhattan: Bulleit bourbon, Cinzano red, and Angostura bitters. Happy hour $7
Bulleit bourbon, bitters, luxardo cherry. $14
The View, San Francisco CA
The views from this bar are definitely breathtaking, but you certainly pay the price with the drinks. I guess it’s actually normal hotel drink prices, but it kind sucks that because the lounge is so spread out, it’s very difficult to get prompt service.
Barley, English peas, pea tendrils. $32
Aziza, San Francisco CA
Wow, I loved this. The sauce was especially delicious and the plate was beautiful! The lamb tasted great but it came out more rare than I wanted. I couldn’t eat much of the center of the loin portion.
Concord grape cocktail: elderflower, peat smoke, laphroaig, scotch. $12
Manhattan. $9
Vittle Monster 