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Film’s Cool
Movies and cocktails—that’s the ticketThe adults-only theaters at Cinépolis lavish customers with plush reclining lounge chairs and in-seat cocktail and food service. Stefanie Holmes sees a piece of the action. She also sees the tear-jerkers, chick flicks and comedies.
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Frozen In Time
The history of the blended margaritaOne of the nation’s most popular drinks, the frozen margarita, was invented right here in San Diego. Cheers to Albert Hernandez, who created the gringo favorite in 1947, at La Plaza restaurant in La Jolla.
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Going for Gold
La Jolla-based tequila company shoots for the starsMark Scialdone is hoping to break into that world of glamorous alcohol consumption with the creation of Cartel Tequila, a thrice-distilled tequila made from 100-percent blue agave that has flecks of gold or silver in its intoxicating waters.
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Pales in Comparison
Hometown homebrewers have reason to cheer, I-P-Yay!When Widmer Brothers Brewing was looking for innovative India Pale Ale (IPA) recipes, they headed straight for America’s Finest. Let’s hear it for our homeboys.
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Bring the ‘Pagne
Tavern at the beach gives the mimosa a testosterone-fueled makeoverMan up with a Manmosa at Tavern at the Beach. The Pacific Beach hotspot spikes the classic drink by throwing out the orange juice—and throwing in more alcohol.
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Spinning the Bottle
Grant Grill mixologist uncorks an innovative line of fizzy cocktailsNothing announces fun and the New Year like the pop of a cork. And when that fizz calls for a little sizzle, tilt a glass toward Jeff Josenhans at Grant Grill inside downtown’s historic US Grant Hotel—he’s got you covered with his Cocktails Sur Lie.
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Splendor in the Glass
Eggnog breaks from tradition with bold local twists of holiday cheerEggnog is about as cool as a Christmas sweater: sufferable while Grandma’s in the house, then avoided until she returns next year.
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Twist and Stout
Celebrate Beer Week’s best at these 10 tasty happeningsTen of the top events to tip your class to during San Diego Beer Week. Beer gardens, parties, breakfasts, festivals, tournaments and more.
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Let’s Go to the Hops
Pop a bottle, crack a can and raise a pint to the sudsy love-in that is San Diego Beer WeekWhen the San Diego Brewers Guild tapped its first San Diego Beer Week (SDBW) in 2009, it looked to similar fetes in major cities on both coasts for inspiration. Today, the city’s annual 10-day celebration of ales and lagers is the model for brew blowouts nationwide.
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Barrel-Lickin’ Good
While designer whiskeys are aging to perfection, try a Kentucky Colonel (chicken-free)When the night calls for bourbon, head to Starlite in Midtown—a shining star among San Diego’s cocktail lounges that boasts 34 bourbon varieties, with plans to add 192 more.
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High Spirits
Despite the reigning brew buzz, whiskey’s local fervor growsAmerica’s Finest is best known as a beer town, but the recent release of the first locally distilled whiskey proves San Diegans can produce a higher proof.
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Kick Up Your Meals
Thanks to these restaurants, having fun with food is no longer a tall orderMomma says don’t play with your food, so leave her at home and feed your soul at one of these San Diego eateries, offering entertainment with every mouthful.
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What’s Shakin’
Ice cream-based cocktails have patrons grasping for straws in EncinitasSave the Milk Duds and candy corn for the blood-sucking trick-or-treaters at your doorstep and satisfy your sugar cravings with a frightfully good, booze-infused milk shake instead.
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Acing the Bar
New book helps budding bartenders rise to the head of the glassJordan Catapano has compiled her A-list-worthy bartending tips in a book, This Girl Walks Into a Bar: A Woman’s Guide to Professional Bartending and Home Mixology.
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Marteeny
Introducing a new kind of bottle serviceThey’re calling it “the smallest bar in San Diego,” although with only four bar stools, a couple swivel chairs and a couch, the Mini Bar inside downtown’s newly opened Bootlegger may well be the most diminutive watering hole in the nation.
