Winter cocktails heat up revamped Jamul Casino Loft 94

The Fireside and Iced Emerald are two of the winter-inspired craft cocktails at Jamul Casino's Loft 94.

Recently relaunched as an Asian yakitori and noodle restaurant and bar, Loft 94’s craft cocktails elevate the experience

San Diego Union-Tribune

Dec. 26, 2019 10:28 AM PT

What do you pair with the hottest cuisine in town? Toasty winter cocktails, of course. The Fireside and Iced Emerald are just two of the new cocktails being mixed up at Jamul Casino’s Loft 94. The recent relaunch of the elevated restaurant and bar introduced a new Asian-themed menu of ramen, pho and yakitori grilled on the patio, as well as a six out-of-the-box beverages. The Fireside, featuring San Diego’s Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey, is served in an applewood-smoked glass and topped with a torched marshmallow and a bacon skewer, while the Iced Emerald is a cool combo of gin, green Chartreuse, Lillet and elderflower. Its matcha cream-covered, vanilla wafer stirrer is everything.

Winter cocktails at Loft 94: Hours, days vary. Jamul Casino, 14145 Campo Road, Jamul. Cocktails $9; dishes $4.95-$19.95. (619) 315-2250. jamulcasinosd.com/restaurant/loft-94

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Michele Parente

Michele Parente is the Dining, Wine + Lifestyle reporter for The San Diego Union-Tribune. Her areas of expertise include the Valle de Guadalupe wine region, fashion, television, women’s issues and coverage of aging, such as the impact of Alzheimer’s and dementia and family caregiving. Michele is the former Sunday and features editor, where she oversaw profiles, special projects, such as the Legacy of WWII and in-depth reports on a variety of topics. She joined the U-T in 2003, supervising coverage areas that have included features, fashion, TV, Food, Consumer Health and Arts & Entertainment. Previously, Michele was the assistant features editor at The Oregonian, in Portland, as well as the Portland City Hall reporter. She spent 10 years at New York Newsday as a reporter on the crime, education, state legislature and New York City Hall beats. She was part of a team that won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Reporting. A native New Yorker, Michele received her B.A. in political science and Italian Literature at UC Berkeley. In 1980, she studied at L’Università di Urbino, in Italy. One of her life’s goals is to make her way through each of the world’s great wine regions.