Let's have a DRINK

When you are out in Boston Massachusetts you must go to Drink if you are feeling thirsty and need a libation.  This is where I get my libation on!

Once you walk into the door you are met by a split staircase up to go to Sportello and down to go to Drink.  If you are not there by the time they open at 4 you probably will not get a seat right away.  This place is so loved by the locals that it is packed the moment they unlock the door.  And for a good reason too.

The bartenders know their stuff and are not stuffy in fact they are a bit dorky but in a way you can tell they are passionate about cocktails.

Here is what we got the last time I went.

Americano

Campari

Sweet Vermouth

Selzer

lemon peel

It all started out as a cocktail called "Milano-Torino" because the Campari was made in Milan and the Vermouth Torino.  It wasn't until a surge of Americans came through the Campari bar where they served this cocktail and loved they loved it so much that the Campari Cafe changed the name to Americano in ode to all those thirsty Americans.

Negroni

Equal parts

Gin 

Campari

Sweet Vermouth

orange peel

Got it's name from Count Negroni who wanted a something a bit different and asked his bartender to strengthen his favorite drink the Americano so the bartender put in some gin and garnished with and orange peel instead of a lemon to signify it was a different drink.

LIttle Giuseppe

Sweet Vermouth or Punt e Mes

Cynar

Lemon Juice

Orange Bitters

Salt

(note: the salt needs to go on the ice cube that is above the surface to slowly make it's                               way into the drink)

The story behind this is just an old fashioned game of telephone