Talk Shop Fridays: Drinky, Drinky

It’s Friday, and it’s supposed to reach ninety-two degrees here in NYC. That has me thinking, even with my monumental hangover, about icy cold cocktails. Not like the martinis I drank last night that ensured me feeling like junk today, but something you’d drink on a tropical vacation…or if you happen to have me as your bartender. One of the perks of the downtown bar I worked in previously was that I was intensely involved in rehauling the cocktail menu, and on it still lies my signature, the Thaihito: cilantro and mint muddled with lime, jalapeno and sugar, shaken with ice and Malibu rum and topped off with soda. You’re thinking that I’ve lost it, right? Trust me, the spicy-sweet palate combines perfectly with balmy (or beyond balmy) weather.

That got me a little hyperfocused on cocktails, and maybe infusing my repertoire with something a little fresh and new. There’s no better place get inspired than on Talk Shop Fridays. So tell me guys, what’s in your signature cocktail?