Bloody Mary for Breakfast!

As far as I am concerned, one of the marks of a good bartender is their ability to make a great bloody mary.  As a great bartender, I make a great bloody and jump at the chance to make my own when I am drinking them.

This morning I woke up and wanted to have a bloody and wanted it my way.  I headed over to Max Gill and Grill to indulge in their do it yourself Bloody Mary Bar.  I arrived late so the Bloody Bar was a little worked( no photo ), but there was still essential elements present from all the spices, and over 15 hot sauces to fresh fruit and great garnishes.  For me a bloody is booze, lots of flavor, lots of juice, but not lots of tomato juice. It all starts with a pint glass rimmed with lime juice and salt and filled with ice, the recipe follows but make it your way, if you get the chance.  Or stop by Max Gill and Grill weekends for $5 Bloody Mar Bar.  Awesome.  For those of you that are more a mimosa than bloody, come along for the fun with all you can drink mimosas for $10.

Conk's Bloody

Build this Bloody in a lime salted pint glass full of ice

healthy pour of vodka

juice of half of a lime

juice of 1/4 lemon

1/2oz olive juice

1T. bloody mary concentrate

2 oz tomato juice

garnished with pickled green bean or cucumber as well as an olive and a lime.

Celery and lemon are traditional garnishes, but for me, minimum I want an olive and a lime.  If we are going to throw down and get fancy lets talk about grilled asparagus, pickle spears, pepperoncini, a long foodpick with assorted cheeses, shrimp, or my favorite, pickled green beans.

For the home bartender, a bloody is your canvas, have your friends over for a weekend game, use your favorite ingredients and you are sure to impress .

As for the Vodka, we all have our favorites.  For me, Stolichnya and Absolute are my go tos but Three Olives Tomato Flavored Vodka makes a cool choice as well.  If you have a great Bloody Mary vodka infusion at hand, jump at the opportunity.  If you are unfamiliar, look for Infusions as a future topic.  Pour, mix, enjoy.

Milwaukee St Tavern

Are you tired of your same old bar, looking for chill place to watch a game or just kick back?  Are you new to Cherry Creek and looking for a great neighborhood tavern that serves up delicious pub food in an unpretentious setting?  Let me introduce you to the Milwaukee Street Tavern.  This downstairs bar is located in the heart of Cherry Creek north and is accessible from the corner of 2nd and Milwaukee.  It caters to the Cherry Creek local as well as the friendly passer by.  If you stop by on the day of a Colorado Rockies game you will find a pub full of frenzied sports fans and bar with drink specials of the hometown favorite, Coors Lt. throughout the game.  If you miss the game and are just interested in some drinks at reasonable prices, the Milwaukee Street Tavern offers drink specials every day of the week including an all day Happy Hour on Sundays.  That's right, Happy Hour all day for NFL football.

Though the Milwaukee Street Tavern is a great place to watch a Rockies game, they offers something for everyone, with all the sports packages shown on HD plasma TVs mounted on walls and bar stocked with everything you'd want out of a great tavern.  Not only do they serve the hometown favorite, Coors, as well as other domestic beers, they also serve Stella Artois, 90 Shilling, Stone Arrogant Bastard, New Belgium products and an IPA served on nitrogen for the most discriminating beer drinkers.  For the sports fan, the tavern provides all of the major sporting events on some of the best looking TVs around and caters drink specials accordingly.  If you come hungry, Milwaukee St. Tavern serves a great full menu from 11am until 10pm. and a late night menu served until midnight.  If the food and booze or the sports don't bring you in to try the Milwaukee Street Tavern, let your curiosity guide you here to try ThunderBowl, a miniaturized, coin operated version of bowling.  Bowling in a bar you ask?  Yes, and it is free Monday and Tuesday from 10pm until they close at 2am.  Head over to the Milwaukee Street Tavern on 2nd and Milwaukee for the next big sporting event, a quick drink with friends or to get a bite to eat and try your hand at miniaturized bowling.  Service industry gets lots of love on Mondays and Tuesdays as well so if you have worked hard all weekend in a restaurant or bar, come in for a complimentary drink and wind down with others from the service industry.

Milwaukee Street Tavern's Hours
11am-2am daily
Full Menu: 11am- 10pm
LateNight Menu: 10pm-12am

Checkout the map below for directions.