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I bougbt some del maguey vida on the advice of rick bayless. There will be substantially less tomorrow.
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Speaking of nice places to drink, one of the things I miss most about Philly are the abundance of plentiful, cozy, neighborhood bars to drink in. These bars and pubs had character, and I'd usually bump into someone from my block most of the time. Houston is a ******* wasteland for spots like this. Prove me wrong.
Are you in a state where all liquor stores are state owned/controlled?I envy you guys who live in states where liquor delivery is an option.
I still gotta mask up and head out, which certainly limits browsing enjoyment.
Are you in a state where all liquor stores are state owned/controlled?
I love Del Maguey's mezcal, which is wierd because I don't really like tequila at all. Chichicapa and Minero are wonderful neat and cold, and I use Vida in several cocktails, most notably a Last Word / CR2 mashup that plays it against Carpano Bianco, Chartreuse, Lime, and I really don't remember what else but it's good and I have to find my notes on that.I've had a few other mexcals neat, most notably Illegal Anejo, and I can't say I have anywhere near the love for them as I do for Del Maguey. It is a rare single brand thing for me.
Yeah, Philly has a great bar and drinking culture, and while I've only spent limited time in Houston, everything feels kind of....distant. That coziness was not something I ever found. SPTR, the old Ressurection Ale House, Grace, POPE, all good spots. ANd you had the whole spectrum all the way up to high class cocktail, though these days I think the cocktail scene in Philly is subpar compared to its peers -- back around 2010ish when the Franklin was at its height, and you had Farmer's Cabinet, Lemon Hill, Southwark, Chick's, Emmanuelle, Ranstead, Hop Sing just opening, it was a crazy and excellent scene. And of course little Fiume just rocking it their own way. Fiume's still there and I'm sure it has not changed, but other than that the last good drink I had in Philly was at The International in Kensington like a year ago this past April.
~ H
Spent 20 years in Dallas...don’t miss it at all. Agree that other parts of the state are great.We've been here 7 months now and can't stand it. There are parts of Texas that are great, but Houston is just not one of those places.
Mezcal is so good neat.
I envy you guys who live in states where liquor delivery is an option.
I still gotta mask up and head out, which certainly limits browsing enjoyment.
We've been here 7 months now and can't stand it. There are parts of Texas that are great, but Houston is just not one of those places.
Yah, I've been enjoying some Chichicapa over the last few days in a chilled DOF glass, which is great. Also made a killer mezcal negroni variant, 1.5 Vida: 0.75 Gran Classico: 0.375 Martini Gran Rubino: 0.375 Cocchi Vermouth Del Torino. Flamed orange twist. That weird vermough blend helps it sing, but I think regular M&R would stand in either for the Gran Rubino or all of it OK. Plus, I don't really like the Gran Rubino on it's own so it is not a good buy.
I'm back in PA and even though we *have* delivery, I just can't get what I want. I probably could cross the border but too far to go. Plus, I'm not really enjoying browsing in stores for really anything right now.
Sorry to hear it. I had the impression you had two places and bounced back and forth. I never lived in Houston, only visited, but can't imagine that living there would have improved how I felt about it at the time. I may just be too much of a Yankee anyway.
~ H