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Tastiest oddball cocktail: The Metamorphosis at Eastern Standard

by Ruth Tobias | September 24, 2007
As any cocktail cognoscento can tell you, Eastern Standard (528 Comm Ave, Boston, 617.532.9100) has, along with No. 9 Park, one of the two most gifted, scholarly teams of mixologists in Boston. Besides evangelizing Golden Age cocktails invented a century...

Best wine lists: Troquet; Bin 26 Enoteca; Coda Kitchen & Bar

by Ruth Tobias | September 24, 2007
Kudos to Troquet (140 Boylston Street, Boston, 617.695.9463), for continuing to thrill serious wine lovers with unusual, high-quality wines conveniently matched to its fine French menu, and not marking up its pours to five times retail. Praise to Bin...

Most unexpected place to get a well-made old-school cocktail: Deep Ellum

by Ruth Tobias | September 24, 2007
It takes cheek to build a deadly-serious beer bar - with two dozen craft-brew taps, a hundred bottled options, and a cask-conditioned ale - and still offer top-notch shaker cocktails. Max Toste, co-owner of casual hipster hangout Deep Ellum (477 Cambridge...

Coolest new watering hole: Vinoteca di Monica

by Ruth Tobias | September 24, 2007
Pardon the oxymoron, but the ostentatiously touristy North End isn't exactly known for the secrets it keeps. So it's a rare treat for residents when a nifty newcomer flies in under the radar - equipped with a full bar, no less. The recent makeover...

Best reason to risk salmonellosis: Raw-egg cocktails

by Ruth Tobias | September 24, 2007
Real men and women don't shoot tequila or bourbon; they drink raw eggs whipped into concoctions like the Rye Flip and Ramos Fizz at No. 9 Park (9 Park Street, Boston, 617.742.9991) and Green Street (280 Green Street, Cambridge, 617.876.1655). Relax...