If you pour it, they will come.
The bartenders at the Double Down Saloon in Las Vegas must have been chanting that mantra when they devised the bacon martini.
Yes, it’s true! Bacon martini! Drunk is the new delicious.
For those of you on the east coast, fear not. It looks like there is another Double Down at 14th and Houston in NYC.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:08 pm
The Frontera Grill in Chicago has a bacon infused margarita. My friend drank it, I was too chicken to try it!
http://www.rickbayless.com/restaurants/grill.html
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 pm
The bacon martini gets people in the door, but you’ll keep coming back to the Double Down for the Bacon Bloody Mary, which is in a class of its own.
The Town Talk Diner in Minneapolis has a bacon manhattan. It’s good, although the bacon flavor is much more subtle than the infused vodka at the Double Down.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:03 am
We tried to make one last year at bacon day. After that fiasco we decided to stick with the bacon bloody marys, but this has given me new hope. Any ideas on how they created this?
September 4th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
As it turns out, Mr. B is going to be in Las Vegas next week and has told me that he plans to work both a bacon martini and a bacon bloody mary into his busy schedule.
October 14th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
In my world, it’s all about Bacon Bloody Maries –but, I would still be happy to sample the Baco-tini!
January 27th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
bacontini = awesome
January 31st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
The Double Down in NYC is actually at 14 Avenue A (at Houston). Despite the location discrepancy, the bacontini is still delicious.
February 1st, 2009 at 2:47 am
I’m thinking, a shot of bacon vodka and a shot of black pepper vodka in a Bloody Mary would the off the hook… but that’s just me.