At Gramercy Tavern, Nick Mautone, the general manager, has given the bar menu a thorough greening with cocktails like the Rosmarino (rosemary-infused vodka, Pernod, vermouth, caper berry garnish), the basil martini (vodka infused with basil and spiked with tomato juice) and a sweet-tart tequila drink made with kaffir lime leaves and a smidgen of honey.
Order a High Five, a subtly sweet blend of tequila, pineapple, lemon and honey fluffed up with egg white.
The namesake drink is powerfully sweet, and includes tequila, allspice dram, and floating cranberries; the Rooftop Lemonade tastes like Capri Sun doctored by a flask.
The classic cocktail is a simple but ingenious balance of sweet, citrus and tequila.
Fiery jalapeño syrup kicks up this sweet and fruity tequila cocktail.
Turn the tequini into a sweeter tequini by using a reposado tequila and sweet vermouth.
I have a kitchenette in my room (what pleasure it gives me just to say the word "kitchenette") and I made me and a friend some roast sweet potatoes and tequila-and-lime-marinated chicken.
"For me, it's saltier," she said, "tequila's sweeter.
In the cavernous club (capacity: 1,800), we knocked back whiskey, tequila and various sweet drinks in unnatural colors, and soon the show commenced.
Drinks are strong and barely sweet, like a "hot" paloma, tequila buoyed by grapefruit with a pinprick of ancho chile, and a cerebral blend of vodka, Meyer lemon and orange Curaçao, inflected with thyme.
