Lovely day for a visit to Boston Harbor (Taken with instagram)
Caught this drift of azalea on Comm Ave Back Bay, the white drift I like in a Boston May (Taken with instagram)
Bay Village Sidecar, a Boston Drink
Next Boston neighborhood to get the Boston sidecar treatment is Bay Village, a tiny jewel of a neighborhood with pricey townhouses and apartments, just steps from the Theatre District and just across the Mass Pike from the South End. Like the South End, Bay Village has a long gay heritage, in fact its gay history is honored and storied. From the house parties in darker days to legendary gay bars, it’s probably been Boston’s longest standing gay-friendly neighborhood and a refuge for many “back in the day”.
To salute Bay Village’s gay heritage, I knew this Boston sidecar needed to be fruity and fresh, yet have impeccable and classic ingredients. This is a proudly queer drink in honor not just of Bay Village, but of all Boston’s GBLT citizens. If you make this, sip it in honor of men and women who were and are (in Boston-speak) “heah, queeah and ovah it!”
Bay Village Sidecar
1oz cognac (Courvoisier VS, a salute to a certain Napoleon bust in a certain long gone and long lamented Bay Village bar)
1oz gold rum (Mount Gay Eclipse, smooth, smoky, tasty and so gay it’s called Mount Gay)
.5oz Cointreau
.5oz lime juice
1ds Bittermens Burlesque Bitters (‘cuz drag bar Jacques is there, and the Combat Zone was nearby)
2 fresh strawberries
Muddle strawberries well in mixing glass, add other ingredients and stir to combine. Fine strain into cold iced shaker, shake for 15-20 seconds and strain into coupe. Fruity garnish optional, but go ahead and work it grrrrl!
Lobster mac’n’cheese @ the Crown in Ptown: orgasmic. Not a word I use loosely. (Taken with instagram)
