In our #ThirstyThursday series, TIPSY AND TAN, we ask consummate mixologists from New York City’s white-hot new restaurants and bars to create OC-exclusive drinks for our readers. Drinking on the job? Don't mind if we do...
For our final installment of Tipsy and Tan, we nominated The Elm at the McCarren Hotel & Pool in Williamsburg. Located just below street level on the southern edge of McCarren Park, The Elm boasts large glass windows, a seasonal menu of delectable French fare, an open kitchen, and, of course, one of the best bars east of Manhattan.
Name: Adrienne Oakes
If this drink had a soundtrack, what would it be? “Just in Time” by Nina Simone
Best place to get day drunk: The Dead Rabbit in the Financial District. It’s where all the great bartenders go to play.
Hangover cure: Tacos and coconut water
Your summer getaway: I went to Montauk last year and I’m doing another trip next month.
Summer tradition: Just letting my hair down! It’s the summer—you don’t want to have too many plans.
What are some red-light signs that someone’s been overserved? Being loud and obnoxious, yelling at the bartender, and demanding things. That’s how you know someone’s had too much and you have to put them in their place.
Are there any personality traits that are essential to being a bartender? You need to know how to chat a person up and make small talk. People sit at your bar, and at a certain point they get enough alcohol in them, and they start spilling their feelings. That happens, and you need to know how to maneuver a situation and be a good conversationalist.
Exclusive Recipe: A Summer's Tale
1. Mix the ingredients together and shake.
2. Pour over a collins glass.
3. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
*OC's Alcohol Scale ranges from 1 ("like sippin' from a juice box") to 10 ("take me home—right now").
Want a second round? See m
For our final installment of Tipsy and Tan, we nominated The Elm at the McCarren Hotel & Pool in Williamsburg. Located just below street level on the southern edge of McCarren Park, The Elm boasts large glass windows, a seasonal menu of delectable French fare, an open kitchen, and, of course, one of the best bars east of Manhattan.
Originally from Austin, bartender Adrienne Oakes decided to tell her own “tale of two cities” by employing Texas-based Tito's and Brooklyn-made Sorel to craft The Elm’s OC-exclusive cocktail, A Summer's Tale. Blended with grapefruit juice, this drink is the ideal companion for catching the last of those summer rays.
Name: Adrienne Oakes
If this drink had a soundtrack, what would it be? “Just in Time” by Nina Simone
Best place to get day drunk: The Dead Rabbit in the Financial District. It’s where all the great bartenders go to play.
Hangover cure: Tacos and coconut water
Your summer getaway: I went to Montauk last year and I’m doing another trip next month.
Summer tradition: Just letting my hair down! It’s the summer—you don’t want to have too many plans.
What are some red-light signs that someone’s been overserved? Being loud and obnoxious, yelling at the bartender, and demanding things. That’s how you know someone’s had too much and you have to put them in their place.
Are there any personality traits that are essential to being a bartender? You need to know how to chat a person up and make small talk. People sit at your bar, and at a certain point they get enough alcohol in them, and they start spilling their feelings. That happens, and you need to know how to maneuver a situation and be a good conversationalist.
Exclusive Recipe: A Summer's Tale
OC Alcohol Scale*: 6
"It’s not crazy boozy, but you could keep drinking it, and before you know it you’ll be drunk."
1.5 oz Tito's
0.5 oz Sorel
1 oz grapefruit juice
0.5 oz Orgeat
1. Mix the ingredients together and shake.
2. Pour over a collins glass.
3. Garnish with grapefruit peel.
*OC's Alcohol Scale ranges from 1 ("like sippin' from a juice box") to 10 ("take me home—right now").
Want a second round? See m