A recap of summer's best happy hour
Every Wednesday this summer, Philadelphia filled its streets with a massive happy hour known as Center City Sips. From 5-7 p.m., trendy bars and restaurants offered midweek drink and appetizer specials to crowds of people dressed in their finest cocktail-hour attire. Here are several popular choices you can recreate at home this fall. Think of it as a way to hold onto the very last threads of a fleeting summer.
Polynesian Cocktail (Roy's)
1.5 oz vodka
3/4 oz cherry brandy
Juice of 1 lime
Powdered sugar
Shake liquor and juice with ice. Rim martini glass with sugar and slice of pineapple.
Melon Ball
(Tokyo Hibachi)
2 oz Midori melon liquor
1 oz vodka
4 oz pineapple juice
Serve in large cocktail glass.
Mexipolitan (El Vez)
2 parts Sauza Blanco tequila
1 part Cointreau
1 part fresh lime juice
Splash of cranberry juice
Shake ingredients with
ice.
