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Libations: Zero-proof cocktail bar
Sober Social
Atlanta, Georgia
In a transformed warehouse in Castleberry Hill, ingenious non-alcoholic cocktails embrace the Socialite, which incorporates hibiscus, lime, agave and tequila options, and the gin various, the Lunar with blueberries and lemon. Espresso, tea and light-weight snacks are additionally on the menu.
Umbrella dry bar
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hip downtown spot provides high-end craft cocktails with out the hangover. Strive I will Have What Meg’s Having (named for co-owner Meg Paradise), which options juicy rose bergamot, rose cordial, lime and lavender bitters. Tasting and mixology courses are provided and there’s a bottle store with alcohol-free wines and spirits to take dwelling.
Wild Crafters
Jacksonville, Florida
Alcohol-free drinks on the two areas embrace health-conscious combined drinks and zero-proof beer, wine and distilled spirits. Refreshing Frances Farmer incorporates natural tea, honey, lemon and non-alcoholic glowing wine.
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Chef Highlight: Anthony Pele
“I really like the style of Spanish cooking,” says Pell, chef de delicacies at Iberian Pig, a just lately opened tapas restaurant in Nashville. He beforehand labored at Atlanta’s acclaimed sister restaurant, Cooks & Troopers, and the flagship Iberian Pig. Pell shares particulars a couple of perennial favourite dish, a terrific seasonal pairing, and her go-to after-dinner spot.
Crowd pleaser | “We serve a ton of pork cheek tacos. We braise the meat in crimson wine and stuff it into wonton wrappers which might be deep fried in order that they’re good and crunchy. Then we high them with grilled corn salsa with avocado crema, piquillo peppers, cilantro and lime—folks love them.”
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Summer season standout | “Octopus [Spanish octopus] Scrumptious We blanch it till it is tender, sear it in a cast-iron pan and serve it with Canary Island potatoes and an emulsion product of piquillo, vinegar, garlic and shallots. It is good with a pleasant tall glass of sangria.”
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Remaining notice | “There’s a little bit membership across the nook from the restaurant known as Rudy’s Jazz Room. They’ve reside music at night time; It is cozy and fluffy and has good cocktails. The quaint Noble Oak chocolate is nice – and so they plant a tree domestically for each bottle of bourbon offered.”
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by the street
Hillbilly Sizzling Canine
This kitsch-lover’s paradise in Lesage, West Virginia is a should for vacationers. Constructed round two old style buses, Hillbilly Sizzling Canine has 27 totally different canines on its menu, together with Chuck’s Junk Yard Canine, which comes with 10 toppings for beneath $5. There’s even a Winnie Weedin Chapel for fast weddings; Do not depart with no commemorative picture subsequent to the enormous scorching canine on the hill.
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World Hen Competition
The place are you able to see the world’s largest stainless-steel skillet (10 toes in diameter! 700 kilos!) and eat fried hen all weekend? In London, Kentucky’s annual poultry celebration is the final weekend in September, when hundreds collect for finger-lickin’ enjoyable. Programming contains reside music, a scorching wing consuming contest, and Colonel Sanders impersonators driving Harley-Davidsons at Sanders Cafe and Museum in close by Corbin (dwelling of the unique KFC).
This text appeared within the Summer season 2024 situation of Southbound.
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