Coffee – an American pleasure for generations. Mad Men – an American hit for six seasons. What better way to celebrate this, than with a Black Russian, one of the classic cocktails so popular in the Sixties? The Black Russian was as appropriate as [...]
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A Sixties Classic: The Daiquiri
The Sixties of the Mad Men brings to mind the Beatles, the Cuban Missile Crisis, JFK - and his favorite cocktail – the Daiquiri. Created in the 1890′s and named after a Cuban village, the Daiquiri became one of the great revival successes in mixology. Refreshing and tart, it was just the ticket for a [...]
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Microbrew Thursday: Celebrate Craft Beer Week!
It’s National Craft Beer Week! This means that if you have not tried craft beer IT’S TIME! For those of you who have this is another opportunity to expand your beer knowledge and try something new. On Thursday, May 16th from 5-7PM at all Gary’s locations we will be tasting beers from He’Brew Brewing Company, [...]
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Navigating Bordeaux Futures
Some wine lovers might find it hard to fathom buying wines that they might never drink. Yet Bordeaux can be a terrific long-term investment, one whose returns far outpace stocks and bonds. As I explained on Fox Business News a few weeks ago, if you purchased cases of the 2000 vintage from each of Bordeaux’s [...]
Continue ReadingBasic Business: The Rusty Nail
For the partners and executives of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, success meant classic dressing, classy cars, the classic home in the suburbs, and drinking classic cocktails. But when executives felt like something more trendy, they ordered a Rusty Nail, so popular in the late Sixties. [...]
Continue ReadingMicrobrew Thursday: Oskar Blues Brewery
Attention Craft Beer Lovers! On Thursday May 5th, at all Gary’s locations from 5-7PM, we will be tasting offerings from Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery. A pioneer in craft beer packaging, Oskar Blues was the first to can a craft beer. While many were first skeptical that the metal would effect the flavor, it soon became [...]
Continue ReadingI’ll take Manhattan . . . the cocktail!
What’s a more appropriate cocktail to accompany your favorite Mad Men episodes, than the one named for the home of Sterling, Cooper and its Mad Men? Copywriters and ad executives have come and gone, but the Manhattan Cocktail has remained on the Hit Parade. And unlike Don Draper’s relationships with women, making a great Manhattan [...]
Continue ReadingBig Business, Big Accounts. The Bloody Mary
Success on Madison Avenue in the sixties meant attracting big accounts and keeping them happy, often with a good dose of alcohol. Those days are gone but we can relive them on Madmen, where the fluorescent-lit hallways of Sterling Cooper, are lined with conference tables where clients are pitched and wooed by quirky creative types, [...]
Continue ReadingThe Old Fashioned
Mad Men’s Don Draper sits alone, at a fashionable, upscale restaurant. He’s waiting for someone. He smokes a bit then nervously puts the cigarette down. Rachel Menken, an attractive client of Sterling Cooper approaches the table, and Draper rises to greet her. A waiter comes to the table, and Draper orders an Old Fashioned, Rachel [...]
Continue ReadingGearing Up for Mad Men with The Classic Dry Martini
The scene opens, with Don Draper and Roger Sterling sitting across from each other in an upscale lounge. On the small table in front of Sterling is perhaps the most emblematic cocktail of the sophisticated sixties business set: The Dry Martini. If the origins of this classic cocktail are somewhat vague, its soaring popularity during [...]
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