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Cocktail crushes

You'll fall in love with these drinks

By Alexandra Le Tellier

Metromix
January 7, 2009

Cocktail crushes
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Every night we fall in love with a new trend, cocktail or special. From culinary cocktails made with organic ingredients and mouth-watering bar snacks that taste better than dinner to alcohol that might actually help stop global warming, our bars and clubs are on the cutting edge—even when they're reinterpreting the classics.

Absinthe minded

Absinthe minded

Higher than ever on the herbal liquor craze.

Trend report: beer cocktails

Trend report: beer cocktails

New drinks with a hoppy twist.

ADCB: Blackberry Batida

Navigating: healthy cocktails

This year, show your liver some TLC.

Drink your Thanksgiving dinner

pick Drink your Thanksgiving dinner

The best bars where you can drink your mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie.

The Blue Bowl

Blueberry cocktails

15 boozy ways to toast blueberry month, including recipes!

Crushing on: the 'juice bar' at Beso

Crushing on: the 'juice bar' at Beso

Celebrity chef Todd English and TV star Eva Longoria Parker mix it up

Soak up these liquid treats

Summer cocktails

Soak up these liquid treats

Crushing on: VeeV

Crushing on: VeeV

Cocktailing with a conscience for Earth Day.

Crushing on: the IZZEWasser cocktail

Crushing on: the IZZEWasser cocktail

Celebrity divorce attorney Laura Wasser gets feted with an honorary drink.

Crushing on: Maple Ginger martini at the Waffle

Crushing on: Maple Ginger martini at the Waffle

The last sip is the sweetest.

Trend report: vinegar cocktails

Trend report: vinegar cocktails

Acid trips that won't get you arrested!

Crushing on: Becherovka

Crushing on: Becherovka

Choose your drinking buddies carefully: This 76-proof herbal liqueur is a notorious aphrodisiac.

Practicing absinthe

Practicing absinthe

How much absinthe does it take to start seeing green fairies and which bars serve it?

Crushing on: flaming margaritas

Crushing on: flaming margaritas

If the fire on El Compadre's signature drink doesn't heat you up, the booze certainly will.

Crushing on: Luna Park's "mini bar"

Crushing on: Luna Park's "mini bar"

Petite portions of a classic Mint Julep, a Raspberry Margarita and an Icebreaker Martini, all served on a silver platter.

Trend report: culinary cocktails

pick Trend report: culinary cocktails

Dump that Red Bull vodka and indulge in these fancy drinks made with fresh, organic ingredients normally reserved for chefs.

Trend report: kiddie cocktails

Trend report: kiddie cocktails

From 'Stoli snow cones' to 'cereal milk martinis'—your favorite kid treats, spiked.

Trend report: spiked tea

Trend report: spiked tea

These days you're as likely to find tea steeped in a martini glass as a teacup.

'it' shot: Swedish Lemonade

pick 'it' shot: Swedish Lemonade

Patricia Nelson's sweet-and-tart Swedish Lemonade is the perfect way to get drunk at Broadway Bar and Seven Grand.

'it' bottle service: Area

'it' bottle service: Area

Area ups the ante with a VIP bottle service that comes with your own private mixologist and cocktails like Blackberry Jalapeño Kamikaze.

L.A.'s best bloody Mary

L.A.'s best bloody Mary

If you ask us, no one does a better bloody Mary than Jake Manny at the Cha Cha Lounge.

Beauty and the booze

Beauty and the booze

Beauty treatments are usually all about detoxing. But lately, bars and salons have been serving martinis along with manicures and facials.

Alexandra Le Tellier is Bars & Clubs editor for Metromix Los Angeles.

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