Monday, December 1, 2008
Drinks / Restaurants Look What's on the Wall at Mirror
Posted by Nicki Wood on Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 5:22 AM
Thanksgiving weekend brought old friends through town, a great reason to visit favorite places for a drink. We settled on Mirror, to see the revamped dining room and because the crowd tends to be just the right size for a buzzy feel without loud drunks or rowdy groups. Like Carrington's review said, fun people, but grown up.
The dining room is so gorgeous and sophisticated--the cracked mirror wall will make you gasp--high style without the formulaic color schemes (lookin' at you, chartreuse plus orange) and de rigueur items like oversize lamp shades. Part of the quirky appeal is bartender Stephanie Johnson's cordial creations, lined up and back-lit like an art installation along the back wall. They are as much of a decoration as they are a treat.
Johnson steeps fruit, spices and hooch in beautiful jars, then dips out the liqueurs when you order. Savored straight, like the ethereal fig apricot brandy in the jar third from right, or fused into a signature cocktail. We tossed back the Crack, made with orange-cinnamon vodka (tall jar, far right).
There's never been a more welcome movement than house-made syrups and cordials. Please support my habit the effort to hand-craft foods by going to Mirror--I recommend taking a beloved friend--and having a drink that's really something special.
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Are these drink prices reasonable? I like druit infused booze as much as the next guy, but we are in a recession ya know.
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You know, they aren't cheap, but compared with the record-shattering four-sip $12 cocktail at PM two summers ago, these $9 (?) drinks didn't seem overpriced. Also, I was driving, so I had one drink and split another. I wasn't going for volume, just quality.
Don't forget their house special, it's called a Trickie Dickie Screwdriver.
It's got one part Jack Daniels, two parts purple Kool-Aid,and a jigger of formaldehyde from the jar with Hitler's brain in it we got in the back storeroom.
Happy trails to you. Happy trails to you.
(thanks Jello!)
Mirror's done a good job keeping their drink prices reasonable, at least in comparison to other indie places - they've been 8 or 9 bucks since they opened, whereas almost every other joint in town is cracking $10. When they were still emphasizing tapas, you could get a fancy cocktail and a couple of really well-made tapas and get out for under $30, which still seems like a deal.
