a.bar Menu

4.5

(250+ Reviews)

$Cocktail bar, Wine bar

LIGHT + BRIGHT BOLD + CONFIDENT FORGOTTEN CLASSICS + OLD FAVORITES NON-ALCOHOLIC

LIGHT + BRIGHT
- TRAIN TO NOWHERE
  this gin has strong ginger notes that make a great contrast with the plum, miso, and honey oka kura gin, japanese plum, miso-infused honey, cocchi americano, lemon cordial
  $18.00
- TROUBLE WILL FIND ME
  the lightest and most refreshing drink on the menu; fruit forward, fragrant, and friggin' crushable calvados, empirical 'symphony 6,' apricot, celery bitters, lime, absinthe
  $20.00
- THE VIEW FROM THE MEZZANINE
  this savory mezcal sour is tropical at first with tons of savory herbs on the finish mezcal, uruapan rum, oregano, clementine, lime, paprika, tempus fugit quinquina
  $19.00
- LOOKIN' FOR BEANS
  not nearly as weird as it sounds... of all of the bean drinks on this menu, this one is probably the best coconut-washed canaviais cachaça, edamame, yuzu, velvet falernum, lime, tiki bitters
  $19.00
- NOSTALGIA BAIT
  this mai tai riff is packed with flavor and will have you longing for gam gam's almond cookies... na mean? aged rum, palo cortado sherry, lime, dry curaçao, vanilla + almond orgeat, amaretto
  $17.00
BOLD + CONFIDENT
- SOMEBODY'S GOTTA DO IT
  a stirred take on the Saturn, an underrated tiki classic with bright passion fruit and underlying nuttiness oka kura gin, lime cordial, passion fruit, velvet falernum, amontillado sherry, tiki bitters
  $18.00
- NIGHT COUNTRY
  this rum old-fashioned has some winter spices and is more bitter than Chief Danvers in the tundra vizcaya 8 yr aged rum, fernet noveis, lustau oloroso sherry, warming spices, campari
  $20.00
- OCULAR PATDOWN
  how do you make a tequila soda for the fall?... the same way we make everything... add a whole bunch of herbs and bitters la gritona reposado tequila, braulio amaro, bonal quinquina, rosemary, yuzu, soda water
  $19.00
- FOR THE LORE
  this black manhattan riff is rich and silky with flavors of pine nuts, raisins, chocolate, and oregano pine nut-infused rye whiskey, smith & cross rum, averna, pedro ximenez sherry, centerbe, molé bitters
  $20.00
- LONG, SLOW WHISPER
  this one checks all the boxes... an incredible Japanese whisky, a few surprising flavors, and it has a crazy long finish pandan-infused kikori whisky, kumquat cordial, luxardo bitter bianco, noveis alpine amaro, caraway liqueur
  $22.00
FORGOTTEN CLASSICS + OLD FAVORITES
- ADONIS
  the manhattan's older and easier-drinking cousin; lighter in texture, but still smooth as velvet lustau fino + east india solera sherries, sweet vermouth, dry curaçao, amaro della sacra
  $17.00
- THE MARCH OF INDUSTRY
  this stirred take on an aviation is light and floral, but textured and full at the same time bluecoat gin, mezcal, lavender, lillet blanc, crème de violette, maraschino, lime cordial
  $18.00
- TWENTIETH CENTURY
  nothing fancy about this one... it's just an underrated classic that deserves some more recognition bluecoat gin, cocchi americano, lemon, tempus fugit creme de cacao
  $19.00
- EL DIABLO
  while the original drink is a refreshing mezcal mule, this altered version is bittersweet and silky smooth reposado tequila, chamomile, fernet, crème de cassis, ginger, lime cordial
  $17.00
- IMPROVED WHISKEY COCKTAIL
  this old fashioned relative might come from the 1860s, but it's still as fancy a drink as you're going to get dickel rye whiskey, luxardo maraschino liqueur, vanilla, absinthe, cherry bitters
  $18.00
NON-ALCOHOLIC
- READ THE ROOM
  an herbaceous and refreshing sour with bright berries and subtle vegetal notes three spirits 'livener' non-alcoholic spirit, pomegranate, ginger, lime, verjus blanc
  $13.00
- PLAYING FOR TIME
  this deceptively simple drink has a lot going on... it's bright, grassy, savory, all at the same time three spirits 'nightcap', yuzu + rosemary cordial, spiced demerara sugar
  $13.00