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OPEN MAP HERE cook st. heLena goose & gander Pompelmo Piccante Scarlet Gander artisanaL cocktaiLs and suMMer concerts Make st heLena the PLace to Be this suMMer! Brassica Pour all into a mixing glass, top with ice Muddle the chilies, mint and vanilla syrup & shake. Fill chilled pitcher 2/3 full with in a pint glass. Add tequila and grapefruit brassicanapavalley.com new ice & watermelon ice cubes. Strain juice and shake with ice. Strain into a 641 Main Street the cocktail into the pitcher. rocks glass a garnish with a Calabrian Chili (707) 963-0700 Each recipe makes 3 cocktails. slice and mint leaf. Brassica is Chef Cindy Pawlcyn’s newest restaurant. With a wine-friendly Medi- cook st. heLena FarMstead terranean-inspired menu and a beautiful sun-dappled patio, it is the perfect place cooksthelena.com farmsteadnapa.com to enjoy a cocktail and al fresco dining. 1310 Main Street 738 Main Street Bassica offers seasonal Cocktails by the (707) 963-7088 (707) 963-9181 Pitcher and this summer diners can enjoy the Watermelon Tequila Cooler (recipe Cook St. Helena specializes in simple but Farmstead Executive Chef Stephen below), Bandol Breeze (Gin, grapefruit elegant Northern Italian cuisine made Barber’s authentic farm-to-table menu juice, Lillet, Punt e Mes), Cool Hand from local and seasonal ingredients. Chef/ highlights local ingredients at their peak Cuke (Vodka, St. Germain, cucumber & Owner Jude Wilmoth freshness. This focus is also seen on the basil) and an ever-changing Daily Flavor opened Cook in 2004 to cocktail list at Farmstead’s bar. You’ll see cocktail. Enjoy live music on the patio show the locals and tourists fresh strawberries from Farmstead’s Long every Thursday night through September. alike, that food doesn’t need Meadow Ranch, as well as herbs, among to complicated to taste great. the ingredients used in the current list of watermelon Tequila Cooler Their cocktails are no excep- cocktails. Summer cocktails include Porch from Jennifer Ingellis, Wine & Cocktail tion. Swing (Meyers white rum, St Germain, Director at Brassica lemon juice fresh strawberries, lemon Pompelmo Piccante verbena), Ginger Julep (Buffalo Trace Ken- 4 1/2 oz. Silver tequila 2 oz Corralejo Tequila Blanco tucky bourbon, fresh mint, lime juice and 1/4 oz. Rose Water 2 oz Grapefruit Juice Bundaberg ginger beer), St. Helena Breeze 3 oz. Watermelon juice 3 Calabrian Chili Slices (Tito’s handcrafted vodka, pineapple, lime 1 oz. Lime juice 7-10 Mint Leaves 3/4 oz. Agave nectar 1 oz Vanilla infused syrup and apple juices, simple syrup), Farmstead Margarita (Azul silver tequila, homemade


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