Cocktails that pair with
Across 4 related dishes — most-paired first.
Highball & long drinks
Dark rum, ginger beer, lime. Caribbean fire — cuts through fatty foods.
Sweet caramel-oak warmth and big hop bitterness match smoke, char, and slow-cooked fat.
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Tropical & tiki
White rum, mint, lime, sugar, soda. Cuban summer in a glass.
Rum-and-citrus, ginger-warm, and tropical-fruit pours sit in the same heat-and-sweet pocket as the cuisine.
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Vodka & gin
Bone-dry, crisp, olive-edged.
Mid-bodied, soft-sweet, citrus-bright pours flex with everything from roast bird to fried wings.
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Shaken sours
White rum, fresh lime, sugar. The simplest, brightest sour ever invented.
Rum-and-citrus, ginger-warm, and tropical-fruit pours sit in the same heat-and-sweet pocket as the cuisine.
Works with Plantains · Plantains Empanadas
Tropical & tiki
Light + dark rum, passion fruit, lime, sugar. New Orleans Mardi Gras.
Rum-and-citrus, ginger-warm, and tropical-fruit pours sit in the same heat-and-sweet pocket as the cuisine.
Works with Plantains · Plantains Empanadas
Tropical & tiki
Aged rum, orgeat, orange curaçao, lime. Tiki royalty.
Rum-and-citrus, ginger-warm, and tropical-fruit pours sit in the same heat-and-sweet pocket as the cuisine.
Works with Plantains · Plantains Empanadas
Tropical & tiki
Rum, pineapple, coconut cream. Vacation in liquid form.
Rum-and-citrus, ginger-warm, and tropical-fruit pours sit in the same heat-and-sweet pocket as the cuisine.
Works with Plantains · Plantains Empanadas
Classic & stirred
Bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth. The whiskey Negroni — richer, less bitter.
Sweet caramel-oak warmth and big hop bitterness match smoke, char, and slow-cooked fat.
Shaken sours
Gin and fresh lime — as stripped-down as a sour gets.
Bright, dry, slightly briny pours echo sweet shellfish and refresh between butter dips.
Vodka & gin
Botanical, refreshing, endlessly flexible.
Bright, dry, slightly briny pours echo sweet shellfish and refresh between butter dips.
Classic & stirred
Rye, sweet vermouth, bitters, brandied cherry. The quintessential brown-spirit cocktail.
Sweet caramel-oak warmth and big hop bitterness match smoke, char, and slow-cooked fat.
Shaken sours
Tequila, fresh lime, triple sec. Salt rim optional but recommended.
Ginger-cool, citrus-sour, and lightly sweet pours quench chile heat without doubling down on it.
Vodka & gin
Vodka, ginger beer, lime. Cuts through richness.
Bourbon & American whiskey
Bourbon or rye, sugar, bitters, orange.
Sweet caramel-oak warmth and big hop bitterness match smoke, char, and slow-cooked fat.
Highball & long drinks
Tequila, fresh grapefruit, lime, salt, soda. The taco-day default.
Ginger-cool, citrus-sour, and lightly sweet pours quench chile heat without doubling down on it.
Shaken sours
Bourbon, fresh lemon, sugar, optional egg-white foam.
Sweet caramel-oak warmth and big hop bitterness match smoke, char, and slow-cooked fat.
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