On a regular night, trying to score a table at Holeman & Finch can be a challenge. Trying to fight the crowds at H&F on Valentine's Day is downright suicidal. Rather than cram into the bar with all of the OTP'ers in town for V-day last night, we decided to recreate the H&F experience at home, and I have to say we did a pretty damn good job. My brother and I did all of the cooking and cocktail making; the girls were our cheering section.
H&F's reputation is based first and foremost on cocktails, so we could not skimp in that department. My bar is pretty well stocked with most of the cocktail essentials, so we were able to enjoy some classics as well as a few new ones out of The PDT Cocktail Book. We stuck to bourbon and rye based drinks because, well, I have bunker full of the stuff and they are fantastic winter cocktails. Notable cocktails throughout the night were:
