12/23/2023 0 Comments Take a peek“This is Japanese bartending, which is a completely different style than any of these bartenders have ever worked in.” Vanhooser says. ![]() Try the Highball which gets a modern twist by way of Japanese whisky mixed with scotch, seltzer, and lemon essence or the Fix, a delightful mix of two gins, lemon, and cane sugar served over crushed ice. The ice is key to the cocktails at Le Loup and learning how to work with it is no small feat. On the Classics and Forgotten Classics menus, old-school favorites tempt the taste buds with familiar flavors. The Martini menu offers a range of the beloved cocktail through the years, starting with Martinez from 1880 and culminating in the Lychee Martini, circa 1993. The Originals menu includes creative cocktails from the mind of Vanhooser himself, including Murmur of the Heart, a highball glass of hopped vodka, grapefruit, aperol, lime, club soda and citrus salt. That’s how we were able to create a menu with so many cocktails without overwhelming the guests.” If you want to be a little more adventurous, you’ll work your way down the menu. “If you’re looking for something light and refreshing, no matter what menu category you’re in, you’re going to stay around the first three or four cocktails. “The menu is laid out in drinkability. At the top of the list is the light and most refreshing, the middle is a mix, and at the end are drinks that are going to be more boozy and moody and a little esoteric,” Vanhooser says. And to make navigating the lists easy, Vanhooser and his team stuck to the same easy-to-follow format for each category. Then The Optimist was able to open and now we’re excited that Le Loup is finally open.”Ī menu of 50-plus cocktails spanning multiple categories means that there’s a libation for every discerning palette at Le Loup. But in the meantime, I got myself back into the scene here and that was the best thing I could have done, so it was a nice welcome home. Turns out they always had me in mind for Le Loup, so we bought a house almost sight-unseen and moved down and a few months later the pandemic started. “But she said I needed to call them and feel it out. “When they decided to open a cocktail bar they asked if I’d be interested and I was like, ‘My wife will never move to Nashville!’ She’s a native New Yorker, so I didn’t think I’d be able to convince her,” Vanhooser laughs. But when restaurateur Ford Fry and his team at Rocket Farm Restaurants came calling with an invitation to return to Music City, they did so with an offer Vanhooser couldn’t refuse. Masterminding that impeccably curated cocktail menu is Nashville-native Kenneth Vanhooser who returns to his hometown by way of New York, where he spent a decade mastering his craft alongside some ![]() A custom underwater mural by artist Rebecca Green Illustration highlights the bar’s seafood centric menu of light bites and oysters.īut it’s the cocktail program that shines brightest throughout the dimly lit space. Chic sofas surround antique-style coffee tables for larger parties, while coordinating sets of chairs dot the room for more intimate dates. A vintage stone mantel centerpiece sets the mood with warm, comfortable fireside seating. Seating spans the peninsula bar-a work of art in itself-and vignettes that serve French salon vibes. The space is awash in rich colors, with deep green marble splashed throughout. This cocktail bar on high feels every bit of a hidden gem. Just a staircase above Ford Fry’s acclaimed Germantown restaurant The Optimist sits Le Loup.
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