Claudia restaurant in Chicago guarantees a fairytale expertise: whimsical, dynamic and colourful with a contact of nostalgia. For the reason that signature 10-course menu at Claudia is designed to inform a narrative, with every of Chef Trevor Teich’s dishes crafted as a brand new “chapter,” it’s becoming that the winter cocktail menu attracts inspiration from prolific storytellers the Brothers Grimm.
The brand new assortment of cocktails pay homage to the Brothers Grimm iconic folklore tales corresponding to Cinderella, Hansel & Gretel, Snow White, Little Purple Using Hood, Rapunzel and Sleeping Magnificence. Bartender Terence Shapcott created Claudia’s Brothers Grimm cocktail menu; tales of every libation are informed via illustrations by Chicago artist Tom Keating. Highlights embody:
- The Snow-White And Rose-Purple, with Mashiro Shuzo Okinawa gin, Ceylon Tip White tea, roasted chestnut orgeat, lemon, egg white, smoked trout roe, boozy ‘roe’;
- Ashputtel (Cinderella), with San Zanj white rum clarin, Avuá Bálsamo cachaça, La Venenosa Costa De Jalisco raicilla, hazelnut orgeat, mint, pear and lime soda;
- Rapunzel, with Cherry Bomb Radish 8000 Generations shochu; Viola Flower Bordiga Maraschino liqueur, inexperienced Chartreuse, sudachi;
- The Juniper Tree, with Hayman’s Royal Dock Navy Energy gin, G.E. Massenez Pomme Prisonniére Calvados, Vieux Pontarlier absinthe, sizzling lemon water, cinnamon;
- Canine And Sparrow, with charred corn husk Abasolo whisky, nixtamalizated-corn-washed Hacienda De Bañuelos Tequilana, corn milk agave syrup, corn silk bitters, fermented corn; and
- The Queen Bee (proven atop), with duck-fat-washed Marie Daffau Armagnac, root beer leaf, Fey Anmé Forest liqueur, Amaro Sfumato Rabarbaro, black ants, shiso bitters, honey comb.
The drinks vary in worth from $20 to $24. Company can benefit from the Brothers Grimm cocktail menu as a part of any of Claudia’s present eating experiences, which embody The Bar at Claudia, The Lounge Tasting Menu, the Signature Tasting Menu and the Chef’s Desk. The restaurant, which began out in 2015 as a twice-monthly pop-up, obtained its first Michelin star six months after opening its doorways in 2021.
