Dan/Duke (same guy, I figured he can have his real name here now, haha) and I headed there to farewell my friend BD as she moves to Texas. Dan is a trained bartender, so we were both excited to try the prohibition-style (or whatever that stuff means) cocktails. We came for the mixology masters and to spend time with B.
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| Me & B at The Patterson House |
The menu is sorted by type of alcohol; Dan immediately stuck with the whiskey list. True to form, I couldn't decide, but I'd heard that you can answer a few questions and have the server/bartender pick the perfect drink for you. IT'S TRUE. Great attention to detail and style.
I told the server how lately I've been favoring grapefruit flavors and Moscow Mules, nothing overwhelmingly sweet, and that I don't like a strong alcohol taste. I also told him I prefer dry red wines. He suggested two drinks, and I chose the Marrakech Mornings, a tea-infused gin concoction with grapefruit, grenadine, allspice dram, and coffee bitters. You guys, I liked it so much I drank TWO. And I'm a one-drink per night kind of lame-o adult.
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| Marrakech Mornings |
Were the cocktails worth the $12 price? (Yeah, pick your jaw off the ground, they are $12.) I think so. They also have these giant spherical ice cubes they use in the lowball glasses that I'm a little obsessed with right now.
We also ordered sliders and the famous Elvis panini (banana, peanut butter, and bacon) but were a little underwhelmed by the food. We'll surely be back for drinks sometime, but I think we leave the food up to The Catbird Seat.
They're open 7 days a week, and I hear Fridays and Saturdays are tough to get in. We went on a Sunday and it was super chill. If you want to feel like a secretive VIP, check out this place!
I still haven't been here and I need to. I LOVE to treat myself every once and a while to a really nice cocktail. I had a basil lime martini in California last year (it was pricey!) and I am still dreaming about it!
ReplyDeleteI loved the drinks, though Dan did point out that the liquor in mine was kind of the cheaper stuff, and so I told him he has to recreate it for me for cheaper at home.
DeleteYou know, one thing I didn't ask about at Patterson House was their accessibility. They are in an old house and the entrance is up some stairs... makes me think a lot about the article your friend wrote about East Nashville.
I am thinking they have a back entrance, but am not 100%. I know that I have driven past before. A lot of places look inaccessible but they have some secret way in (read: half of downtown nashville...like did you know to go to the Beer Cellar, I used to have to go through Hooters and down a secret staff elevator and through some weird Nashville underground tunnel. It's insanity!)
DeleteKimmie, I can't even imagine! Secret passages like a smuggler... you could so be a secret agent.
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