This manhattan was procured at on of the ubiquitous Todd English restaurants: Bonfire is in the Park Plaza Hotel. We went there last night after a lecture about the still unsolved robbery almost 20 years ago at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The bar was constructed very oddly with big red pillars (you can see one behind the drink) placed about every 3 or 4 stools. So for about 1/3 of the patrons, the bartender has to reach around the pillar to serve them.
The manhattan was made with Basil Hayden and was "perfect" which it probably wasn't. Do you notice the whitish bit of foam around the edge of the liquid? I've experienced this before (even at home) and not sure if it is a result of the water or ice quality or of the shaking vs. stirring. I don't return drinks that come to me this way figuring that the alcohol will kill anything that needs to be killed. When this happens at home, I just figure it's time to replace the filter on the water/ice dispenser on the frig. My problem with the service was that the female bartender let my drink sit in the cocktail shaker while she was discussing wine selection with my friend. Just poor the drink please. And please, in the future, put the cherry in the glass before you poor instead of pouring the drink and then running back to the end of the bar, carrying the cherry over and plopping it in the drink. Total turn off.
Still working on technique for taking pictures in the dark - as you can see, I'm not quite there yet. Bar stools were full, tables in the bar were completely empty. Restaurant was full - it's Restaurant Week after all.
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