RR Classic Creations History

Question 1

Cigar Box

Answer 1

created by Justin Lavenue at Whisler’s in 2013

Question 2

The Poet’s Muse

Answer 2

created by Justin Lavenue for Bombay Sapphire’s Most Imaginative Cocktail of 2015

Inspired by Matsuo Basho, father of Haiku. It utilizes a multitude of Japanese ingredients, bartending techniques, and methods of preparation

the ingredients are written in Haiku form

Question 3

The Pharaoh’s Dance

Answer 3

Created by Alex Shoemaker for the Miles Davis “Kind of Blue” album tribute, preformed by Ephraim Owens in July 2015

Question 4

Lonesome Dove

Answer 4

based on a Paloma which means Dove in Spanish

its named after our neighborhood restaurant, which is an ode to the fact that in the 1930’s, the Vendome Club made a variant of the De Rigueur, their house cocktail, and named it after their neighbors, the Brown Derby

Question 5

Black Mountain Coffee

Answer 5

created by Justin Lavenue

Name derives from the italian word Montenegro translating to Black Mountain

Question 6

Silver Meadows

Answer 6

Created by Justin Lavenue and Dennis Gobis in 2016

the inspiration for this cocktail was to make a crystal clear and unassuming cocktail to the eye, but have it be incredibly complex once the guest takes a siup. It took them a total of six months to perfect the recipe which required a two step clarification process, a fat wash, and a housemade incture

Question 7

Black Pearl

Answer 7

Created by Justin Lavenue and Dennis Gobis

inspired by pirate Captain Jack Sparrow and his notorious ship, The Black Pearl

Question 8

De Rigueur

Answer 8

Flagship cocktail of RR for the first 3 years

First appeared in “Here’s How” by Judge Jr. aka Norman Hume Anthony in 1927

Originall a Scotch based drink according to the savoy cocktail book (Henry Craddock)

in the mid 1930s one of LA’s most popular social clubs, the Vendome, put a bourbon based version on their menu and named it after their neighbor, the Brown Derby