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LEONARDO DiCaprio may get marquee billing in The Great Gatsby, but champagne and cocktails are unofficial co-stars of the hit movie.

Special to the Daily Elway's Sommelier Jim Lay created this "Contrary Mary" cocktail, which is a twist on the typical bloody mary; instead of red tomatoes, he uses yellow tomatoes for the drinks base.

You loved a lime-sparked gin cocktail perfumed with lavender that refreshed you in New York, and the lemon, mint and verbena mocktail that cooled you in Miami.

2 tbsp. kosher salt 3 grapefruit wedges, divided 4 oz. Kowalski's Fresh Squeezed Grapefruit Juice 4 oz.

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You know what Memorial Day weekend means, right? It means the unofficial start to summer is here - time for beach days, barbecues, and impeccable alfresco cocktails, of course.

The recent release of Baz Luhrmann 's The Great Gatsby has everybody dreaming of the roaring '20s, but you don't need a time machine to enjoy the decade, old sport.

There's a certain kind of understated pleasure that can come from cracking open a twelve-pack in your own back yard as the Cardinals game buzzes in the background.

The tropical flavors of this banana and coconut cocktail will instantly transport you to Tahiti.

Mojito Proceeds to Benefit Tornado Victims. Eclipse di Luna will donate 100 percent of Mojito cocktail sales to the Oklahoma Red Cross, all day on Friday.

And Brooklyn. See you there? As always, please check with the venue before heading out to confirm details.

You can't be mixing every drink for each person who walks through the door, so Michael Chiarello recommends a self-serve drink station.

Eleanor Deschamps is days away from unlocking the doors at Low Tide Pub , a bar and restaurant at 4540 Fountain Dr.

The Manhattan Cocktail Classic was held this weekend in New York. The five-day conference kicked off with the Gala on Friday evening.

If there's a dish you can't stop thinking about and want to make at home, email schuyler@7x7.com . Your wish may end up on the blog, along with the actual recipe from the chef.

In the old Masonic Building at Hennepin and 6th, now part of the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts , a new restaurant serving sophisticated American bar food and takeaway deli sandwiches , quietly opened earlier this month.

Your metalhead friends wept openly when they heard about the death of Jeff Hanneman , one of Slayer 's founding members.

Endurance junkies have Ironmans, fried Oreo connoisseurs have the Iowa State Fair, and those of us who just plain like to drink have the Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala, a black-tie event whose sole purpose is to sip, swill, and savor as many of the 25,000 cocktails being doled out as possible.

So, when my favorite dining companion and I had the fortunate opportunity to experience Chef Stephen Jones' new menu at Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails this weekend it came as a pretty big surprise when I started writing my thoughts on the wonderful evening.

Tradition is an important ingredient in a family business, and for Victoria Spirits, known for its gin, it is also part of their bitters.