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Beverly
Hills Hot Spots Offer Oscar-Inspired Drinks to Toast Best Motion
Picture Nominees
LOS ANGELES//PRNewswire/
-- This Oscar season, the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors
Bureau has teamed up with local restaurants and bars to create
original, cinematic-inspired cocktails. Beverly Hills hot spots,
including the Polo Lounge, Nic's Restaurant and Martini Lounge,
Boe, Blue on Blue and Bar 360 each have concocted their own winning
libation honoring a film nominated for Best Picture by the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
As Oscar fever sets, luminaries and locals alike are invited to
enjoy creative concoctions such as:
- "The Seabiscuit,"
inspired by the movie Seabiscuit offered at The Polo Lounge
in the Beverly Hills Hotel
- "The Mystic
River Cocktail," inspired by the movie Mystic River offered
at Boe in the Crescent Hotel
- "The Thunder
Down Under," inspired by Lord of the Rings: The Return
of The King at Nic's Martini Bar and Lounge
- "The Script,"
inspired by Lost in Translation at Bar 360 in the Luxe Hotel
Rodeo Drive (offered with a special Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive script
for acting out with family and friends).
- "Sail Away,"
inspired by the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of
The World at Blue on Blue in the Avalon Hotel
"Beverly Hills is always the center of Oscar festivities
since it's the official home of the Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences and our hotels are the home away from home for
many celebrities during Oscar season, " said Kathryn Smits,
director, Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau.
"We are thrilled to continue the annual tradition of our
Oscar Drinks promotion that we started last year. Locals and visitors
alike have enjoyed visiting different restaurants and bars to
taste test their special drinks and debate about their favorite
films."
For movie fans who want to mix an Oscar-inspired drink for friends
and family at home, the Avalon Hotel's Blue on Blue and the Crescent
Hotel's Boe share the following special creations:
"Sail Away,"
courtesy of Blue on Blue General Manager Mark Wheadon
1oz Midori melon
liqueur
1oz Peach Schnapps
2oz Ketel One vodka
3/4oz Fresh lime juice
Serve in a Martini
Glass
"The Mystic
River Cocktail," courtesy of Todd Belluci of Boe at the
Crescent Hotel
2 oz Bushmill's
.75 oz Dr. McGillicuddy's Vanilla Schnapps
Coffee to taste
Pour ingredients
over ice and stir -- serve in an old fashioned glass.
The Beverly Hills
Oscar Drinks promotion runs through the Academy Awards night,
this year to be held on Sunday, February 29.
Beverly Hills Venue
Information:
Polo Lounge at the
Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Blvd
(310) 276-2251
Blue on Blue at the
Avalon
9400 West Olympic Blvd
(310) 407-7775
Boe at the Crescent
Hotel
403 N Crescent Drive
(310) 247-0505
Nic's Restaurant &
Martini Bar
453 North Canon Drive
(310) 550-5707
Bar 360 at the Luxe
Hotel
360 N. Rodeo Drive
(310) 273-0300
For more information
about this promotion and other Beverly Hills events, please visit
the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau Web site at http://www.BeverlyHillsBeHere.com
or call (800) 345-2210.
SOURCE Beverly
Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau
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