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These simple and delicious cocktails from Navy Pier’s on-site establishments will taste like a vacation in a glass.
Grab the ingredients, schedule a Zoom call with friends, and enjoy a virtual vacation from your living room. When we can convene at the Pier again, we invite you to come in and compare your efforts. Cheers!
Riva Crabhouse
Aperol Spritz
This classic Italian refresher is perfect for an outside session in warming weather – or for creating that setting at home! This is also Phil Stefani’s favorite cocktail to enjoy while sitting on Riva’s patio watching foot and boat traffic.
Ingredients:
Tall wine glass; Ice; Aperol; Prosecco; Club soda; Orange slices
Preparation:
- Add ice to glass
- Add 3 oz. Aperol
- Add 3 oz. Prosecco
- Add splash of club soda
- Garnish with orange slice
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Mango Margarita
Simple syrup: ¼ cup of sugar into ¼ cup hot water; stir.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Silver Tequila; 1.5 oz Fresh Lime Juice; 1.5 oz Simple Syrup; 1 Lime; Tajin Chili Lime Seasoning
Preparation:
- Fill bar mixing tin with ice *Or, use a large glass & stir instead
- Add ingredients
- Cover mixing tin with a lid or glass, shake until blended
- Prep a cocktail glass: Run a lime around the rim — Sprinkle Tajin Chili Lime Seasoning on a plate — Dip rim into seasoning — Fill glass with ice
- Place a strainer over mixing tin & pour into the cocktail glass
Harry Caray’s Tavern
Rosé All Day Spritz
Nothing says Spring quite like Rosé, here’s how to make it extra special & refreshing! Be sure to stop by when Harry’s reopens on the Pier to try the ‘Frosé’—another fun cocktail.
Ingredients:
6 oz Rosé wine; Splash of Club Soda; Fresh Strawberries (about 2 tbsp); 2 Lemon Slices; Large wine glass
Preparation:
- Muddle lemon & strawberries in the bottom of the glass, fill with ice
- Add rosé & top with club soda
- Add a lemon slice & a piece of strawberry to the side of the glass as a garnish
- Take a sip and say “WOW!”
Tiny Tavern
Tiny Hammock
Make this at home, kick back, and transport yourself to your own personal hammock. Tiny Hammock is a long-time, local favorite at Tiny Tavern, we know you’ll love it!
Ingredients:
Ice; 1.5 oz Vodka; 0.5 oz Fresh Lemon Juice; 0.5 oz Simple Syrup; 4-5 thin slices of large cucumber; 2 Lemon Wheels; Soda Water
Preparation:
- Build ingredients (except for soda water) in a shaker
- Shake hard but not too long to break down the cucumber without watering down the drink
- Pour with ice into a chilled Collins glass
- Top with a splash of soda water
Margaritaville
Tropical Pear-A-Dise
Tropical, pear-infused margarita with a splash of Red Bull for an energizing twist on the traditional margarita.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz 1800 Silver Tequila; 0.5 oz Gran Gala Orange Liqueur; 0.5 oz Finest Call Prickly Pear; 2 oz Margarita Mix; 1.5 oz Red Bull Tropical; Lime
Preparation:
- Add ice to glass
- Add tequila & orange liqueur to glass
- Next, add prickly pear juice & margarita mix
- Cover & shake
- Add Red Bull to top off drink
- Garnish with lime wedge.
Offshore
Budding Spring
This winter-into-spring cocktail from Bar Manager Clay Livingston is fruity, slightly sweet and perfect for the home bartender. Make this from your home kitchen until you can enjoy amazing views and drinks from the world’s largest rooftop bar when we reopen.
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Vanilla Vodka; 0.5 oz pear liqueur; 2 oz Pomegranate Juice
Preparation:
- Shake all ingredients with ice and serve up, in a coupe or martini glass
