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I remember last year sitting on the rooftop at The Drake Hotel watching Sir Arthur run around making Mexican-Inspired cocktails for Cinco de Mayo. He was making them, and I was drinking them (we definitely complement each other well).

This year is a little different, a little more exciting for Sir Arthur. He will be mixing cocktails at Drake One Fifty’s Cinco De Mayo Celebration where guest Chef Donnie Masterton will be wowing guests with an authentic pop-up Mexican menu. Arthur has two of his Tromba Tequila cocktail’s featured on the drink list tonight, so you should definitely go try them. The restaurant is sold out at 220 reservations which doesn’t surprise me…I mean HELLO this city LOVES to celebrate.

If you are feeling festive, LOVE tequila, but want to stay home on your Cinco De Mayo Monday then try Sir Arthur’s Tromba-based cocktail: Cold Smoke (it’s #HotDamnDelicious and has a slight kick of spice).

Cold Smoke:

1.5oz Tromba Blanco Tequila

0.5 oz Yellow Chartreuse

0.5. oz Fortuna Mezcal

0.75 Fresh Lime Juice

0.5 Cold Infused Jalapeño Syrup

2 Dashes of Bad Dog Bar craft, Fire and Damnation Bitters

Ginger Beer

Combine all the ingredients above (except ginger beer) into a shaker tin. Shake it like a polaroid picture. Strain over fresh ice in a large rocks glass and top it off with ginger beer. Lastly, skewer a piece of candied ginger and sliced Jalapeño to make it look pretty.