0.cached.png
By Jenny Hontz
Share
Newsweek is a Trust Project member
See more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.
After years of sugary-sweet cosmos and appletinis, spicy cocktails are suddenly hot. Get a Sudden Headache ($10) at the hip Elm Street Liquors lounge ( elmstreetliquors. com ) on Chicago's Gold Coast. Cayenne pepper and sea salt line the rim of this tequila, Cointreau and champagne cocktail. Step off the slopes into Chair 8 ( www.chair8.com ) in Telluride, Colo., for the Spicy Bloody Mary made with horseradish-infused vodka and a skewer of olives, pepperoncini, cherry peppers, pickles and Cajun shrimp ($8.95). Or try the Cheeseburger Mary, skewered with a slider. Find more liquid heat at Chapter 8 Steakhouse & Dance Lounge ( chapter8lounge.com ) in Agoura Hills, Calif. Its Little Miss Red Hot pairs red rum and Hot Damn schnapps with a cinnamon-sugar rim ($8). The Dove Parlour bar (212-254-1435) in New York's West Village serves a $9 silver fox, a martini of tequila and spiced tomato juice. Even fancy Cyrus ( cyrusrestaurant .com ) in Healdsburg, Calif., wine country offers a Creole Watermelon ($10) vodka cocktail with a kick of cayenne. Drink up and feel the heat.
Read More on News
Submit Correction
View Editorial & AI Guidelines