10/17/2007

From: Top 10 Cocktails

Jennifer Berg
Chicago Sun-Times online (www.suntimes.com)

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Cloudgate Martini

Invented by Peter de Castro, the Cloudgate Martini was inspired by a walk around Millennium Park. "My brother Donny and I came up with the cocktail walking through the park one day and looking at the Bean," he explains. Mixed up with Grey Goose La Poire, homemade sour mix and pineapple juice, the Chicago-lovin' cocktail is topped off with a dash of champagne. The drink's $199 price tag is certainly steep; but then, an Elsa Peretti bean necklace is a pretty fancy garnish.

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