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Toffee Apple Manhattans, Half-Moon Cookies, Rigatoni alla Vodka, Short Rib au Poivre, Jambon Beurre...
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On today’s The Lowdown…
The Return of Dante’s Toffee Apple Manhattan
Caputo Bake Shop’s Half-Moon Cookies
At-home Rigatoni alla Vodka
Meet the Dirty Americano
It’s Scorpio Season at Grand Army
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Drinking
Toffee Apple Manhattan (Dante West Village)
551 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014
Last week I was running errands in the Big City and had a couple hours to kill before an evening engagement so I worked my way down from the Flatiron District to the West Village for a late-afternoon drink at Dante West Village. The arrival of their Fall Drinks Menu has the same reverence for me as a signifier of autumn as It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown holiday special holds, and I was thrilled to be able to order my first Toffee Apple Manhattan of the season. It’s made with Calvados, buttered Zacapa Rum, Lustau Fino Sherryu, Carpano Antica Formula, apple caramel, and clove. It’s served with a ride-along sidecar and an apple-fan garnish, though I still haven’t mastered what to do with the apples exactly. My move is to add a single slice to the drink, have a couple sips, eat the apple slice, repeat.