40+ CT Spots To Celebrate Negroni Week September 12-18
Negroni: one part gin, one part Vermouth Rosso, one part Campari, garnished with an orange peel. Possibly first mixed up in Florence, Italy around 1919. Supposedly, Count Camillo Negroni asked the bartender of the evening to spruce up his favorite Americano with a splash of gin. Had an orange lying around and ka-pow, a classic poured into being! Well, from September 12-18th, Negroni Week heralds 7 days highlighting this classic cocktail, all the while raising money for important causes. This year, monies raised at these establishments will support Slow Food, a movement that seeks to change the world through food and beverages. Their goal? To help create a world where “everyone can enjoy food and beverage that is good for them, good for the people who grow it, and good for the planet”. Raise those glasses and enjoy this classic along with some new spins…
Bianca Restaurant & Bar-Greenwich
Bianca Restaurant and Bar, a newcomer to the restaurant scene in Greenwich, has opened in a vibrant, intimate space at 30 Greenwich Avenue, serving a modern Italian menu with a twist — and with an emphasis on the cuisine of the Campania region and Naples. That bustling city is where two of Bianca’s owners come from — Raffaele Ronca, its executive chef and a co-owner of Rafele Rye in Rye, N.Y., and Rosario Procino, the co-owner of Ribalta in Manhattan. Together they are bringing an authentic Italian flare with wonderful dishes and an inviting and jovial ambience to Greenwich. During Negroni Week, Bianca will be serving several variety of Negroni on their menu and will introduce an "Italian Negroni" made with artisanal Italian bitter, vermouth and gin.
Kawa Ni-Westport
When you marry a restaurant in the Japanese Izakaya style with a classic Italian cocktail, you get none other than the Sensei Negroni. Made with a base of sweet potato shochu, with is a Japanese spirit typically distilled from barley and koji (a yeast grown on rice) it is then combined with Aperol, Campari and sweet vermouth for a perfect balance of flavors. Kampai!
Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill-New Haven
Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill (New Haven location only) will be highlighting their “Oaxaca Negroni” ($15) in celebration of Negroni Week.
Shell & Bones Oyster Bar & Grill-New Haven
Shell & Bones Oyster Bar and Grill (New Haven) will be offering a “Classic” Negroni and Hemingway’s Negroni (their take on a white Negroni) ($12), with Slow Foods, a global movement of local communities and activists across more than 160 countries seeking to change the world through food and beverage, serving as the giving partner.
Lyre’s Spirit Co.
Don’t feel like mixing your own or going out in search of the perfect Negroni? Lyre’s Spirits are here for you, wherever and whenever you want them to be: The Classic, the Coffee Negroni, the Negroni Spritz, the Contessa Negroni, the Pink London Negroni, the Blood Orange Negroni, the Rosa Negroni, the Boulevardier..all bottled and raring to go.
1928 Cocktail Club-Branford
Head to CT’s only true speakeasy to celebrate Negroni Week! They will be serving up three styles of this classic cocktail: the Classic, the Crystalline and the Cold Brew Boulevardier. Step back in time in a thoroughly modern way…
The Charles-Wethersfield
Enjoy The Charles' twist on the classic Negroni with the “Negroni didn’t!” and “Go with the Flow(ers)" at lunch, dinner, or for Happy Hour in their renovated 1790s home-turned-restaurant.
BanC House-Norwalk
BanC House will be pairing The Botanist gin and Campari for a perfect Negroni all week long
El Segundo-New Haven
Raise a glass to their Spicy Negroni, Boulevardier (bourbon, Campari, sweet vermouth and topped with an orange twist) and the Old Pal (rye whiskey, Campari, dry vermouth and topped with a lemon twist).
Magic 5 Pie Co.-Norwalk
What could be better to accompany a fabulous pizza pie than an ice cold Negroni (on tap)?
The Spread-Norwalk
Ode to Campari! Enjoy The Spread’s Classic Negroni, an Americano (Campari, sweet vermouth and soda water), a Mezcal Negroni (the smokey cousin to the classic Negroni) or peddle a Bicicletta (Campari, dry white wine, club soda, topped with fresh orange) and a Fragola Negroni with strawberry infused gin.
Avert Brasserie-West Hartford
BAR-New Haven
Bar 19-New Haven
Conspiracy-Middletown
D’Amelio’s Italian Eatery-Waterbury
Delaney’s Restaurant & Tap Room-New Haven
Elm City Social-New Haven
El Santo Tequila & Mezcal Bar-West Hartford
FB@El Santo Tequila & Mezcal
Esca Restaurant & Wine Bar-Middletown
Fork and Fire-Farmington
Four Dads Pub-Granby
GG’s Wood Fired Pizza-Milford
GastroPark (West Hartford)
Home-Branford
Krust Pizza and Bourbon Bar-Middletown
Little River Restoratives-Hartford
FB @ Little River Restoratives
The Negroni will function as the base spirit for several new cocktails: the Negroni Daiquiri with lime and simple syrup, a Negroni-Colada with pineapple, coconut cream and lime and finally, a Ramos Fizz.
Marlborough Tavern-Marlborough
Millwright’s Restaurant-Simsbury
Oak Haven Table & Bar-New Haven
Old Heidelberg-New Haven
Olives and Oil-New Haven
Ordinary-New Haven
OSA-Middletown
The Owl Shop-New Haven
Oyster Club-Mystic
The Port of Call-Mystic
Rosina’s Bar & Restaurant-Greenwich
Sherkaan-New Haven
Shipwright’s Daughter-Mystic
SouthEnd Uncorked-New Canaan
Sparrow Pizza Bar-West Hartford
Treva-West Hartford
Villa Lulu-New Haven
Zohara Mediterranean Kitchen-West Hartford
