GQ picks places for the best cocktails

Published 2:24 pm Tuesday, July 29, 2008

You’ll go far for these drinks: Whether you’re summering in New England or on a business trip to Louisville, sometimes you feel like having a cocktail.

GQ’s August issue tells you where to find the best drinks in America, and the results might surprise you.

The magazine says a Louisville, Ky., restaurant called 610 Magnolia is the best place to get a Manhattan, while fine margaritas reside at El Camino in Brunswick, Maine.

Less surprising perhaps is the award for best mai tai going to House Without a Key, a bar at the Halekulani hotel in Waikiki, Hawaii, and the best mint julep turning up in the South, at Elizabeth on 37th, in Savannah, Ga.

For a perfect gin and tonic, GQ says head to the Spring House Hotel, Block Island, Rhode Island.

For a complete list of GQ’s recommendations on where to find 20 excellent cocktails coast to coast, visit men.style.com/gq/features/archive/0808.

Associated Press