Best of the Twin Cities Eat + Drink

Best Bourbon Cocktail

Up in Smoke at The Strip Club

Add the herbaceous liqueur Averna and hickory maple syrup to bourbon and you have simple elegance. The maple edge dresses it up without making it a strumpet.

Up in Smoke at The Strip Club | 378 Maria Ave., St. Paul, MN | 651-793-6247

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