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Coco and the cellar bar7/13/2023 She still fondly remembers The Coco Blossom, which had tarragon-infused white rum, elderflower, red apple syrup, and fresh lemon. She started her long-term love of Coco cocktails with a bourbon-based special with fresh peaches and Cynar, and has yet to have a “just okay” drink there. Now that her favorite bartender left Alvah Stone (to work in construction? Please, come back!), the mixology game at Coco is the top of her list for best in the area. I’m always happy to see Western Mass favorites and they regularly get top-shelf New England picks from places like Maine Beer Company. The tap selection at The Cellar Bar is all craft and mostly local. We love the open brightness of the main dining space, but there’s not a thing wrong with the moody lighting, exposed brick, and intimate low ceilings below. We like it so much we didn’t eat upstairs until a few months ago, always content in the cozy confines of the cellar. Thankfully in addition to making some exceptionally-inspired cocktails, the full menu is available at the Cellar Bar downstairs. Our first trip we met our friend Patty on a busy evening so it was pretty packed upstairs. Between the people at Coco and the FedEx driver who loves our obnoxious dogs, we’ve decided we have to do Holiday cards this year, because we appreciate both so much. It’s British-Airways-First-Class type treatment. They suggest things they know we’ll like because they seem to remember what we loved in the past. The phenomenal thing is they recognize and remember us. We wrote this little review years ago, and now that we live in Greenfield we only get to Coco three times a year (according to my expense reports). First, let’s talk about the staffįrom the owners to the servers and bartenders to the full crew in the back of the house, everyone we’ve interacted with has been exemplary. This particular compulsion is exclusive to Coco though, for more reasons than I can probably explain.īut explain I will, because everyone must experience what this “patron saint of the Easthampton Dining Renaissance” (trademark) has to offer. Like one of those, “when was the last time we had sushi?” or “I’m dying for BBQ” kind of needs. Years ago it took us way too long to try Coco & The Cellar Bar in Easthampton for the first time, but ever since it’s become a regular need.
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