Bonaventure Brewing Co

Hi this is John Apodaca with Daddy-O's Martinis and since the weather is starting to warm up, most of us enjoy either a good beer or cocktail with their meals. I had the pleasure of going to a restaurant brewery called Bonaventure Brewing Company located in Downtown Los Angeles at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. They have a wonderful menu and a great choice of handcrafted beers from very light to dark that can't be beat.

However as far as cocktails go, they claim to have a large selection of martinis which are not martinis at all. I often look at the menu where it says "Our Signature Martinis" and I didn't see one classic drink listed. It looked more like a drink menu from the late 1990s or early 2000s that included Apple martini, cosmopolitan and lemon drops that are nothing but vodka with hight fructose candy colored syrups that make them look pretty but not classic in the least. How long will it take for Bonaventure Brewing to climb on board to the crafting quality cocktails unless they just don't care and only want to cater to tourists who don't know any better.  There is a current Renaissance of crafting quality drinks and apparently this establishment is aware of it. 

I filled out a comment card shortly before leaving and suggested they revamp the bar and learn to make real cocktails and to consider contacting my friend Tyler Dow from the bar Four at Checkers to help them out. I'm not saying to stay away from this restaurant but they shouldn't call these cocktails "martinis" when they are not or just learn to research classic drinks and serve those instead.

Cheers,

John Apodaca