ARTFULLY CREATED AUTUMN SIPS AT SELANNE STEAK TAVERN

Selanne Steak Tavern recently unveiled its fall cocktails with six new quaffs featuring seasonal ingredients such as cranberry, apple, cinnamon and spice.

“The changing of the season calls for fall flavors like apple cider, pumpkin spice and cranberries matched with warming alcoholic spirts such as Fireball Whiskey, Woodford Reserve Bourbon and tequila,” said General Manager Chad Sisco. These aptly and whimsically named cocktails are ideal to combat chilly autumn nights along Southern California’s coast.

Selanne Steak Tavern’s six new autumn cocktails:

• The Orchard created by Sisco to whimsically showcase Fireball Whiskey with the addition of lemon, apple cider and Fever-Tree Ginger Beer.
• Composed of Tito’s Vodka, Kahlua, espresso and pumpkin spice, Pick of the Patch is highlighted by a stenciled number 8 (Teemu Selanne’s hockey player number) on the top of the pumpkin spice crème froth.
• Autumn Leaves is a beautiful drink made with Don Julio Reposado Tequila, lime, agave, Pama Liqueur, cranberry, Fresno chile. It’s rimmed with Tajín for its nutty and earthy flavor. Sisco admits it is his personal fave.
• Nolet’s Gin, Lillet Blanc, lemon, cinnamon simple and cranberry make Fall Breeze a special sipping delight.
• Pecan Delight is made with Bulleit Bourbon, cinnamon simple and pecan bitters and is a playful riff off an Old Fashioned.
• A new modern take on a whiskey sour, Harvest Moon, is an artful mix of Woodford Reserve Bourbon, lemon, Fee Brothers Old Fashion Bitters and egg white.

Oldies but goodies on Selanne’s Specialty Cocktails & Martinis List include Teemu’s Moscow Mule — Platinum 7X Vodka, Fever-Tree Ginger Beer, agave, lime; The Hat Trick — PAU Maui Vodka, grapefruit, agave, St. Germaine; Spicy Pear — Grey Goose La Poire Vodka, agave, Fresno chile and lime; and Smoke ’n’ Fashion — Buffalo Trace Bourbon, cane sugar, Fee Brothers Old Fashion Bitters & Smoke.

Selanne Steak Tavern is also well-known for its batched cocktails featuring special reserve liquors — 100% Kentucky oak barrel-aged for three months, on-tap artisan beers and Wine Spectator award-winning wine list.

About Selanne Steak Tavern

Selanne Steak Tavern, located at 1464 South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, opened in November 2013 and is owned by Hockey Hall of Famer Teemu Selanne and local Orange County businessman Kevin Pratt. Housed in a reimagined 1934 historic home along the Pacific Coast, it is an upscale contemporary steak house with an upstairs dining room, downstairs tavern and bar area, a wine room for more intimate dining and two patios for alfresco dining. The restaurant supports local farms and fisheries that practice sustainability and humane practices. Menus feature the finest of steaks and seafood served with a variety of accompaniments enhanced by herbs from the restaurant’s herb garden. Along with its carefully selected California-focused wine list, craft signature cocktails are created from quality farmers’ market produce, homemade mixers and top-notch shelf spirits. Selanne Steak Tavern is open for dinner nightly starting at 5 p.m. For reservations and more information, call 949–715–9881 or visit www.selannesteaktavern.com.