Indulge

We’ve rounded up 12 sinful cocktails that will tempt you to skip dinner outright

The Mandolini di Sorrento, available at the Champagne Bar at Le Sirenuse.



The Place: Le Sirenuse Champagne Bar. The Dessert Drink: Mandolini Di Sorrento ($25). Decadent Details: One word to describe this velvety cocktail: sexy. Inspired by a mandolin and guitar duo that have been fixtures at Le Sirenuse in Positano for 25 years, the rich and nutty drink is a take on a Manhattan. Perfect for sipping after dinner, it’s made with Bulleit Bourbon, Mancino Vermouth Chinato, along with banana and coffee-based liqueurs. Music to your ears — it comes with two house-made chocolate truffles nestled inside a small mandolin. sirenusemiami.com.

The Place: Barton G. The Dessert Drink: Sabrinatini ($32). Decadent Details: Barton G knows how to blow your mind with its highly inventive dishes and cocktails, and this red smoke-show is a perfect ending to dinner. Named after founder Barton G. Weiss’ previous pet monkey, Sabrina, the cocktail features Grey Goose Citrus Vodka, watermelon sorbet, St. Germain and is adorned with a Champagne nitro popsicle and a housemade chocolate monkey that dangles from the side. bartong.com.



The Place: Ember. The Dessert Drink: Rum Cake Mai Tai ($16). Decadent Details: For a cocktail that tastes like vacation, this Mai Tai is concocted with rum, lemon, vanilla, maple and pecans. Bar manager Nima Kasmaii wanted to pay homage to chef Kilgore’s upbringing in Kansas with the maple and pecan flavors, but with a tropical curve. So, cake minus the calories. Winning. embermiami.com.

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The Place: Cocktails At The Lincoln Eatery. The Dessert Drink: The Morning After ($16). Decadent Details: You don’t need to put the lime in the coconut for this drink. Served in a glass that looks like a coconut, it’s built with cornflake-infused rum, pineapple and coconut, and sprinkled with shredded coconut and sugary corn flakes. Extra sweet? You get to take the glass home. thelincolneatery.com.

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The Place: Matador Bar. The Dessert Drink: Confession of Love Punch Bowl ($125). Decadent Details: Flock stars will be drunk in love with this shareable beauty. Served in a copper flamingo-shaped punch bowl, six-to-eight people can sip this fuchsia-hued punch that blends Absolut Elyx and Luxardo Maraschino with passion fruit syrup, hibiscus and lemon. It’s extra Insta-worthy thanks to floating orchids and a dehydrated pineapple. matadorroom.com.

The Place: Cracked Eatery by Chef Adrianne. The Dessert Drink: Boozy Guava Snow Cone ($12). Decadent Details: Years ago, chef Adrianne Calvo used to make snow cones for her staff after the dinner shift at her first restaurant. Now this boozy snow cone is the dessert of her dreams. Fashioned with shaved ice, vodka, fresh guava puree, lime and dashed with sparkling rosé, it’s a brunch staple at the new restaurant. igotcracked.com.

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The Place: Esotico Miami. The Dessert Drink: Treasure Chest ($130, serves 8 people). Decadent Details: If tiki drinks are your thing, this social cocktail has all the Aloha vibes you can handle. Arriving in a smoking treasure chest, grab a straw to gulp down this potent punch loaded with three types of rum, fresh citrus and Re’al Blue Agave Nectar. It could make you book a ticket to Hawaii. esoticomiami.com.



The Place: Ariete. The Dessert Drink: Pumpkin Spice “No-Se-Que” ($14). Decadent Details: It’s the holidays and because diners needed “something” pumpkin spice, the bartenders at Ariete dreamed up this buzzy coffee cocktail. It’ll warm your spirits thanks to Russell’s 10-year Bourbon, Maraschino Liqueur, housemade pumpkin spice syrup, coffee, almond milk, and a frothy topping of salted pumpkin spice/ bourbon and crunchy pumpkin-spiced mixed nuts. arietemiami.com.

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The Place: Myn-Tu. The Dessert Drink: Cacao Imperial Old Fashioned. Decadent Details: Chocolate lovers rejoice, this your kind of Old Fashioned. When you’re done noshing on Japanese wagyu or French caviar, go for this sweet concoction made with Ron Barceló Imperial, angostura bitters, chocolate mole bitters, and sprinkled with shaved chocolate. myn-tu.com



The Place: Pizza & Burger by Michael Mina. The Dessert Drink: Strawberry and Cream Milkshake ($16). Decadent Details: Newsflash: all of the restaurant’s drool-worthy milkshakes — from the Salted Dulce de Leche to the Chocolate Banana-Cream Pie — can be infused with liquor. Go big with the Strawberry and Cream, prepared with vanilla gelato, strawberry syrup and topped with a chocolate-dipped Rice Krispie Treat, graham cracker streusel, fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Make it boozy with the suggested pairing of Stolichnaya Vanilla Vodka. fontainebleau.com/dining/pizza-burgers/miami-restaurant.

The Place: Sugar Factory American Brasserie. The Dessert Drink: Campfire Spiked S’mores Milkshake ($31). Decadent Details: “Best I ever had?” Superstar rapper Drake thinks so — he invented this over-the-top drink that’s reminiscent of those campfires we wish we had in Miami. Dig your spoons into a mountainous milkshake made of chocolate and coffee ice cream with espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup, and spiked with Drake’s Virginia Black Whiskey. The towering glass is coated in dark chocolate and graham crackers, and crowned with an insane seven layer s’mores cookie. sugarfactory.com.

The Place: KYU. The Dessert Drink: Hickory Chicory Dock ($18). Decadent Details: This is SPIRITual Advisor Ilan Chartor’s imaginative twist on the often played-out espresso dessert martini. The very complex drink combines Panther coffee with the new and unusual Hoodoo Chicory Liqueur, Remy Martin 1738 Cognac, a dash of chocolate bitters, and is topped with an Aperol/Licor 43 foam. Extra pizzazz? They smoke the drink with black tea, star anise and apple wood, and then garnish it with a crisp hazelnut wafer. kyurestaurants.com.

This story was originally published December 19, 2019 at 3:06 PM.

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Jenny Perez
Miami Herald
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