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Featured by The Humble Bartender on YouTube. This recipe calls for the addition of pineapple juice which slightly mutes the vanilla notes but creates a luscious texture.
The bartender was very friendly and personable, and gave us recommendations on what drinks to order. I had the cosmopolitan (one of the bartender's favorite's) and it was amazing, very smooth. My boyfriend had the old fashion and also really enjoyed it.

Steve Austin Tries Fancy Cocktails For The First Time. Made this drink but it's not my birthday so I will not finish it Please bring me my next beverage is this this be a cosmopolitan It's not a bad drink. I'm serious I'm about to haul ass if Y'all have no better shit than this and drink Oh it does please bartender Now that's a tasty.

by Linda Post, Founding Director

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What could be more celebratory than a glass of bubbly? Apropos for Paradise City, we think it’s a Craft Cocktail! What turns an ordinary drink into a Craft Cocktail? Some of the same elements that make the work of our exhibiting artists so special. It’s made with more care. It’s not boiler-plate, and the bartender is a little more passionate about getting it just right.

Manhattan Meets Northampton

The Directors have concocted two signature Craft Cocktails for this fall to go along with our theme of Life of the Party! … the Art of Celebration. Stop by the wine bar in the Festival Dining Tent for a Manhattan Meets Northampton. The addition of a Bada Bing Cherry and a dash of local maple syrup takes a traditional Manhattan to a whole new place. Or try the Paradise City Cosmopolitan. There are almost as many recipes for this wonderful cocktail as there are artists in the Paradise City Arts Festival. This variation relies less on sweetness and more on a subtle complexity that is both refreshing and packs a nice wallop.

To celebrate our special theme, the bar at the Festival Dining Tent and our local restaurant vendors have teamed up on a special promotion. Click here to get a coupon, order one of these two signature craft cocktails at the wine bar in the Festival Dining Tent, and get your coupon validated for $2 off at any of our food vendors.

And After the Show? Craft Cocktails at our Local Restaurants

We asked a few of our region’s expert mixologists to share with you the inspiration behind their favorite craft cocktails. After an enjoyable day at Paradise City Arts Festival, we encourage you to visit them, order a drink, and offer your own thoughts and recipes. You’ll tickle your taste buds and maybe learn something new. Sounds like the makings of a festive evening.

Blackberry Jam Martini at The Farm Table

Lauren, the bartender at The Farm Table in Bernardston, incorporated a distinctive artisanal blackberry jam into a signature craft cocktail for the restaurant. A lovely deep red hue characterizes this martini. Garnished with fresh raspberries and lime, served in an old-fashioned coupe glass, it is fruity—but not sweet.

Blackberry Jam Martini
Tito’s Vodka, Chambord, Fresh Lemon and Lime Juice, “Kringle Farm Table Blackberry Jam”

Eastside Grill Presents Pineapple Orange Basil Cocktail

The real artisanal touch to this bright cocktail is the locally made Thai Basil Bitters. The drink has herbal undertones, a citrusy base, and a slight kick from the ancho simple syrup. The soda water and fresh basil garnish make it super fizzy and festive. Presented by Jacob—it’s his favorite drink.

Pineapple Orange Basil Cocktail
Muddled Fresh Sliced Orange and Basil, Pineapple Vodka, Ancho Simple Syrup, Thai Basil Bitters and Soda Water Crack of corel draw 2019.

Pardon my Garden at Spoleto

Ruth, at Spoleto, is well known for her ultra-creative cocktails. For “Pardon My Garden,” arugula (what an unusual ingredient for a drink!) was her inspiration. Wireworks Gin is made in Boston with flavors of spruce tip, kumquat, juniper berry and angelica root. The rest of the components accent those flavors, with a bit of honey to sweeten the palate at the end.

Pardon My Garden
Wireworks Gin, Arugula, Cucumber, Fresh Lime, Chartreuse, Honey, Bitters

Orange Bitter-Man Manhattan at Alina’s

Steve, the popular bartender at Alina’s in Hadley, says that his signature cocktails “keep it simple, with a lot of the featured liquor and not too many extraneous ingredients.” This unusual take on a Manhattan is potent and slightly bitter, with fresh orange undertones and a gorgeous, glowing color.

Orange Bitter-Man Manhattan
Maker’s Mark Bourbon, Muddled Fresh Oranges, Gran Gala, Angostura Bitters, Dash of Orange Juice

Sierra Grille’s Tennessee Duel

“Smoky” is the dominant flavor in this deeply layered recipe. Devised by Sierra Grille’s bartender Arielle and named by George, it is by turns rich, bitter, malty, fresh and herbal. Gunpowder Rye is a small-batch whiskey made from local grains right here in New England.

Tennessee Duel
Gunpowder Rye, Campari, Aperol, Cognac, Fresh Lemon, Fresh Basil, Lagavulin Scotch Rinse.

Come see our Fall Northampton Special Exhibit ‒ Life of the Party!… the art of celebration as well as 250 juried artists at Paradise City Northampton October 7, 8 & 9. Click here to get a $2 discount dining coupon with a signature craft cocktail purchase. And buy tickets here for our upcoming show.

© Christopher Polk - Getty Images Nancy (Wall) Carell probably looks familiar, since she appeared as one of Michael Scott’s girlfriends on Steve Carrell's TV show, 'The Office'. Even now, after nearly 24 years of marriage, fans can't believe they missed the connection between Carol and Michael.

Steve Carell married his wife, Nancy, in 1995.
Steve and Nancy first met in the famous Chicago improv theater group Second City.

Steve Carell may have left The Office nearly a decade ago, but that certainly doesn’t mean his comedy days are over. In his latest venture, the actor plays General Naird in the Netflix series Space Force.

The new show, which premiered this past May, was created by Steve himself and The Office creator Greg Daniels. That said, we wouldn't be surprised if Steve's wife, Nancy Carell, also helped inspire the series in some way. After all, she is a comedian and has starred alongside Steve before on TV.

In fact, Nancy once appeared as Michael Scott (Steve's Office character)’s girlfriend Carol Stills. Carol was the real estate agent who sold Michael his beloved condominium during season 2. Over the course of eight years (from 2005-2013), Nancy appeared on seven episodes of The Office. Train simulator 19 free.

Even now, after 25 years of marriage, some Office fans can't get over how they didn't put the pieces together sooner.

WHY AM I JUST NOW REALIZING THAT STEVE CARELL’S WIFE IRL WAS HIS REALTOR/GF CARROL IN THE OFFICE pic.twitter.com/Xmmkaxyiq0

— 🌊🌖krocs☀️🌿 (@krocs_17) May 22, 2018

One of the real-life couple’s most memorable moments as a fictional couple happened when Michael proposed to Carol on their ninth date in 'Diwali.' But Michael and Carol's romance came to an end when Michael Photoshopped his face over Carol's ex-husband’s and then sent it out as a Christmas card of their “family.'

“I don’t know how to deal with this thing, and the proposal, and I don’t think things are gonna work out with us,” Carol told Michael in the episode 'Benihana Christmas.'

Luckily for the Carells, art didn’t imitate life. The couple — who first met in the famous Chicago improv theater group Second City — have the most adorable love story. Here’s what Steve told Ellen DeGeneres in 2015 about how he and Nancy got together in the '90s:

“We were terrible. I worked at Second City, she was taking classes there, but she worked as a bartender across the street, and I used to go in after shows and try to strike up a conversation. We were both very, very timid, sort of nervous, shy people, around each other. And the conversation would go something like, ‘Hey, you know, if I were ever to ask a woman out, it would be someone like you, exactly like you.’ And she’d say, ‘If a guy like you were ever to ask a woman like me out, I would definitely do that.”

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He said this went on for weeks before they eventually figured it out and started dating. 'I was immediately attracted to my wife. She's beautiful, intelligent, and really funny,' Steve told The Guardian in 2013. 'She kind of checked all the boxes in my head, but I thought she hated me because she was very quiet around me. I thought she for sure knew that I was full of it, and I later found out that she was just as nervous as I was and trying to act cool.'

And when the couple decided to tie the knot, Steve was just as excited about their future together. 'I knew early on she was the right one,' he said to the outlet. 'I'll never forget standing at the altar and I saw her coming down the aisle — immediately a sense of calm came over me. There was an ethereal sense of how right it all was and more than anything it was very empowering knowing that person was going to be my partner and have my back.'

They were married in 1995, and they both went on to work as correspondents on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart starting in 1999. During their tenure on The Daily Show, Steve and Nancy welcomed their now-19-year old daughter, Elisabeth. Nancy left the show in 2002, and the couple had their now-15-year-old son, John, in 2004.

Despite Steve's long list of comedy credits, he says Nancy is 'way funnier than I am.' Three years later, he echoed the same sentiment while chatting with Entertainment Tonight in 2016: 'She makes me laugh more than anybody.'

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Nancy’s also had supporting roles in Bridesmaids (she played Helen’s tennis partner in the hilarious match versus Kristen Wiig), and as the health clinic counselor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Her first big break, however, was a 17-episode stint on Saturday Night Live Free camera train sim world. from 1995-1996. The couple also got together to create the show Angie Tribeca, starring fellow Office alum Rashida Jones.

While Nancy and Steve may not have had the best on-screen chemistry in The Office (purposefully, of course), we can't get enough of their off-screen love and support for each other. So what keeps the magic alive after over two decades together?

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'There's no secret,' Steve said in 2013. 'I think you get lucky.'

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Awww.