This is the beginning of a on going investigation, finding the best cocktails in town. I happen to love the fact that I am finding more and more mixologist in our cozy little city. Santa Fe is leader in the liquor industry for some of the most creative cocktails coming to the forefront of popular cocktails. Get award winning cocktails at some of my favorite restaurants in Santa Fe. From Coyote Cafe’s to Secreto’s (in Hotel St. Francis) to the classic and world famous La Casa Sena Restaurant.
V.I.P. Cocktails with the Santa Fe Bar Man is a new and improved series in which we started last year! TheSantaFeBarMan.com is one of the top 50 websites voted as best websites to refer to liquor and cocktail preparation. The best thing about all this is that Chris Milligan, The Santa Fe Bar Man, lives and works in town! Check out his bio:
Chris Milligan was born in Sewanee, Tennessee and raised in small town Georgia, Chris “Mr. Magoo” Milligan began tending bar while attending college. After graduating with a degree in psychology and philosophy from the University of West Georgia, Chris decided he wanted to move to the culinary Mecca of Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he has lived and worked for the better part of 15 years.
Chris’ 25-year career as a food and beverage professional has led him from family to fine dining, nightclubs, adult entertainment clubs, and international chains. Working in all facets of restaurants operation, Chris focuses on training, consultation and educating others about mixology and the world of hospitality He has trained bartenders, managers, and restaurant owners all over the Southwest, and has helped pen training material for some of the top restaurants in the country.
Spending his spare time with his family, playing guitar, hiking, cooking, and reading about cocktail history, Chris continues to be an influential part of the mixology world as the founder and writer of The Santa Fe Barman Blog. His writing and cocktails have been featured in several magazines and cocktail websites including Cheers Magazine, Plate Online, 29 Secrets.com, Chilled Magazine, Bartender Magazine, Blush Cocktails, The Liquid Muse, The Materialist, Bitters & Twisted, Cocktails at About.com, Santa Fean Magazine, New Mexico Magazine, Imbibe Publications, Beefeater’s Gin, and One for the Road.
Part Historian and part Entertainer, Chris is a bartender of classic style and still loves working each night behind the bar serving his guests and creating new drinks as well as cotemporary interpretations of vintage cocktails.
Currently, Chris is the Bar Manager and Mixologist at Secreto Lounge in the Historic Hotel St. Francis in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
We hope you enjoy our series on finding the absolute best cocktail this world famous city has to offer it’s locals patrons and out of town guest!
There is a great drink just around the corner from you!
Enjoy
The Santa Fe VIP
