Destination: Cocktail -- Little Dom’s
Intense about the value of a quality drink, Nikki Sunseri — director of the cocktail program at the Italian restaurants Little Dom’s in Los Feliz and Dominick’s in West Hollywood — measures, stirs and shakes liquor with precision. For winter she’s reimagined a variety of classic cocktails from the 1870s to the 1930s including a boozy concoction called Pancho Villa that she describes as both a “Mexican Sazerac” and a “drinker’s drink.” Tequila gives it an earthy flavor while Aperol adds depth and sweet sting. All of the ingredients contain alcohol, so the drink packs a potent punch but goes down alarmingly smooth. Consume with caution.
Pancho Villa
2 ounces Cazadores Anejo
¾ ounce Aperol
¾ ounce Carpano Antica
Pour all ingredients into a mixing glass. Top with ice. Stir. Strain into a rocks glass over block ice and garnish with a grapefruit peel.
Little Dom’s, 2128 Hillhurst Ave., L.A. (323) 661-0055; https://www.littledoms.com.
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