Destination: Cocktail

You can see it in the dwindling light and windy, gray skies: Fall is upon us. It’s the kind of deep-thinking weather that makes cocktail lovers long for something warm and rich. Xino, chef-owner Chris Yeo’s Asian-fusion restaurant, has you covered with several new fall offerings that will keep you cozy. Beverage director JP Nguyen has been playing with crisp apples, honey, cinnamon and other seasonal inspirations. One of his more arresting creations is called the Smoking Pumpkin; it combines dark, sweet Kahlúa, earthy spiced-pear vodka and tart pineapple juice with a chunk of smoky dry ice for eerie effect. After all, it’ll be Halloween before we know it.

Smoking Pumpkin cocktail by JP Nguyen

1.5 ounces Hangar One spiced pear vodka

.25 ounce Kahlúa

.5 ounce pineapple juice.

Combine ingredients in a shaker, pour over ice in a rocks glass and top with a chunk or two of dry ice. Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

Xino, 395 Santa Monica Place, Suite 308, Santa Monica. (310) 755-6220; https://www.straitsrestaurants.com

—Jessica Gelt