Frita Batidos now serving alcohol
Frita Batidos is now serving a variety of beer, wine and cocktails.
Jessica Webster | AnnArbor.com
The yellow caution tape has been removed from the drinks menu, the bottles are lined up on the bar, and chef and owner Eve Aronoff is ready to serve. After months of waiting, Frita Batidos finally has a liquor license.
The restaurant's house drink is a mojito, according to Aronoff, but they also carry a selection of drinks carefully selected to complement Frita Batidos' Cuban-inspired menu.
"I think the food really lends itself to the flavors of the drinks and vice versa," said Eve Aronoff.
"We will carry light and dark rum, vodka, several tequilas, cachaca and gin, all of which can be mixed and matched with tropical juices and sodas, including the house ginger lime juice and fresh squeezed lemonade as well as a vast array of others."
Ginger lime juice and vodka? Does this mean fans of the original eve the restaurant can recreate their favorite ginger lime martini? Not exactly, but you can mix vodka and ginger-lime juice and come close. And Aronoff is toying with the idea of adding this favorite cocktail to the menu.
Customers can also mix rum (or any of the available liquors) with any of the signature cuban milkshakes (batidos) served at Frita Batidos, or elect to have their cocktail served in a fresh young coconut with coconut water as a mixer.
In addition to cocktails, Frita Batidos will have a selection of beers, and wines available by the bottle or the glass.
Jessica Webster leads the Food & Grocery section for AnnArbor.com. You can reach her at JessicaWebster@AnnArbor.com.
Comments
David Bardallis
Thu, Sep 8, 2011 : 5:48 p.m.
Uh oh. You mentioned alcohol in the headline. Now your readers are going to go get wasted and drive their cars into school buses full of nuns and children. Shame on AnnArbor.com for such irresonsibility!
T. Kinks Heiss
Sun, Sep 4, 2011 : 3:14 p.m.
I wonder where this place is located? I see No address in article.
Hmm
Tue, Sep 6, 2011 : 4:37 p.m.
Mikey that was AWESOME
mikeyb64
Mon, Sep 5, 2011 : 10:52 p.m.
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Mike D.
Sun, Sep 4, 2011 : 1:23 p.m.
I'm all for complaining about what A2.com does *not* report, but you have to be quite a whiner to complain that it *is* reporting on this. Maybe people don't realize just how hard it is to get a liquor license in MI, but any establishment getting one is news, and when a popular, trendy, downtown establishment gets one, I am interested. And let's face it, how many Ann Arbor restauranteurs have been on Top Chef (albeit miserably) and boast that Mario Batali hangs out at their restaurants (he was there last night)? I challenge all the whiners to name a single popular downtown restaurant that got a liquor license and didn't get a mention on this site. If you can't do that, please go back to your regularly scheduled whining about the mayor and leave this perfectly informative blog post alone.
Andy
Tue, Sep 6, 2011 : 2:54 p.m.
LOL RE: ' your regularly scheduled whining about the mayor' - you NAILED it.
pseudo
Sun, Sep 4, 2011 : 12:28 p.m.
I love this place and am thrilled with the addition. Eve - please bring back that beaufitful martini. loved that. I eat there as often as I can. Love the menu, love the style, love sitting outside at sunset. Its a wonderful thing!
EightySeven
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 : 11:04 p.m.
I agree lovaduck- why is this important? Why all the free pup? It only shows how shallow your reporting has become. If you really need to write a story about Eve, write one on why exactly she closed down EVE. There is a lot more to that story, but I know that will never happen. Disgusting!
DBH
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 : 11:10 p.m.
Why don't you fill us in on the details, Eighty Seven, as to why exactly she closed down EVE?
eCoaster
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 : 7:49 p.m.
Maybe this restaurant should keep the yellow "caution" tape up until it has corrected the food-safety violations (2 critical and 7 non-critical) that the County cited it for during routine inspection. I agree with Lovaduck - it seems like Aronoff is getting a disproportionate amount of positive attention - as in 2 "articles" within the past 24hrs!?!
Lovaduck
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 : 4:07 p.m.
What is it with this place? Every time the owner scratches her nose you report it. Anything that happens at the restaurant gets headlines? If I owned another restaurant in Ann Arbor I'd be furious about all this free publicity this place and discussion that Ms. Aronoff gets!
citrus
Sat, Sep 3, 2011 : 2:24 p.m.
Happy news. I hope you don't have to drink the alcohol out of a plastic bag!