We've kicked off our Summer Cocktails series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink. Otherwise, enjoy and @reply us when you're wasted!

The Mondrian Hotel West Hollywood has a plan for how you can say goodbye to the summer: drink a Goodnight Kiss cocktail at their Skybar. The Mondrian's really been getting into the summer cocktail theme this season and the Goodnight Kiss is its third special creation.]]> amandak 2009-09-11T10:13:50-05:00 34.0944710 -118.37435 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/9/51317/66078 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/Bacara_Acai_Cocktail.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> <p><b>Acai berries</b> seem to rate a lot of mentions in the junk mail that passes our desk &#150; you know, the Brazilian superfood from the rainforest which is supposed to be healthier than, like, a whole field of spinach &#150; but we've learned today that not all acai berries are annoying. <p>In the Bacara Bar at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bacara+Resort+Spa/local/799"><b>Bacara Resort and Spa</b></a> in Santa Barbara, they're serving up a <b>Bacara Acai</b> amandak 2009-09-09T13:04:33-05:00 34.4320161 -119.90781 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/9/1/03828/59822 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/pricklypearmargs.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> <p>Summer is sadly winding down and this weekend is probably your last weekend to indulge in <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails"><b>Summer Cocktails</b></a> at hotels. But while folks at the Jersey Shore and The Hamptons will be mourning this unofficial end of Summer, we prefer to mark the passing of summer by the Autumnal equinox which means we have about three more weeks left to down some drinks. <p>At the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Hilton+Sedona+Resort+%26+Spa/ian/153436"><b>Hilton Sedona</b></a> in juliana 2009-09-02T09:31:55-05:00 34.7737467 -111.76540 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/24/23929/0699 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/BiltmoreOriginalTequilaSunrise.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> <p>The last news we heard from the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Arizona+Biltmore+Resort+-+The+Waldorf-Astoria+Collection/ian/105306"><b>Arizona Biltmore</b></a> was about the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/6/13456/53352/hotels/The_Arizona_Biltmore_is_Getting_a_600_Million_Facelift">not-in-a-hurry renovations</a> (dates like "sometime before 2020" were getting tossed around) so we're happy to have something more concrete to report: the Biltmore's got a special summer cocktail, and it's a classic.<p>Something we didn't know is that the <b>Tequila Sunrise</b> was apparently invented at the Biltmore, back in the 1940s when a frequent guest asked the bartender amandak 2009-08-28T09:23:48-05:00 33.5218000 -112.02034 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/24/2114/49469 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Swisstini_at_Baur_du_Lac.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> <p>Zurich's fancy <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Baur+Au+Lac/ian/175730"><b>Baur Au Lac</b></a> has just got its <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/7/27/123640/213/hotels/Baur_Au_Lac_s_Refurb_Makes_Zurich_Even_Swisher">$50m renovations</a> done, and has decided to celebrate with a special end-of-summer cocktail called the <b>Swisstini</b>.<p>This is one delicious-sounding drink which mixes crème de framboise and raspberry puree with vodka &#150; and has a fantastic Swiss touch by using pieces of white chocolate (Swiss, of course) to make the Swiss flag on top. You can get it for 18 Swiss amandak 2009-08-26T08:49:41-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/