Austin Arts: Seeing Things

Jeanne Claire van Ryzin is the arts critic for the Austin American-Statesman where she has worked since 1999. She moved to Austin from New York City in 1986. Her work has appeared in Architecture, Art Papers, Dwell and The Review of Contemporary Fiction, among other publications. When she is not busy seeing things in Austin, she travels to see even more things.

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Saturday, April 29, 2006

The Blantini, revealed

By Jeanne Claire van Ryzin | Saturday, April 29, 2006, 10:19 AM

It’s shaken, not stirred.

Hey, it has a grand new building. Why shouldn’t the Blanton Museum of Art have its own cocktail? Concocted by cocktail mixologists at Corzo Tequila and Bacardi, the Blantini is take on the Mexican martini.

During this weekend’s Extremely Grand Opening, the Blantini will be served at a cash bar Saturday 9 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and Sunday 5 to 7 p.m.

The Blantini

1 and 1/2 oz. Corzo Tequila

1/2 oz. Cointreau

1/2 oz, Rose’s Mango Infusion

1 oz. lime juice

1 oz. orange juice

splash of bourbon

splash of lemon-lime soda

Shake over ice in cocktail shaker and strain into a salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

See you at the Blanton — meanwhile read our 24-hour bolg.

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