Cider Cocktails at Herons’ Bar and Lounge 100 Woodland Pond The Umstead Hotel, Cary Website $7 each My foodie friends, Eric and Leandra, invited us out for an evening of cider cocktails at The Umstead Hotel’s Bar and Lounge.  It is an absolutely gorgeous location on the SAS campus, with a huge patio that overlooks
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Wild Mango Lemonade Connolly’s Irish Pub *CLOSED* Cary This vacuous light yellow drink came served in a pint glass with plenty of ice, which often translates to a watered down cocktail.  The Wild Mango Lemonade was no exception to that rule.  It was made with Finlandia Wildberry and Mango vodkas, sweet and sour mix, Sierra
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Pirate’s Punch Sunset Grille-Cary Harrison Pointe Shopping Center Cary The Pirate’s Punch is, of course, a rum drink.  With pirate in the name, you wouldn’t expect any other base, would you?  This was good old Captain Morgan, mixing it up with some amaretto and pineapple juice.  The flavors were disparate but that was fine; it
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