GET SPICY IN FEBRUARY: Three Extreme Bloody Marys in the Valley
You’ve never had a meal or beverage like these – get ’em this month!
The Sweet Heat | Grizzly’s (4890 Golf Road, Eau Claire)
Listen, we know what you’re thinking: $19.99 for a drink?! But this isn’t just a drink. It’s a Bloody Mary meal, and it’ll take you from hot to tangy to sweet all in one swoop. Grizzly’s limited-time Sweet Heat Bloody Mary is topped with ones lice of maple bacon, a spicy chili shrimp and pineapple skewer smoked sausage, boneless chicken wings, a standard skewer with a pickle, olive, and pepper jack cheese, and to top it off, a sugar donut. Check back in every month for a new uber-loaded Bloody.
The Kevin Bacon | Northern Tap House (5020 Keystone Crossing, Eau Claire)
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No… It’s Kevin Bacon! Northern Tap House got funky fresh for its February Bloody Mary of the Month with this stacked-to-the-sky Bloody. The Kevin Bacon starts with classic Bloody Mary mix and bacon vodka, then is stuffed with skewers of bacon-wrapped chestnuts, mini BLT sandwiches, candied bourbon bacon on a skewer, a jalapeño popper, chicken fried Nashville hot bacon, and regular bacon. How many times can we say “bacon,” Bacon?
The Flamin’ Hot Bloody | Milwaukee Burger Co. (2620 E. Clairemont Ave., Eau Claire)
Milwaukee Burger promises a next-level hotness with its Bloody of the Month, The Flamin’ Hot Bloody. Featuring jalapeño-infused vodka, its then piled high with a standard MBC skewer, two mini buffalo chicken wraps, boneless inferno-tossed wings on a skewer, jalapeño poppers on a skewer, jalapeño bacon, and of course, a flamin’ hot and buffalo sauce rim. Whew, that’ll have ya burning up.
BONUS: TemptAsians (2823 E. Hamilton Ave., Eau Claire)
For a different flavor adventure, swing into TemptAsians in Eau Claire and order their Bloody Temple (available all the time, not just in February). Whipped up with the house Bloody Mary mix, soy sauce, fish sauce, and sriracha sauce, the cup is then rimmed with Tajin and topped off with an appetizer skewer: an egg roll, gyoza, and a crab rangoon. Yeah, my mouth is watering, too!