Making a cocktail with the canned kid-pleaser SpaghettiOs “sounds like a nightmare,” says Luxbar bar manager Steve Gleich. But when Nicole Brudd of the Revel Room challenged him to do just that, Gleich got to work. His first idea was a Bloody Mary, which evolved into a Bloody Maria and then sangrita, a drink that’s typically sipped alongside tequila. Though sangrita originally consisted of just fruit juice and chile powder, today it often includes tomato juice as well, which is the route that Gleich went with it.
Uh-Oh 1.5 oz Olmeca Altos reposado tequila .5 oz Del Maguey Vida mezcal 1.5 oz watermelon-tomato sangrita* .25 oz simple syrup .5 oz lime juice Mint sprig Paprika One piece of zitoni pasta (straw-shaped)
