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Best Bloody Mary

Seatown is situated at the edge of Pike Place Market, as tourists who've lost their bearings can confirm with one glance at the restaurant's bloody Mary, served in a canning jar with a skewered fiddlehead fern (when in season, of course!) lying across its mouth. And if the accoutrements mirror the market, the ingredients gesture to the Sound bey...

Part of what elevates a bloody mary from the realm of "decent" to "nectar of the Gods" is one little word: unlimited. The Sunday-brunch menu at Sundy House includes many appetizing choices, like a seafood station and made-to-order omelets. Alas, none of these has the restorative properties inherent in a glass of vodka and tomato juice (plus all ...

The winner of the 2011 Best Bloody Mary, this spicy, tangy, and filling morning/afternoon cocktail gets points for combating "the nastiest of hangovers." Check out the supercheap mary during "Sunday Funday Brunch" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Here you'll find an entire buffet table filled with fixins where you can concoct your own version of the ultimate brunch beverage from the assortment of tomato juices, seasonings, and pickled and fresh veggies and other goodies.

If your ideal bloody mary is served with a sidecar of Sunday football and some healthy sports shit talk, this is your neighborhood strip-mall watering hole. Mug's deals in above-average sports-bar fare that works in tandem with the bloody mary to take the edge off any night of overindulgence. The marys made here are on the spicy side with a pepp...

Locals have long loved the kitschy Deerfield Beach raw bar made famous by Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives host Guy Fieri. Ever since the peroxided host visited the seaside restaurant, the crowds have been steady, and this can mean a serious wait. The solution? Grab a bloody mary while you cool your heels. The drink is good and strong, as it should b...

Breakfast -- or in the case of the weekend, brunch -- is the most important meal of the day. A good bloody mary is the cornerstone of any brunch, and the tomato-based midmorning pick-me-up at Pelican certainly does its part to support your recovery. Angle for the Sunday brunch from 11:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m., when you can fuel for the day with endle...

A spicy bloody mary and a killer view of the ocean are basically guaranteed to distract from any lingering regrets about a night spent carousing like a college coed on spring break circa '86. With a burn that feels so good, this tongue-searing cocktail is part of a breakfast or brunch menu stacked with classic Greek diner goodies and a supercasu...

The bloody mary at Barceloneta ($12) is as unique as many of the small plates of Catalan cuisine served at this Spanish bistro. What makes it so is the blending of this cocktail's traditional ingredients — vodka, tomato juice, and sundry seasonings — with gazpacho, the famed chilled tomato-cucumber soup from Andalusia. The coupling of these refr...

For that Sunday morning carnal craving, the smoky bacon Bloody Mary (bacon-infused gin, fresh tomato juice, a bacon slice for garnish) at Fig at the Fairmont Hotel definitely has the meat advantage. To our surprise, we even found the fresh tomato and watermelon juice version, which sounded like entirely too "pretty" a cocktail, to be a nice ligh...

Drink Oddfellows' house-made bloody mary and you can skip brunch. True to Oddfellows' rustic chic, it only makes sense that the BM, like everything else on the menu, tastes farm-to-table. Served in a mason jar and garnished with pickled okra, celery and olives, its flavor is sweet, peppery and redolent of fresh vegetables. Just try to drink only...

Too much bacon? Pfft. Never. We still love bacon, and we'll savor it in any form — especially when it's in the form of vodka. This uptown bistro loads up their hangover helper with a mix of rich tomato juice, black pepper, spicy horseradish, and bacon vodka, then garnishes it with strips of smoky applewood bacon. The result is more of a meal tha...

Head to historic Soulard Market on Saturdays, and it won't take long to figure out the early-morning shoppers' drink of choice: the bloody mary, whether as breakfast or a cure-all for a wicked hangover. Choosing the ripest produce with a bloody mary in hand is a tradition as powerful as the market itself. Some customers don't even shop, choosing...

On Fridays and Saturdays, Barrister's makes a mean brunch. And what goes better with brunch than a bloody mary? Or five? Barrister's offers a fantastic create-your-own bloody mary bar complete with a mix made by owner Jason Tilford. It's thick and tomato-y and not spicy at all, so feel free to add your own with one of the 25 hot sauces available...

Of course Sub Zero vodka bar knows how to make a bloody mary. With seven different varieties, there's one to suit every taste, but trust us, the "Pepper-Infused Bloody Mary" is the way to go. Sub Zero infuses the vodka with a combination of jalapeños, habaneros and bell peppers for a perfectly spicy jolt of booze. Order it with some food to cut ...

Bacon is in everything these days. Apparently putting bacon in bloody marys is a new thing, and we couldn't be happier with this development. Several bars offer bacon bloody mary options, but the Famous Bar's is by far the best. They use bacon-infused vodka and top it off with a skewer of beef jerky and a pickled quail egg. Oh, and the beef jerk...

Rooster has a unique bloody mary menu with eleven options, but the bartenders there will tell you the "Bloody Samurai" is the best. And they're totally right. It's an Asian twist on the traditional bloody mary that features sake instead of vodka. There's still tomato juice involved, but there's also soy sauce and wasabi peas for an extra bite. I...

The notion of a bottomless bloody mary may sound dangerous to some, but when paired with the insane brunch buffet at Café Eau, you'll have enough food in your stomach to handle it. Seriously, that buffet is insane. But with the purchase of the buffet you get infinite trips to the bloody mary bar, which features all sorts of vegetables and garnis...

Julia's Market Café is a little shack of a place in Soulard Market. It's not the kind of joint you'd expect to serve a delicious bloody mary. But they do. They really, really do. We honestly don't know what it is about Julia's bloody mary that makes it so incredible. It could be the "secret seasoning" they add. Or the asparagus. Or the green bea...

What’s better than a bloody mary? A bloody mary handcrafted to suit the imbiber’s tastes, of course, and Fireside Restaurant & Lounge’s weekend brunch offers up a virtual mecca for bloody mary aficionados. The build-your-own bar features more than 40 different vodkas to choose from and 250 ingredients to accessorize your beverage. Daunting? Yes....

What's better than a sunny Sunday morning brunch with a Bloody Mary? How about a sunny Sunday morning brunch with a complete Bloody Mary bar? The Well's Sunday brunch menu not only includes pastries, waffles and made-to-order omelets but also a "build-your-own" Bloody Mary bar with KC's largest selection of Bloody Mary mixes, hot sauces and cond...

Spicy and served with a pickled red-hot chili garnish, just one of these is enough to shake you back to life in the morning, no matter what you were up to last night.

Bloody Marys and brunch go blissfully hand in hand. But where to get one named “Samurai,” pray tell? Logan Tavern lets you have it your way. Choose your booze, your tomato juice’s kick level, and then add such accoutrements such as lump crab meat or pickled beets. (Or just get the Samurai: horseradish vodka, bloody mix, soy and wasabi. Served wi...

Making a good bloody is so much more than combining vodka and tomato juice; spice and garnish are just as important. This spacious Harvard Square restaurant offers three varieties: a classic version with celery, a basil-infused vodka and cucumber concoction, and a Serrano pepper-infused and pineapple blend. Picking one might be the hardest part—...

Small Bar has been slinging hardcore cocktails since 2009 with the motto, “One small bar for man. One giant bar for mankind.” Some consider the Bloody Mary Superior to be a full meal. It comes fully loaded with a kabob stick of mushrooms, olives, shrimp, onions, and tomatoes. If you’re still hungry after that, it also comes with a slice of bacon...

While scads of restaurants, brunch spots, and bars offer cut-rate Blood Mary bars stocked with bottom-shelf hooch and “clever” garnishes, B.T. Nguyen continues to give customers fresh and unique renditions of the Blood Mary at her upscale French-Vietnamese eatery, Restaurant BT. Sake replaces vodka in the Bloody Geisha, softening the alcohol blo...

The bloody mary has become the liquid version of the chicken wing, with everyone trying to make theirs the booziest or the spiciest, ending up with a too-heavy pour lying at the bottom of a fiery, undrinkable mix. If we wanted a double-shot of vodka with a shot of Old Bay-dusted Tabasco-back, we would have ordered it. The bloody mary also freque...

This Pearl District favorite, a New American eatery from the same owners as a trio of popular San Francisco restaurants, prides itself on slow food and fresh flavors. The evidence: a stellar $10 Bloody Mary, packed with fresh-grated horseradish and cayenne pepper, that’s frequently voted the best in town.

General Manager Jason Poole has won some major accolades for this Midtown gastropub’s Bloody Mary: Absolut Vodka named it No. 1 in California and No. 2 in the nation. The peppery custom mix is so good Pour House now sells it for customers to take home—the Sriracha salt-lined rim doesn’t hurt, though.

The South Side is a popular Tremont haunt on weekend nights--and for happy hour, and for lunch, or, to be specific, any time their doors are open--but stop by Saturday or Sunday for brunch to get a glimpse of the post-debauchery and grab a spicy Bloody Mary. There ain't no out-of-the-bottle mix here, unlike most places, nor is there a DIY Bloody...

This posh palace serves an unforgettable Mary called the Hill Billy, a beef brisket-infused vodka, with barbecue sauce providing the ultimate kick.

You need two things for a great bloody Mary: a great drink and great trimmings. Rio Rita’s Mary has both from its infused vodkas to the mess of celery, peppers and pickled awesomeness piled onto the top.

A long time favorite of the local music community – legend has it Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt were regulars – Gold Rush's weekend brunch and spicy Bloody Mary are the perfect cure for the ravages of rock star behavior.

The handmade Hereford beef sliders steal the show at Harry’s Bar and Burger (don’t miss the Pastrami Burger, a Harry’s cheese topped with Black pastrami), but the Bloody Marys are good enough to drink any time of the day. The Bloody Mary from Hell has house-infused jalapeno vodka and a pickled jalapeno garnish. The real must-try, though, is the ...

Finding the best bloody Mary in the Twin Cities is no simple task. Just about every bar has one, and plenty claim the title. Some will lure you with infused vodka and elaborate garnishes, but there's really no hiding a dull mix. We traveled far and wide this year sampling bloodies, from trendy new bars to dives. We found plenty worthy of praise,...