With modern culinary twists, stunning mountain views and spacious outdoor terrace, Madera provides the ideal setting for cocktails
MENLO PARK, CA - Madera, the signature restaurant at the recently opened Rosewood Sand Hill, the luxury hotel and spa near the intersection of Sand Hill Road and Highway 280, has announced a new cocktail menu of reinvented Prohibition-era classics designed to delight and intrigue restaurant and lounge guests. Created by Madera's lead mixologist, Lourdes Almaguer, in collaboration with Executive Chef Peter Rudolph and Pastry Chef Lori Olivero, the nine new cocktails are culinary twists on iconic classics using local, seasonal produce, handcrafted ingredients, and artisanal spirits and liqueurs.
"We opened Madera with the notion of creating an exceptional dining experience for our hotel guests and friends in the local community, whether they are enjoying cocktails and small bites in the Lounge or settling in for a memorable meal in our main dining room," said Michael Casey, Managing Director of Rosewood Sand Hill. "It's been wonderful to see people respond so enthusiastically to the initial vision. We decided it was time to take our cocktail program to another level by fully embracing the farm-to-glass movement and introducing more artisanal elements."
Almaguer, a Minneapolis native with 15-years of experience bartending at notable hotels and restaurants such as the Four Seasons Palo Alto and San Francisco's Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Campton Place, researched and experimented with recipes from the famous Prohibition-era cocktail bibles Old Waldorf Bar Days (1931) and The Savoy Cocktail Book (1930) to create the new menu.
Examples of the new cocktails guests will find on Madera's seasonal menu include: Jobim Caipirinha with Cachaca, Raw Sugar, Lime and Yuzu; Clementine, a riff on a classic Daiquiri with Meyers Platinum, Cointreau, Fresh-Squeezed Tangerine Juice, Lime and an Amarena Cherry Float; Asian Pear with Grey Goose Pear Vodka, Pear Puree and St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur; Honey Suckle Rose with Bols Genever, Dry Vermouth, Lemon and a Cherry Heering Float; and Lolita with Don Julio Reposado, Cointreau, Mango, Lime and a Chili Sugar Salt Rim. Named after the spicy young character in Vladimir Nabokov's eponymously titled book and inspired by the fruit vendors in the Mission District who sprinkle Pico de Gallo on fresh ripe mango, the Lolita mango margarita is enhanced by its salt, sugar and cayenne-spiced rim, and a favorite of Almaguer's. Madera's new specialty cocktails are $12 each.
Featuring an open artisan wood-burning kitchen, a comfortably elegant ambiance, picturesque views and charming outdoor terraces, Madera, under the direction of Executive Chef Peter Rudolph, serves American cuisine that celebrates the culinary traditions of the Bay Area. In addition to indoor and outdoor dining, Madera offers two private dining rooms with private terraces and cozy fireplaces. A comfortable dining destination presenting exceptional cuisine, impeccable service, and an extensive wine list, Madera is an exciting new entry among the area's fine dining establishments. Madera is open daily for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as for Sunday brunch. The Lounge is open daily with continuous service from 10 a.m. to 12 midnight.
Madera and Rosewood Sand Hill are located at 2825 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California.For more information please visit Madera online at maderasandhill.com.
Opened in April 2009, Rosewood Sand Hill is located on a 16-acre site in Menlo Park, California, just one mile west of the Stanford University campus and adjacent to some of the nation's foremost venture capital and private equity firms. Designed to meld with the surrounding landscape, the hotel's low-rise profile is inspired by local architectural traditions and expressive of the transparency between indoors and outdoors. Rosewood Sand Hill features 121 elegantly appointed guest rooms with state-of-the-art in-room technology. In addition to Madera, hotel amenities include Sense, A Rosewood Spa® with 13 treatment rooms, a fitness room and outdoor pool, and 13,000 square feet of beautifully designed meeting space. For more information and reservations, call 888.ROSEWOOD.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Rosewood Hotels & Resorts manages properties worldwide including Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and Rosewood Crescent Hotel in Dallas, The Carlyle in New York, The Mansion on Peachtree in Atlanta, Rosewood Sand Hill, CordeValle and San Ysidro Ranch in California, Rosewood Inn of the Anasazi in Santa Fe, Las Ventanas al Paraíso and Rosewood Mayakobá in Mexico, and a triumvirate of world-class Caribbean properties - Rosewood Little Dix Bay on Virgin Gorda, Caneel Bay on St. John and Jumby Bay on Antigua. Rosewood also offers Sense, A Rosewood Spa® - featuring treatments reflective of the brand's signature philosophy A Sense of Place® - available exclusively at select properties and now open at Jumby Bay. For more information on Rosewood Hotels & Resorts or Sense, A Rosewood Spa®, please call 888.ROSEWOOD or visit rosewoodhotels.com.
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