14 Restaurants with Great Cocktails

If you manage to grab a seat at Kato’s eight-person bar, immediately direct your attention to the cocktail menu. The Arts District tasting menu spot has a list of 10 or so intricate drinks that are based on traditional cocktails but have descriptions that read like little poems and arrive in gorgeous glasses that look lifted from the world’s most obscure thrift shop. We love their spin on the bamboo cocktail made with red rice sake and tomato brandy infused with konbu, and a buttery, boozy milk punch jazzed up with five spice, yam, and pineapple. The bar is also the only place at Kato where you can order a la carte, which means nibbling on uni donuts and crab fat fried rice without committing to the full tasting menu.