Becco

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• Cool like Dean Martin

  Michael Harden, reviewer

  Saturday, December 06, 2008

  THERE are not too many saloons in Melbourne able to boast a signature cocktail that people actually remember and want to drink. Creating a concoction that is able to make itself heard above the consistent roar of the martini/margarita classics is tough and many wannabe signature drinks quickly fall by the wayside, swamped by overly ambitious creamy flaming muddled combinations or inappropriately sized garnishing.

  The Becco macchiato ($10), a thirst-quenching combination of vodka, tonic and fresh lime stained the palest pink with a dash of Campari and served in a tall glass with lots of ice is a drink that has ensured plenty of return customers to this long-running restaurant bar. Like Becco's bar itself (opened an impressive 12 years ago), the Becco macchiato is all about simplicity, restraint and quality core ingredients. You may not be able to notice Becco's good bones late at night, so moody is the lighting, but peer closely and you will notice one of the finest panforte-coloured terrazzo floors in town, some fantastic textured plywood panels, a nicely weathering wooden bar and deep booths that are about comfortable landings rather than design-cred grandstanding. There is little in the way of detailing and the room can seem a little stark when empty but once it attracts a crowd and a line of stool-perching drinkers festoon the bar, Becco creates a sense of timeless cool where everybody...

  Source: The Age

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