Food

There’s Nothing Embarrassing About Drinking a Strawberrini

It’s 2016, dammit, and it’s high time we eradicate the stigma surrounding adorable pink cocktails. We reserve the right to proudly sip our sugar-rimmed concoctions publicly, and we will raise our martini glasses high in the face of persecution.

If there’s one person who has our back, it’s Lisa Vanderpump—the perpetually-accessorized former Real Housewife and current restaurateur is a fancy mixed drink personified. Her West Hollywood outpost, SUR, is dripping with shiny, sparkly vibes, the exact kind of place you’d expect to find something called a “Strawberrini”. SUR bartenders and Vanderpump Rules regulars Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval show us how to make the cocktail at home, and it’s (surprisingly) not cloyingly sweet or one-note, thanks to a sizable hit of muddled citrus.

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RECIPE: Strawberrini

Yes, it looks like a My Little Pony took a spin in a blender. And it’s fucking cute, so forget the haters and their dark, neat drinks and repeat after us: There’s no shame in the Strawberrini game.