{"id":820,"date":"2017-11-26T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bloodyqueencity.com\/wp\/?p=820"},"modified":"2017-11-26T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:22:38","slug":"a-2-brunch-weekend-patina-250-and-blu-wolf-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bloodyqueencity.com\/wp\/?p=820","title":{"rendered":"A 2 Brunch Weekend – Patina 250 and Blu Wolf Bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"

The need to use up the last of the year’s vacation days, and J having weekends off for 6 weeks led to taking a Saturday night off to spend together. That meant 2 days of brunches!<\/p>\n

We decided to go to Rochester for the night, but before we left Buffalo, we had brunch number 1 at Patina 250<\/a> inside the Westin Hotel. They didn’t list a bloody mary on their brunch menu, and who does that?! With a full bar though, of course, they could make one.<\/p>\n

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Patina 250 bloody mary<\/p><\/div>\n

Even though it looks like a pint glass, it wasn’t, and for $11 I felt cheated. It was fairly small and as you can see, not mixed very well. I forgot to ask for it spicy, but arrived with a good amount of heat. The main flavor of the drink was pepper, and a lot of it, with a decent amount of celery salt. It was fairly thick, but after getting it properly mixed up, it was pretty decent. <\/p>\n

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Simple lemon and olive garnish at Patina 250<\/p><\/div>\n

We had a fun night out in Rochester, seeing some music and checking out a neat bar called The Spirit Room. The next morning we checked out of the hotel and made our way to Blu Wolf Bistro<\/a>. I left J in charge of finding us a brunch spot and this was his pick. If it sounds familiar, it’s because they were one of the participants in the Rochester Bloody Mary fest. Their offering was the green bloody mary with the crawfish in it! I was a little scared that their normal brunch bloody would be similar but I didn’t need to fear.<\/p>\n

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Bloody from Blu Wolf Bistro!<\/p><\/div>\n

Blu Wolf is a busy brunch place that offers buy one get one Bloody Mary and Mimosas (and you can mix the 2, but you have to pay for the more expensive one, no big deal.) Their menu had a ton of good looking dishes, but we both opted for one of the hangover bowls (it was appropriate ha!)<\/p>\n

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Nothing staring at me this time!<\/p><\/div>\n

Their standard bloody mary had a nice horseradish flavor, but wasn’t overly spicy otherwise. And that’s ok, since the drinks are made from a big jug of mix to keep up with demand, and you have to cater to the non-spicy brunch crowd. You could probably ask for added spice, but I only had the one so I can’t say for sure. Garnished with a pickle, olive and lime, it was a good classic offering. <\/p>\n

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\nStep Out Buffalo hosted a Makers and Shakers, Boozy Artisan Market yesterday, which featured unicorn mimosas and a bloody mary bar. It was a $5 entry fee, and then $10 for the drink, so after seeing the super long line I passed. The garnish offerings looked pretty decent, if running low, and I did see some shrimp around in other drinks so it may have been worth if if you loaded up on stuff. Maybe next time!<\/p>\n

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