"One of the best special occasion bars in town, Old Lightning is a reservation-only spot behind Scopa Italian Roots in Venice. There’s a dress code, and you have to turn your phone in to the concierge before you’re led inside to an extremely rare liquor selection. They have excellent cocktails, but we always just order liquor flights - you name your favorite spirit and a price range, and they’ll bring you a sampling of three very different versions of it. One might be a Four Roses bourbon made just for this bar, another could be from a tiny Nashville distillery, and the last might be a handle from a distillery that closed 40 years ago. The liquors are sourced all different ways - mostly from auctions and estate sales." - brant cox, brett keating
