The Trap North’s Bartender Ariel Brodsky making the Paddy’s March. Photos by Laura Widness.
The Trap North
10 Smith Avenue
Smithfield, RI
The Trap North in Smithfield is a sister venue to The Trap in East Greenwich, each a division of The Martucci Group. The Trap offers twists on traditional pub fare with innovative flavor concepts and pairings set amid a unique environment. Its motto—“Easy to get to, impossible to leave”—makes the name that much more fitting. Themes abound from Pasta Monday to Wing It Wednesday, as well as brunch, lunch, dinner and a late-night menu, making any stop a sure bet for family-friendly bites or drinks out with friends. The Trap offers an expansive outdoor, pet-friendly patio during the warmer months, outfitted with cozy fireplaces, televisions and a full bar. Its beverage program showcases a wide array of local craft brews on tap and in cans, seltzers, house-made sangrias, and domestic and imported wines, plus tequila and specialty cocktails, each created by the bar team and switched up seasonally. In a visit to its The Trap North location, the drink recipe created by Ariel Brodsky is a tribute to spring and upcoming St. Patrick’s Day festivities.
Bartender: Ariel Brodsky
Cocktail: Paddy’s March
Ingredients:
» 2 oz. Paddy’s Irish Whiskey
» .75 oz. St. George Spiced Pear Liqueur
» .75 oz. lemon juice
» .75 oz. honey syrup
» Garnishes: one Luxardo cherry and a lemon flag
Paddy’s March at The Trap North. Photo by Laura Widness.
Method: Combine all ingredients in shaker tin with ice. Shake hard for 30 seconds. Strain the mixture over clean ice. Garnish with a Luxardo cherry and a lemon flag.
“I wanted to showcase the classic Irish whiskey profile of Paddy’s. The lemon and honey combined with the warmth of Paddy’s Irish Whiskey is great, but the addition and the richness from the spiced pear creates a cocktail that has the warmth of baking spices for the late winter, as well as the balance of citrus for the early spring,” said Bartender Ariel Brodsky. “We create monthly cocktails so we can focus on the seasonality of the year. You can find these specialty cocktails at all our locations, so be sure to stop in to see what else we will be shaking up.”
