Mike’s Mix - The hi - Lo diner

HAIR. HERE IS A LITTLE MORE. LET'S TALK ABOUT MIKE'S MIX. YOU WENT TO A COOL DINER. WHEN YOU THINK OF A DINER YOU THINK OF COVER FOOD, DESSERTS. I CHECK ALL OF THOSE BOXES OFF. THEY ARE OPENING IN THE LONGFELLOW NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH ALL OF THAT PLUS A CRAFT COCKTAIL PROGRAM -- RYAN BARRETT HAS MADE THE MOVE TO THE HI-LO DINER. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 1957 DINER BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR. THIS WAS ONE CALLED THE -- ONCE CALLED THE VENUS DINER. THE SAME FLOORS AND TABLES. IT CLOSED IN 2009 BEFORE LAST YEAR MOVING TO THE EAST LAKE STREET IN MINNEAPOLIS. THERE ARE ABOUT 70 FEET INCLUDING A BAR. THERE ARE 12 BAR SEATS. I IMAGINE THEY WILL BE HIGHLY COVETED. FROM A LATE-NIGHT DINNER TO AN EARLY RISER BREAKFAST, THEY SERVE CLASSIC DIET -- DINER FARE. THEY HAVE AN OUTDOOR PATIO THAT SEATS 40. THEY HAVE A DISTILLING TEAM THAT HAS RESURRECTED SOME MIDCENTURY COCKTAILS. WE HAVE A RUSTY NAIL VARIATION, GRASSHOPPER VARIATION, HARVEY WALL *** COMBINATION, ETC. THAT'S ONE OF SEVERAL COCKTAILS. WE CALL THIS THE AARON BURR WITH AN EXTRA R. WE ARE USING DARK RUM WITH A SCANDINAVIAN PUNCH. IT HAS HEAVY CINNAMON NOTES. THAT'S COMBINED WITH BANANA, CREAM AND ALMOND SYRUP. THAT'S LIKE A SUNDAY IN A GLASS. I'M GOING TO -- SUNDAE IN A GLASS. I'M GOING TO FOR THIS AND. AND I'M GOING TO -- POUR THIS IN . AND I AM GOING TO TOP THIS OFF. THAT IS PRETTY AMAZING. THE PRETTY -- THE ONLY AMAZING QUESTION WAS IF IT'S FOR THE MEAL, BEFORE OR AFTER. WHO CARES! THAT IS SO YOUR STYLE OF DRINK. ICE CREAM SERIOUSLY! IT'S FUN. A LOT OF THE RECIPES FROM THE 60s AND 70s GOT LOST. PEOPLE NEGLECTED THEM. THEY ARE RESURRECTING THEM THERE AND IT DOING THEIR OWN SPIN ON THEM. IF I HAD TO GRADE A COCKTAIL -- -- YOU HAVE HAD A LOT OF COCKTAILS. I LIKE THIS. IT GETS AN A+ FOR THE FUN FACTOR. THE RECIPE FOR THE AARON BURR PLUS OTHER ONES IS POSTED AT