{"id":135,"date":"2015-03-22T19:43:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T02:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=135"},"modified":"2015-05-20T10:01:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:01:04","slug":"bar-review-mastros-thousand-oaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Bar Review: Mastro’s Thousand Oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Martini<\/a>\"Martini<\/a><\/p>\n

Not to long ago I was in Thousand Oaks and stopped in at Mastro’s.\u00a0 I’ve been there several times, but never to specifically review their Martini. Mastro’s is known for their steaks and excellent service.\u00a0 But that doesn’t necessarily correlate to excellent Martinis.<\/p>\n

But they are.\u00a0\u00a0 The Martini was exceptional.\u00a0 A very large portion perfectly mixed and served well chilled in a nice stem fresh out of the freezer.\u00a0 The barkeep was professional, pleasant, and attentive.\u00a0\u00a0 Absolutely perfect.<\/p>\n

One very nice element to a Mastro Martini is that you get a full shaker’s worth of Martini.\u00a0 The barkeep will fill your stem and leave you with the shaker to refill your glass as you see fit.\u00a0 I got another 2\/3 of a glass out of the shaker.<\/p>\n

Now I’m looking forward to trying some of the other Mastro’s locations….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not to long ago I was in Thousand Oaks and stopped in at Mastro’s.\u00a0 I’ve been there several times, but never to specifically review their Martini. Mastro’s is known for their steaks and excellent service.\u00a0 But that doesn’t necessarily correlate … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[10,37,12],"tags":[9,13],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":328,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=328","url_meta":{"origin":135,"position":0},"title":"Bar Review: Mastro’s Steakhouse, Costa Mesa","author":"wlmoon58","date":"May 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I did a review of Mastro's in Thousand Oaks a few months ago and recently had the pleasure of visiting their Costa Mesa facility.\u00a0 One would hope that the martini in Costa Mesa would be as fine as that in Thousand Oaks. 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