{"id":264,"date":"2015-09-19T09:28:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-19T16:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=264"},"modified":"2015-09-19T09:28:36","modified_gmt":"2015-09-19T16:28:36","slug":"bar-review-the-cellar-fullerton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Bar Review: The Cellar, Fullerton"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cellar in Fullerton is a great cozy little romantic place that is, really, in the cellar of ‘The Villa Del Sol’ building.\u00a0 This is a 1923 Spanish Colonial with its own interesting history.\u00a0 The Cellar itself was created in 1969 and is designed to resemble an old world cave wine cellar.\u00a0 Reportedly it was designed by the same artist who did Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean.\u00a0 The results are a very romantic old world ‘cave’ feel with lots of dark wood and leather.<\/p>\n

The lounge area is just to the right as you enter the restaurant.\u00a0 It is a very tight fit, very cozy, and keeps with the cellar cave look. There are only 7 bar stools, so it gets filled up pretty quickly, but there are several scattered tables and booths available.<\/p>\n

The bar ‘pit’ is even cozier than the lounge.\u00a0 While I’ve seen three bartenders and a bar back working there, its really spaced for one.\u00a0 The head barkeep, Rich, is really excellent and knowledgeable.\u00a0 He advocates stirred martinis, but I’ll forgive him that minor flaw.<\/p>\n

As my readers well know, my drink of choice for comparison would be Sapphire, dry, with a twist.\u00a0 But the until recently, the Cellar didn’t carry Sapphire!\u00a0 They do however have an excellent selection of different gins.\u00a0 So I forced myself to improvise and try a different gin, several times.\u00a0 Since then they have, happily, added Sapphire.
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The Martinis here are excellent.\u00a0 They are professionally, even exuberantly, prepared and well chilled.\u00a0 Though, as noted, The Cellar stirs their Martinis and therefore aren’t quite as chilled as I would prefer.\u00a0 None-the-less, they are really quite good.\u00a0 The bar staff are very helpful, knowledgeable & informative, friendly, and do an overall great job.<\/p>\n

In addition to enjoying many martinis at the Cellar I have also eaten there on several occasions.\u00a0 The food is excellent, though a bit pricey.\u00a0 The service has also always been excellent.\u00a0 And the decor is, as noted, romantic.\u00a0 Definitely a special occasion place.<\/p>\n

The gin selection here is an “A”.\u00a0 Their selection does change periodically, but they maintain a nice selection of styles.\u00a0 The do focus on “small batch” and lesser known distilleries.\u00a0 Their recent selection includes; Bombay Sapphire, Ford’s, Hayman’s Old Tom, Plymouth Navy Strength 114pf, St. George Terrior, Sipsmith, Russel Henry, Ransom Old Tom, Sipsmith V.J.O.P 115 pf., Bols Genever, Bols Barrel-Aged Genever.<\/p>\n

For the Martini, the environment, and the Barkeep, The Cellar gets two stems. \"Martini<\/a>\"Martini<\/a><\/p>\n

For information:\u00a0\u00a0 www.cellardining.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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