I was very happy to read that Michelle Bernstein’s Cafe La Trova won the “Best American Bar Team” award from Tales of the Cocktail. We ate there last year, and more than the cocktails I remember going up to the bar at the end of the evening to ask for change to tip the valet. A handsome man in vest and bow tie – quite possibly head cantinero Julio Cabrera – came up to me and shook my hand.
