Sunday Hucks: Mocktail quest

Eden Irgens, a Coeur d’Alene fan and communications specialist, has launched a blog for those who prefer nonalcohol options at restaurants and bars: Miss Mocktail ( missmocktail.blog.com ). Irgens opted for blogging after eliminating alcohol from her diet and lifestyle. She discovered quickly that many of her regular haunts don’t offer any nonalcoholic drinks beyond soda, juice, coffee or water. Quoth Irgens: “Just because I don’t want alcohol doesn’t mean that I don’t want a yummy, fun ‘mocktail,’ for which I am happy to pay a nice price.”

In her quest for the perfect mocktail, Irgens gives thumbs up to Fedora at Kathleen Avenue and Ramsey Road, for “the most delicious Thyme lemonade and a refreshing Cucumber mocktail.” And to Seasons at Lakeside Avenue and Second Street, for the “perfect midday refreshment” companion for pork sliders: a virgin mojito. At popular Crafted Taphouse in downtown Coeur d’Alene, Audrey’s Adoration salad won props from Irgens but not the nonalcohol options: root beer, cream soda, Pepsi products and water. “I loved root beer as a kid,” Irgens said, “but my more mature palette has a severe aversion to it.”

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