They say the best way to man’s heart is through his stomach, but that saying doesn’t just apply to food. Meet two of New York’s best, and arguably most attractive, mixologists: Sarah Boisjoli and Monica Alvarez know how to craft the ultimate drink, that keeps guests continually coming back for more.

Sarah Boisjoli: Joe’s Bar NYC
Boisjoli began her beverage career as a fourteen year old working her way from slinging milkshakes and egg creams at a fifties diner to running a high volume east village bar at the age of eighteen. She learned the ins and outs of the New York City bar scene and landed at the The Stanton Social in 2010 where she began developing cocktails for the popular restaurant and nightlife establishment. While there, she was the spokes person for the cocktail program working with Esquire, Martha Stewart Radio, Cosmopolitan and InStyle. Boisjoli’s success at The Stanton Social lead to an opportunity to create the opening cocktail menu’s for TAO Downtown and Asia de Cuba, as well as develop cocktails for national brands including Don Julio tequila, Bombay Sapphire Gin and Ron Zacapa Rum. These days, she can be found behind the stick and developing cocktails at a critically acclaimed downtown Manhattan restaurant and curating the seventies inspired cocktail program at Joe’s cocktail bar on the Upper West Side.

Cocktail Recipe of Choice: Flash Gordon’s Breakfast
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For making the cocktail itself combine all ingredients below and shake.  Strain over fresh ice and garnish with sprig of mint.  The directions for the honey syrup and Thai chili vinegar are simple as well and listed below.

4 leaves torn Mint
1/2 oz Cucumber Juice*
Heavy 1/4 oz Lime Juice
1/2 oz Honey syrup  (made from a 50/50 ratio of honey to water)
1/4 oz Thai Chili Vinegar (rice wine vinegar infused with dried thai chilies for 72 hours)
1/2 oz Dolin Blanc
1 1/2 oz Cazadores Blanco Tequila

Monica Alvarez: LAVO NYC
On most nights, Alvarez can be found taste testing a newly invented cocktail or shaking 2 martini shakers simultaneously at LAVO, New York’s busy nightclub located in Uptown Manhattan. While the venue boasts great sounds from DJs including Tiesto, Calvin Harris, and more, mixologist Monica Alvarez knows it is the perfectly crafted drinks that keeps the customers coming back for more. That and maybe because she was voted 2015’s Sexiest Bartender by the New York Post.

Recipe of Choice: Fragolita 

Ingredients: Barón Platinum, Guava, Strawberry
One whole strawberry (muddled)
One and a half ounces of tequila
Half ounce of guava nectar
Half ounce of simple syrup

Shake with ice, strain into martini glass and garnish with a strawberry slice.