A BITTERSWEET A-LIST VENUE  Sugar Hollywood
1716 N. Cahuenga Blvd, Hollywood, (323) 836-0854 

www.sugarhollywood.com 

 
As intimate as it is opulent, this lounge/dance club epitomizes the Cahuenga Corridor's promoter-centric, velvet rope exclusivity. Located in the center of Hollywood in the old XES spot, the wide open, warehouse-style club pays homage to all things sweet. The club includes three bars, an elevated, roped-off VIP level, a sound system that focuses volume on the dance floor (and off your conversation) and, in the back, a red brick "Smoking Room." (No actual puffing is allowed just yet, though you can eat all the Gobstoppers you want.) Further adding to the dilemma of both diabetics and married men: High-heeled waitresses in pink camisoles and black miniskirts will serve cocktails like the Grape Laffy Taffy and the Lemon Drop (made with an actual Lemon Drop). Sugar has also installed a Kyrogenifex system, which blankets the entire space in a dense and chilly fog that lowers the temperature a full ten degrees in seconds. Because when you've got this much tasty excess, the last thing you want is overheating.

FEATURE Cachaça

Pronounced "KA SHA SA", Cachaça is made from sugar cane plant like rum. It is made from fresh sugarcane juice that's fermented and distilled. Cachaça is the national spirit of Brazil. It is also the key ingredient in Brazilian traditional cocktail, caipirinha.

Caipirinha
Pronounced 'KIE-PUR-REEN-YAH', this fresh, exotic cocktail is becoming as hot among international crowds as it is on Copacabana Beach. The traditional caipirinha blends Cachaça, sugar cane, lime juice and ice. Traditional Caipirinha is made with Cachaça, sugar, and crushed limes, served over ice. It is always muddled (crushed with a masher or the blunt end of a wooden spoon). Make sure to muddle in a shaker or a sturdy, non-breakable glass. You can also try replacing lime with about 1/2 cup of fresh tangerine, star fruit, passion fruit, peach, pear, pineapple, plum, orange, mango, grape, guava, figs, etc.