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A TASTY TONIC
At Tourists in North
Adams, MA, a bracing
and delicious local
Apple Cider Vinegar
Tonic from Fire Cider
can be mixed into a
cocktail, baked into a
pie, or drunk straight
up. ($13, firecider.com)A SPECIAL BOTTLE
At SingleThread Farms
in Healdsburg, CA, sip
a 2013 Syrah or 2017
Wild Ale, made in
partnership with area
producers. (Available
exclusively at Single-
Thread, singlethread
farms.com)SALTY SNACKS
Sample Treat Spiced
Pecans and East
Shore Specialty
Foods pretzels at
Saint Kate in
Milwaukee. ($14 ,
treathandmade.com;
from $2, eastshore
foods.co m)PRETTY CHOCOLATE
The Ace Hotel in L.A.
stocks D ick Taylor
Craft Chocolate. The
flavor combinations
are super inventive, the
bars as pretty as the
packaging. (From $9,
dicktaylorchocolate
.co m)TRENDSPOTTING
Raising the (Mini) BarHotels up their snacking game.MOVE OVER, M&MÕS. BYE-BYE, BUD LIGHT. Hotels are stocking guest rooms with hyper-
local snacks and drinks. These upgraded refreshments offer a sense of place, whether
it’s Sweetwood Smokehouse jerky at The Home Ranch in Clark, Colorado, or Big Easy
Bucha kombucha at Maison de la Luz in New Orleans. Here are some standout picks
from around the country. —NINA FRIENDTHE EXTRA MILE
IN-ROOM AMENITIES
GET AN UPGRADE.
SHAKEN AND STIRRED
Between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.,
guests at The Line Hotel in
D.C. can call for a bartender
to drop by their room with
alcohol, mixers, and gor-
geous glassware to make
one of the hotel’s signature
cocktails. (thelinehotel.com)PILLOW TALK
At Grand Hotel Tremezzo
on Lake Como in Italy, turn-
down service is a romantic
affair. Each night, copies
of love letters written by
guests in the early 1900s
are placed in each room.
(grandhoteltremezzo.com)BURST MY BUBBLY
There’s a magical Cham-
pagne button on the phones
at the Baccarat Hotel in New
York City. When it’s pressed,
the staff brings up a chilled
bottle of bubbly along with
Baccarat crystal flutes.
(baccarathotels.com)ITÕS POPPINÕ
At The Lanesborough hotel
in London, guests can
request complimentary
popcorn service, in which
sweet and savory options
are ferried up to their rooms
on a silver tray. (o etke r
collection.com)WELCOME WAGON
Whether there’s a platter of
homemade chocolate chip
cookies with cold milk or
beers brewed right on the
farm waiting back in your
room, the snack and drink
packages at Blackberry
Farm in Walland, Tennessee,
are perfect to come home to.
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