Shake it Up in Davis: Boston Shaker Opens Today

Davis may have its pizza problems, but soon the square will be better equipped than ever to drink those problems away. Boston Shaker opens today at noon at 69 Holland Street, offering up all the fancy fixin's needed to create fabulous cocktails. From Hawthorn strainers (those funny ones with the coil around the rim) to celery bitters to cherrywood muddlers to cocktail elements you didn't know existed, the Boston Shaker will have enough boozing implements to keep you blissful for a decade.

When we talked to Boston Shaker founder Adam Lantheaume last year, he commented on the ritual of cocktail preparation:

It's a way of pampering yourself. I'm going to take my time, I'm going to savor the experience of making it, I'm going to savor the experience of drinking it. I love cracking open a beer, too, but it's a very different experience. The crux of it is being a good host—to yourself.

Boston Shaker is "Your Friendly Neighborhood Cocktail Supply Shop," and its opening has been long-awaited by many cocktail enthusiasts. Stock up tonight so you can be a good host to yourself and drink away the weekend (and many weekends thereafter) in bliss. There will apparently be live-tweeting of the opening (@thebostonshaker and @svillelocal1st), but we kind of prefer live drinking, ourselves.