Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Miracle on 4th Street: Baby Gee brings the snow and holiday cocktails

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On top of its just-released (and quite stellar) winter cocktail menu, Baby Gee can’t stop and won’t stop. Bringing a flurry of snow on the hour daily outside its walls and a slew of wintertime cheer inside with its onslaught of wondrous winter decorations, it is also offering a yuletide menu on top of its regular winter offerings.

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Baby Gee Bar as it is seen during the 2024 holiday season. Photos by Brian Addison.

Baby Gee is giving snow, smiles, and the season in all its glory.

“It’s snowing outside!”

This is the exclamation that comes from either Gianna Johns or Daniel Flores—the fiancé-ed team that owns and runs Baby Gee—from behind the bar, on the hour. Opening the front door, patrons will see an array of snowflake-like white dots falling across their sightline. Following that, people step outside to see the much-loved midnight green building graced with the illusion of snowfall.

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Let it snow at Baby Gee Bar in Long Beach. Photo by Brian Addison.

“We bought two machines—because why have one when you can have two?” Daniel said, controlling the snow machines with a remote control. “There’s even a snow storm option. Watch.” And with a click, the machines create a crazy flurry of fake snow that does, indeed, indicate a storm of its own.

Using a non-toxic, nonflammable, still-shouldn’t-eat-it-’cause-it-tastes-nasty liquid that bubble-fies the liquid (if you’ve ever been to Disneyland, it is the same effect they use to make it snow on Main Street), the machines create quite the beautiful effect. And it contributes to the larger fact that Long Beach is becoming, in the very words of Flores, a “holiday bar Mecca.”

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Drinks. Decorations. Dumps of snow. Win, win, win at Baby Gee Bar for the holidays. Photos by Brian Addison.

Long Beach’s growing role in creating holiday bar experiences.

Heeding on The Ordinarie’s OG contribution to the Christmas spirit of Long Beach bars (as do many bars across the city, from Baby Gee to Broken Spirits to The Social List to The Stache), what is now gracefully permitted is an over-the-top Christmas party in all parts of the city. And that is something Long Beach should be aiming for when it comes to every holiday—but especially the holidays that surround this time of year.

Take a glance at this year’s onslaught of Halloween-themed cocktail menus alone. The Bamboo Club becomes the Treble Club for Halloween and then converts to the Tinsel Club for Christmas. Port City went naughtical horror. The Social List honored some of Hollywood’s definitive monsters. The Stache bar stepped into the spooky season for the first time with its â€śNightmare on 4th Street” menu.

Rather than being deterred by some false sense of oversaturation, businesses are owning Long Beach’s love of the holidays.

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Don’t forget the holiday Jell-O shots at Baby Gee. Photo by Brian Addison.

Expect the unexpected: A play on a Bullshot (well worth it for the half not divided by hearing “beef broth”). Jell-O shots. A perfectly concocted sbagliato.


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Le Befana’s Sblagiato: Luxardo Bitter Rosso | Luxardo Amaretto | Blood orange | Bergamot | Sparkling wine


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Penny in the Old Man’s Hat: Nocheluna Sotol | Las California Citricos Gin | Tamarind | Black Strap Molasses | Cinnamon | Lime | Ginger beer


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Neato! Banana Coquito!: Mount Gay Navy Proof Rum | Banana | Vanilla | Evaporated coconut milk | Cinnamon | Nutmeg


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Broth Toddy (served warm): Teeling Irish Whiskey | Amontillado Sherry | Stuffing-spiced savory beef broth


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Hot Buttered Rum! (served warm): Bacardi Ocho | Butter | Brown sugar | Clove


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Photos by Brian Addison.

Santa Panties (for two): Patron Silver | Cointreau | Cranberry | Maple | Ginger | Lemon | Sparkling hibiscus

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Baby Gee Bar is located at 1227 E. 4th St.

Brian Addison
Brian Addisonhttp://www.longbeachize.com
Brian Addison has been a writer, editor, and photographer for more than 15 years, covering everything from food and culture to transportation and housing. In 2015, he was named Journalist of the Year by the Los Angeles Press Club and has since garnered 30 nominations and three additional wins. In 2019, he was awarded the Food/Culture Critic of the Year across any platform at the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. He has since been nominated in that category every year, joining fellow food writers from the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Eater, the Orange County Register, and more.

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