Ingo’s to-go cocktail program, including its inimitable Greyhound, leads the field.
“We started during COVID in the midst of a full-blown panic,” Emily Collins says, describing the origins of the cocktail-to-go program at Ingo’s Tasty Food. As president of the Valley restaurant’s ownership group, Hi Noon Hospitality, Collins remembers well the exotic revenue pressures that forged Ingo’s pandemic-era mixology gems – now available in three tongue-titillating styles after a recent program reboot. Mixed daily with fresh citrus and packaged in sleek pop-top plastic containers, the small-batch, take-home cocktails make a seriously strong case for social distancing, even in 2025. Collins ran wild with Ingo’s much-beloved Greyhound recipe.
It all starts with fresh grapefruit juice. On a given day, bar hands squeeze up to 13 gallons of the stuff from whole Texas ruby red grapefruits. Made with Prairie Organic Spirits gin instead of vodka, the Greyhound also includes lemon juice, simple syrup and a touch of Giffard Pamplemousse liqueur.
The cocktail is diluted slightly, shaken and packaged in Ingo’s nifty new canning system. Like an artisanal bakery, the restaurant tosses day-old product rather than sell it and sacrifice quality. “Anything with fresh juice we give a 24-hour shelf life,” Collins says. “So, we try to sell out every night.”
The upshot: shockingly fresh-tasting cocktails, with that telltale jolt of pith and citric acid on the tongue. Same goes for the restaurant’s vodka-based Lavender Lemonade and margarita-like Diego Rivera offerings, all available in grab-and-go fashion at Ingo’s three
Valley locations.
Ingo’s Tasty Food
$22-$40 (16-32 oz.)
Pre-order also available for bulk purchases. ingostastyfood.com
Beer of the Month
Pinnacle Brewing Company Ludwig
Märzen/5.6% ABV/24 IBU
It was a year of distinction for the Ludwig Märzen – and even more so for the beer maker behind it, North Scottsdale’s Pinnacle Brewing Company. Only 17 months after opening its doors, the tyro brewery took home Brewery of the Year honors at the 2025 Arizona Craft Beer Awards on the strength of gold medals for both this bready amber lager and Pinnacle’s Trida 11° Czech lager. Less than a week later, the märzen scored an even bigger plaudit, winning bronze at the Great American Beer Festival against America’s finest brews. If that’s not deserving of a BOTM nod, we don’t know what is. pinnaclebrewing.com
