Chill Out With Cool Drink Specials

Get your adult-float fix at Rowes Wharf Sea Grille in the Boston Harbor Hotel.

By Naomi Kooker

Here are three ways to beat the heat with a buzz this summer.

Ice cream and booze? Sign us up. Indulge in the adult ice cream floats being whipped up at the Boston Harbor Hotel’s Rowes Wharf Sea Grille. Choose between the Mango Cooler with Stoli Vanilla vodka and mango sorbet, the Smooth Sailin’ with lemon sorbet and Ketel One Citron, and the Boozy Bon Bon with chocolate ice cream and Godiva mocha liquer. The floats will be offered through July 31 (617-856-7744).

Fleming’s Prime Steak House & Wine Bar has a special summer menu showcasing cooling sangrias. The Silver Sun is made with Red Diamond merlot infused with fresh fruit, Milagro Silver tequila and a touch of Crème de Cassis, muddled blackberries and fresh lemon. There's also an accompanying prix fixe that includes fresh summer salad, prime New York strip with Jamican jerk rub, and a chilled white chocolate almond soufflé. The three-course meal is $39.95; glass of sangria is $7.95, through July 15, when a new menu and new sangria will be available (617-292-0808).


The Emerald Lounge in the Revere Hotel, Boston Common, has a new grownup popsicle twist to its cocktails. The Slippery When Wet is a wheat-grass infused fruit popsicle served in a glass of sparkling prosecco. Sounds like a heat buster to us (available 4:30-9 PM; $10. 617-457-2626).