{"id":7162,"date":"2013-07-13T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eataspen.com\/blog\/?p=7162"},"modified":"2013-07-13T15:33:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T15:33:01","slug":"playboy-names-justice-snows-best-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/playboy-names-justice-snows-best-of-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Playboy names Justice Snow&#039;s best of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">\u00a0In the July\/August 2013 edition,\u00a0<i>Playboy\u00a0<\/i>magazine names\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eataspen.com\/fulllisting.php?row=614\">Justice Snow\u2019s<\/a>,\u00a0in Aspen\u2019s historic Wheeler Opera House, as \u201cBest High-Altitude Bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cTo cut through the pretense,\u201d\u00a0<i>Playboy<\/i>\u00a0writes, \u201cwe perched on stools across the \u00adcountry\u2014at old standbys and groundbreaking \u00adnewcomers\u2014to bring you the best bars for your buck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In turn,\u00a0JustLuxe, an online \u201caffluent lifestyle guide,\u201d praises Justice Snow\u2019s drink and food equally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cI am incredibly honored for our restaurant to get this kind of national recognition,\u201d says Justice Snow\u2019s owner Michele Kiley. \u201cI think both<i>Playboy<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<i>JustLuxe<\/i>\u00a0did a great job of understanding what makes us special.\u00a0It\u2019s really a tribute to the passion our people are bringing to the bar and the table.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe became instant fans of Chef Leichliter\u2019s Southwest-boldness-meets-Mediterranean-cuisine,\u201d the JustLuxe\u00a0authors note, beginning with the first course. \u201cA\u00a0bright Beet &amp; Kale salad anchored by a sumptuous Humboldt Fog Goat Cheese and toasted hazelnuts was a beautiful first bite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Both magazines give their readers a revealing glimpse into\u00a0what makes Justice Snow\u2019s a model post-prohibition speakeasy: top-shelf drink, atmosphere, and food. \u00a0The restaurant racked up several accolades, with both publications highlighting vintage glassware, fresh ingredients, and a dream-like Aspen experience. The editors and authors put Justice Snow\u2019s \u201clead libation liaison\u201d Joshua-Peter Smith high on the barstool with nods to his cocktail craftsmanship and 26-page\u00a0<i>Opening Statement<\/i>\u00a0bar novella\u2014the largest menu this side of the Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cWe worked very, very hard to put this place on the map,\u201d Smith says. \u201cI literally set out to build the best bar program in town and now we are recognized with other amazing cocktail bars in cities around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Justice Snow&#8217;s serves lunch, dinner and libations daily, 11am-2am, plus weekend brunch on Saturdays &amp; Sundays until 3pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the July\/August 2013 edition, Playboy magazine&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[326],"class_list":["post-7162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aspen-restaurants","tag-justice-snows","author-dmwkes","aspen-restaurants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aUGV-1Rw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eataspen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}