Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet News and Press

Garden Design
September/October, 2008

Kalamazoo's swank garden bar is designed with professional bartending in mind.

Garden Gourmet: Bar Hopping

Sophisticated but hard-wearing patio accoutrements raise the bar on backyard lounging.

Cocktail hour has slipped into something more comfortable: garden wear. Decked out in durable stainless steel, synthetic wicker or practical high-tech plastics, outdoor bars are appropriately dressed down for open-air entertaining. Here is just a sampling of what's going on in the world of convivial home imbibing. Toast summer adieu in style and raise your martini high, because the sky is the limit in today's backyard lounge.

Modern Mixology: Heat things up with the swank 180° Martini Bar from Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet. Designed with professional bartending in mind, all that's missing from this sleek, Art Deco-inspired number is the uniform and tip jar. Made of stainless steel, with water purifier, sink. Storage for bottles and ice, and ambient LED lighting.