Restaurant
Unclaimed profileEncore Restaurant, Lounge & Rooftop Bar
Waco, TX · $$
Inebrious
Beverage Program Score
The editorial take
Encore spreads its cocktail program across three floors, each with its own fall chapter from a twelve-drink seasonal list. The Restaurant floor leads with a smoked pecan old fashioned, rye washed with toasted pecan and finished with a post oak smoke bubble that breaks at the table. The Lounge pairs its cocktail bar with pool tables, shuffleboard, and live music; the Rooftop runs an open-air full bar with two frozen cocktails through fall. Bar teams from all three floors collaborate on the list.
- What should I order?
- Start with the Smoked Pecan Old Fashioned on the Restaurant floor, where the post oak smoke bubble breaks at the table. In the Lounge, the Black Walnut Boulevardier and Fig and Bourbon Sour anchor the fall chapter. On the Rooftop, the Spiced Cider Slush and Frozen Paloma stay in rotation.
- Who will enjoy this place?
- Groups who want a cocktail before or after pool and shuffleboard in the Lounge, and anyone heading to the Rooftop for an open-air drink with a frozen option. The Lounge is 21 and up at all times.
- When should I go?
- Fall is the obvious window for the seasonal chapters, with the Rooftop's frozen cocktails still running and the Restaurant floor's smoked pecan old fashioned on the headline list.
- What makes the beverage program distinctive?
- Three floors, three seasonal cocktail chapters, one collaborative list. The fall menu adds twelve pours, with the Restaurant floor, Lounge, and Rooftop each carrying its own section rather than a single shared roster.
Beverage categories
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Cocktails
A three-floor cocktail program with distinct fall chapters: stirred classics and house originals in the Lounge, craft cocktails from an open-air full bar on the Rooftop, and a smoked pecan old fashioned headlining the Restaurant floor. Twelve new pours arrived with the fall list, and bar teams across all three floors collaborate on it.
Menu strengths
- — Fall list introduced twelve new pours, with each floor receiving its own chapter.
- — Bar teams from all three floors collaborate on the seasonal cocktail list.
- — The Lounge pairs a cocktail bar with pool tables, shuffleboard, and live music; 21 and up at all times.
Standout selections
- — Smoked Pecan Old Fashioned — rye washed with toasted pecan, finished with a post oak smoke bubble that breaks at the table.
- — Black Walnut Boulevardier — the Lounge's fall cocktail built for the long hang.
- — Fig and Bourbon Sour — a Lounge fall cocktail.
- — Spiced Cider Slush and Frozen Paloma — the Rooftop's two frozen cocktails kept running through fall.
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