"A truly talented bartender can make drinking a religious experience. For proof, visit Johnny Michaels, La Belle Vie's affable cocktail scientist, whose Carmen Sativa (blood orange tequila gimlet) is heaven in a tumbler"
-Metro, 2008

Recognized as one of the Twin Cities "Best Drink-Slingers", Johnny Michaels is the cocktail connoisseur's answer to a gourmet chef. His home base is La Belle vie, but he's designed the cocktail menus for several of its sister restaurants and other top Twin Cities eateries.