Vintage Cocktails: Party
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A candlelight dinner for two? An informal get-together of friends? An elegant
cocktail party? Whatever the holiday, celebration, or special occasion,
Vintage Cocktails can make your gathering an event to remember. Let us entertain
you and your guests with our extraordinary cocktail service.
Choose from one of our menus, or meet with master mixologist Daniel Reichert
and create your own.
Cocktail Culture: An ideal menu for inexperienced imbibers, this is a unique,
original, fascinating collection of some of the world’s finest lost
cocktail treasures…Once the toast of the town, these delicious drinks
have all but vanished from the cocktail scene. Step back in time and experience
exquisite rarities from the turn-of-the-century. Selections might include
the Clover Club, the Maiden’s Prayer, the Jack Rose, the Pegu Club,
the Sazerac, the Aviation, the Knickerbocker, the Frisco, the Continental,
the Scofflaw, and the Astoria.
Southern Comfort: Celebrate the Spirit of the South with delicious, authentic
Southern refreshment…Try New Orleans’ own Sazerac Cocktail,
a genuine Kentucky Old Fashioned, a New Orleans Milk Punch, a freshly made,
original Mint Julep or an invigorating Pendennis Club Cocktail.
Hollywood Classics: Serve your guests Vintage Cocktails from the Golden
Age of Hollywood…the Douglas Fairbanks Cocktail, or the Mary Pickford
Cocktail. Try a Marlene Dietrich Cocktail, or a Honeymoon Cocktail, served
at Hollywood’s famous Brown Derby Restaurant. Or step into the pages
of Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye with Philip Marlowe’s
infamous Gimlet.
The Thin Man: Celebrate the Art Deco Era of New York City with a Nick and
Nora Martini, a Bronx Cocktail, an elegant Park Avenue Cocktail, the Stork
Club Cocktail, and, of course, the sublime Manhattan.
Tropical Paradise: The most intoxicating, tantalizing, tropical treats…the
one and only, truly authentic Mai Tai, (ca. 1944,) made according to its
creator, Trader Vic. Try the splendid Royal Hawaiian, once the signature
drink of Honolulu’s famous hotel, the Beachcomber Cocktail, and the
original Daiquiri. For the truly decadent, (and those who aren’t driving,)
end the night with the original Zombie.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen: A party for the true Anglophile…James Bond’s
creation, The Vesper, the sublime Pegu Club Cocktail, (a favorite from Burma’s
famous British Officer’s Club,) the supremely British Pimm’s
Cup, the Pink Gin Cocktail, the classic Gimlet, and the Savoy Hotel’s
Royal Silver.
Roaring Twenties: Just say the password and step back into a speakeasy overflowing
with the most enticing elixirs from the Prohibition Era…The Maiden’s
Prayer, the Bee’s Kiss, the Floridita, the Leap Year, and the Scofflaw.
A Farewell To Arms: Immerse yourself in the all-but-forgotten world of Cole
Porter, Sarah and Gerald Murphy, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and the rest
of the Lost Generation in this anything but tee-totaling tribute to Ernest
Hemingway. Invite your most disaffected friends and remind them that living
well is indeed the best revenge. Then sample the famous ex-patriot’s
favorite concoctions: His splendid Hemingway Daiquiri, the Montgomery Martini,
(from Harry’s Bar, Paris,) the Jack Rose, (from the Hotel Crillon,
Paris,) Death In The Afternoon, and Havana’s El Floridita.
The Late Show: Classic night-caps for night owls. The Champs-Elysees, the
Nicky Finn, the Stinger, the Rusty Nail, and El Diablo. |
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