The Upstairs Bar
The Upstairs Bar This is a really cool place of interest. This was a speakeasy during Prohibition in the late 1920s a Philly gangster named […]
Cocktails
Mother of Pearl
Mother of Pearl In a really nice mellow part of the East Village, Mother of Pearl is a Tiki place on the corner which is […]
Frankies Tiki Room
Frankies Tiki Room Please follow and like us:
Pipeline World Trade Center
Pipeline World Trade Center The Pipeline in Lower Manhattan was a restaurant at the base of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center. There […]
Exotica Moderne
Exotica Moderne Tiki Lovers Alert! There is a new magazine out and its called Exotica Moderne. This is a modern take on vintage Polynesian Pop […]
Easy Orgeat Syrup
Easy Orgeat Syrup If you are into Tiki or Polynesian cocktails, you will find a lot of the classics calling for Orgeat. This is a […]
Captain’s Grog
Tiki Triangle: Captain’s Grog This recipe was taken from The Smuggler’s Cove Recipe Book. Its a great book by the way. I know everyone likes […]
Tiki Triangle: Falernum
Tiki Triangle: Falernum One of the secret ingredients in many original Polynesian cocktails is Falernum which is very difficult to find today. For that reason […]
Tiki Triangle: Headhunter
Tiki Triangle: Head Hunter Cocktail In honor of Anthony Bourdain’s Birthday, we wanted to re-create the Headhunter Polynesian cocktail he had on one of his […]
Tiki Triangle: Blue Hawaiian
Tiki Triangle: Blue Hawaiian In 1961 Elvis Presley made a romantic comedy musical movie called Blue Hawaii. It is a classic, and like the movie, this cocktail […]
The Polynesian NYC
The Polynesian Tiki Bar at the Pod Hotel It might not be easy to find, but about 4 Flight upstairs of the Pod Hotel in […]
Jade Island
Jade Island Built in 1972, Jade Island appeared on No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain about 10 years ago (Season 5; Episode 19 NY Outer Boroughs). […]
The Spotted Pig
Spotted Pig For a long time on my radar, The Spotted Pig has gotten so many great reviews over the years. It is the brainchild […]
Food & History: May 13
Food & History: May 13 1806 The definition of the term Cocktail appears printed in the Hudson, New York publication ‘The Balance and Columbian Repository,’ […]
Food & History: May 11
Food & History: May 11 1992 Carlos ‘Danny’ Herrera dies, inventor of the Margarita cocktail in 1938. Please follow and like us:
