Jim Meehan didn't become the world's best hot-dog server—but the snacks help.
Yes, we know we said we were done with TOTC coverage, but we neglected one very important item: a big fat congratulations to barkeep Jim Meehan, who was named Best American Bartender at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirit Awards on Saturday night. His bar, PDT, scored special honors, earning the title of World’s Best Cocktail Bar.
Meehan beat out some serious competition, including his own mentor Audrey Saunders (of Pegu Club, which was knighted Best American Bar). Other NYC notables included Clover Club (World’s Best New Cocktail Bar). Handshakes all around.
Feed favorite David Wondrich (Photo: Daniel Krieger)
Wondering where your favorite NYC barkeeps are this week? They’re staggering about the French Quarter sporting Panamanian straw hats. Annual New Orleans booze congress Tales of the Cocktail is fully underway, with seminars, parties and dinners happening all over the city. After battling Internet outages and a steady stream of intoxicants, we finally have a chance to bring you up to speed. Find some highlights (Trends! Geeks! David Wondrich!) after the jump. Read more »
It’s safe to say any Catholics in the crowd at last night’s Bénédictine party were sufficiently offended. The fete’s faux-monastic theme felt rather Eyes Wide Shut to the casual observer: Sexy monks in clingy robes (is that an incense burner in your pocket?) roamed about a cavernous room at Latrobes in New Orleans’ French Quarter. Barely dressed human statues dangled bottles of B&B (Benedictine and brandy) and two plastic replicas of wax seals acted as tokens, redeemable for an übersweet punch and a fortune-telling (ours: we’re a peasant who will live long and work hard. Prescient indeed). Read more »
As a gin blossomed, green-top-hat-clad miscreant sloppily reminded us on the train this morning, “iiiit’s efffffing PADDDDDDY’S DAYY” today. Whether this means you’ll be hiding under a blanket until the green tide resides or unearthing last year’s shamrock-patterned skank tank, we have a few suggestions. Read more »
It’s not just the Mason Dog that has recently landed on the PDT menu. Barkeep extraordinaire Jim Meehan sent us these recent drink additions, complete with lore:
When I asked Nate Dumas why he wanted to call his latest addition to the menu the King Bee, he sent me the lyrics to Muddy Waters’s song “I’m a King Bee.” Coming from a man that rocks as hard as he shakes and stirs, maybe he “can buzz better baby /When your man is gone.” Read more »
Posted in Eat Out by Eat Out on January 23rd, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Ice, ice baby
Anyone who knows cocktail wonks knows they are obsessed with ice. The frozen water found in mixed drinks must be the right size and the right shape. It must be fresh and carry no odors. You must not skimp on the crushed ice in a Derby and the numerous tiny chunks in a proper Cobbler must be the approximate size of a ball bearing.
Well, sheriff, there’s a new ice cube in town. It’s big, it’s round, and you only need one. Read more »
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