June 14, 2011
Thanks to everyone for leaving nice comments and again, I apologize for missing a day. I’ve got a few things going on in my personal life (yes, I do have one of those!) and it’s fucking around with me a little bit. It’s nothing life-changing, but I don’t want to blog about it and hopefully everything will work out. I appreciate all the nice comments yesterday, it really helped.
Today I’m going to put up the photos of going to PKNY last Sunday night. I was going to go every Sunday and drink my way through the menu, but now I think I’ll go more like once a month, otherwise it’s going to be the same post every week and I think it would get old. But I went Sunday and had a good time and below is the proof!
Due to the summertime, it's still light outside even though it's almost eight o'clock at night.
But inside PKNY it always feels like midnight. It's dark inside and no windows, a true oasis where you can relax and let your troubles float away.
And there's Val down at the end of the bar.
And here's Kigan, Val's bar back for the night. It's time to start the tiki drinks.
Val suggested a strong drink first, so I ordered up the cobra and he and Kigan went into action. Like I said last week, it's like performance art watching these two make a tiki cocktail. Sit back and enjoy the show as they go into action!
And here's the finished product! Nice work by Val and Kigan!
Fred was seated next to me at the bar, he own his own business, Quality Plus Cleaning. If you'd like to talk to him about his cleaning services his phone number is: 914-486-1056.
Areeb and Nikki were enjoying drinks on my left hand side and Val took a shot of them.
And Val serves up drink number two, the Miami Vice. Three words: Philip Michael Thomas.
A shot of Nikki enjoying one of the massive drinks in here.
These people were enjoying themselves in the back and really got into the mood by keeping their sunglasses on!
Val gave me one last drink on the house, but I forgot what to ask what it was. But it was delicious!
And one parting shot with Areeb and Nikki and it was time to call it a night. Goodnight everybody and we'll see you tomorrow after dark.
The Drink List
What I’ve had from the menu so far.
1. Bermuda Swizzle
2. Spiced Duke
3. Hemmingway
4. Papa Doble
5. 1958 Zombie
6. Cobra
7. Miami Vice
8. ????? (On the house cocktail I forgot to get the name of.)
PKNY
49 Essex St. (between Grand & Hester Sts.)
212-777-8454
Further reading: Shecky’s, Off The Broiler and Oyster Food and Culture.
You also might like: Biting Your Nails, Eating Some Snails and Living in Wales.
Five Other Tikis
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Bonus Announcement!
My friends Karen and Jon from Grade "A" Fancy are going to be part of an event tomorrow night called "Drink Think." Sadly I have to work, but if you can make it, you should check it out. Here's the details about the evening that Karen and Jon sent in.
We will be reading (yes we can!) at the next Drink.Think event on Wednesday, June 15, at Lolita Bar (corner of Broome & Allen Sts.). Come at 6:30 to drink at the bar; readings start at 7pm. We fear it will be packed -- it was listed in Wednesday's Times and in Time Out. Here's the line-up of actual beverage & food writers they're letting us mingle with:
• Betsy Andrews, deputy editor, Saveur Magazine and author of several poetry books
• Talia Baiocchi, wine columnist, Eater.com New York
• Joshua M. Bernstein, author, Brewed Awakening
• Toby Cecchini, spirits and cocktail writer for The New York Times Magazine
• David Farley, travel writer and author, An Irreverent Curiosity
• Karen McBurnie and Jon Hammer, publishers of Grade “A” Fancy
• Karen Ulrich, wine writer
• Megan Wiig, wine ambassador and writer
• And our hostess, Kara Newman.
More info is available at www.drinkthinkreadings.com.
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