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The Week in Tiki (Nov. 16-29, 2015): The Hukilau's Tiki Tower Takeover sold out, Trader Vic's battles critics, Tiki Farm releases 15th anniversary mugs, more!
All Tiki Tower Takeover tickets are taken, 5th bartender announced One of the most anticipated Tiki cocktail events of 2016 is already sold out, a little over a month after tickets went on sale and more than six months before The Hukilau celebrates its 15th anniversary with a five-day celebration in Fort Lauderdale. The second annual Tiki Tower Takeover will be held on June 9 in the revolving 17th floor ballroom atop the historic Pier 66 hotel and will feature five of the country’s top Tiki barmen mixing up signature cocktails. The first Tiki Tower Takeover, held in June 2015, was spearheaded by award-winning author and Tiki bar owner Jeff “Beachbum” Berry (Latitude 29 in New Orleans). Berry and his three brethren return in 2016: Martin Cate (Smuggler’s Cove in San Francisco), Paul McGee (Lost Lake in Chicago), and Brian Miller (Tiki Mondays With Miller in New York City). The Hukilau’s producer and organizer, Christie “Tiki Kiliki” White, has also revealed a fifth top bartender who will be joining the event and setting up shop next to last year’s fab four: St. John Fritzell, owner-operator of Fort Defiance in Brooklyn and host of The Sunken Harbor Club, the bar’s monthly celebration of Polynesian food and drinks. In October, Fritzell beat out an all-star lineup of Big Apple mixologists to win The Art of Tiki: A Cocktail Showdown at the New York City Wine & Food Festival. White will also soon announce the Tiki bar that will be serving the “welcome drink” to guests as they board a private elevator and head up to the exclusive skylounge. In addition to the six cocktails, attendees of the two-hour event (5 to 7 p.m.) will enjoy food and live entertainment while the lounge rotates once every 66 minutes. Other top news: The inside story of Trader Vic’s in Emeryville facing a noise crackdown, plus the release of open editions of Tiki Farm’s 15th anniversary mugs. Also: The Frankie’s Tiki Room limited edition seventh anniversary mugs, designed by Crazy Al Evans, are released. You can find holiday Tiki gift ideas, plus previews of seasonal events in Anaheim, Los Angeles, Huntington Beach and Atlanta ...
Quick hits include a new album in the works from from Ìxtahuele, the opening of the B.G. Reynolds Syrups store in Portland, plus several crowd-funding projects ...
Regular features spotlight surrealist artist Scott "Flounder" Scheidly; surf guitarist Laramie Dean; Cleveland's Porco Lounge & Tiki Room; and the Vintage Roadside website ...
The Rum of the Week, Koloa Gold, is featured in the Unisphere cocktail ...
Okole maluna! [ Edited by: Hurricane Hayward 2015-12-06 11:26 ] |
