Mai Tai or Yours?
Tiki time at Teardrop
Posted by: John Chandler on Sep 18, 2009 at 10:00AM
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This could be you. After a weekend spent getting your rafters rattled by Monotonix, Mudhoney, and Red Fang, a sunny and scintillating Mai Tai would really help clear the cobwebs. But that’s just the tip of the trip awaiting tiki bar enthusiasts at the Teardrop Lounge (1015 NW Everett St) this Sunday starting at 6. Renowned cocktail consultant Blair Reynolds will be in the house overseeing the preparation of a number of rum-based libations that can truthfully be described as “a vacation in a glass.”
Among the recently rediscovered recipes will be the Jet Pilot (three aged rums, cinnamon, citrus, and Falernum, a Caribbean sweet syrup); Leilani Volcano (coconut rum, guava, lime, and pineapple juice); and the 2070 (Trinidad and Demerara rums, honey, nutmeg, and cinnamon). Oh, and the zombies are limited to one per customer. It’s strong stuff, son.
Teardrop will have a hearty variety of tropical groceries on hand to keep all those evil island spirits in line, so load up on the yellowtail ceviche, Kahlua smoked pork, chicken-and-shiitake lettuce wraps, and fried shrimp with pineapple-cilantro sauce.
And you really don’t have to dress up like a human cocktail. Cabana clothes or your loudest Hawaiian shirt should suffice.
Sounds delish. As for the addition of Blair Reynolds—That’s what I call a “higher” calling. Count me in.
Still wish you would box the “key info” in the reviews.
You are such a compelling writer and trustworthy to boot -
sometimes all i want then are the basics.
Thanks Bar Pilot for guiding me!!
One Leilani Volcano please and an order of yellow tail. Sigh.
Is this a one time shindig, or does the Teardrop plan to make this a recurring Sunday theme? Hopefully the latter. If so, count me in! Actual good tropical drinks and fare are a LOT more challenging than most establishments think. I would happily cab across town for Tiki done right.
@sPaRkLe:
At present it’s just a one-time thing, but if it proves popular I’m positive it would become a regular happening. Let’s hope so!
Hmm…dining with friends at Clyde Common around 7ish. Maybe time for a Zombie beforehand?