This just in from former Combustible Edison keyboardist Brother Cleve:
Here's the news about next weekend's "Taste Of Tiki" at Eastern
Standard in Boston. Our dear pal Lauren at DrinkBoston.com has written
this up so
well, I'm just going to paste in what she wrote and hope that she
forgives
me. Anyway, you should all read her fabulous blog, where you can get
info like this all the time!
Attendees will get a chance to sample my
Cactus Flower cocktail
(a fave
at last summers Tales Of The Cocktail fest in New Orleans, thanks to
John Gertsen mixing them up down there), along with the Don The
Beachcomber's original
Zombie (thanks to BeachBum Berry for
excavating
the 1934 recipe) and Eastern Standard's superduper new
Flying
Dutchman (thanks Jackson and Bobby). Bottoms up!
Eastern Standard Kitchen &
Drinks
Kenmore Square, Boston
Saturday, April 4, 2:00 p.m.
Tiki cocktails, Polynesian
luncheon, exotica music & tiki history
$50 per person
Dust off your lei, your hula skirt and your Don Ho loafers and
join drinkboston and the
Fraternal
Order of Moai for a tiki party & urban luau at Eastern Standard
Kitchen & Drinks on Saturday, April 4 starting at 2:00 p.m.
A roasted pig will be the centerpiece of a three-course luncheon
of traditional Polynesian-American fare in the great
Donn
Beach/Trader Vic tradition.
Three freshly squeezed, rum-soaked tiki cocktails accompany the food: a
recent creation by Brother Cleve, who will program the exotica music
soundtrack for the day and also give a keynote presentation on the
history of Polynesia in both the U.S. and Boston; another tiki original
by the Eastern Standard bar staff; and a classic recipe from tiki’s
early
era in the 1930s and ’40s.
Cleve
points out that Eastern Standard is “within staggering distance of
Boston’s original 1940s Polynesian Village, later the Aku Aku — a
favorite haunt of the early punk rock crowd in the ’70s due to its
proximity to the Rat. The goldfish-bowl bar railing full of dead
goldfish helped create the proper vibe. And people wonder why these
places died out!”
All the eats, drinks,
education and entertainment are included in a ticket price of $50 per
person *gratuity and tax included.* Tix can be purchased over the phone
(617-532-9100), via email (
mhopper@easternstandardboston.com)
or by stopping into Eastern Standard anytime between now and April 4.
Hope to see you there!
Lauren Clark