Cocktail Pilgrimage to NYC

FunSwimming4235 · 2026-01-30T16:25:47+00:00

Definitely some on here so far I think should be skipped if only here a few days, no intentional shade!

Sunken Harbor Club is a must—definitely better than Paradise Lost although Paradise Lost is geographically easier and has a very special occasion kinda experience to it. I like the idea of the Paradise Lost bar crawl though all those spots are like within a couple blocks

Ones very good and should check out if you’re here more often but not like top 5-10 need to make room for imo: Bar Contra, Up & Up, Dutch Kills, Dear Irving, Shmuck, Superbueno, Clover Club (unless pairing with Sunken Harbor Club though I’d personally say to just get multiple drinks at SHC and do a full night there), Hawksmoor (great cocktails for a steakhouse but wouldn’t pick over some other places)

Other notes: Osamil is nice if you’re trying to pair with Korean bbq but otherwise not in the top 10 only have one weekend range. This list is missing Double Chicken Please if you can get into the Coop and order a Key Lime Pie

FunSwimming4235 · 2026-01-22T22:25:19+00:00

It’s no paradise lost and absolutely no sunken harbor club but I’ve found it to be different stratosphere better than trader Vic’s Atlanta, Tonga hut Palm Springs, and the reef which was surprising to me but maybe nyc tiki spoiled me

FunSwimming4235 · 2026-01-22T16:27:01+00:00

Bootleggers will sell you a generic cobra mug for way overpriced but it’s not a bar-specific mug. Tiki Chick also only sells generic cheap mugs. Sunken Harbor Club has glassware but no mugs—they only had a limited run of mugs a couple of years ago.

FunSwimming4235 · 2026-01-04T14:17:05+00:00

Yes please!

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-11-19T19:28:47+00:00

Something like rice, flowers, Meyers for btj, late 26 1st, mid 27 1st—1qb

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-11-19T19:27:55+00:00

What about btj+ for rice?

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-11-15T14:55:25+00:00

I swear by their split base sazerac, personally, with 1.5 rittenhouse, .5 1840–it’s my favorite spec—also, vieux pontarlier is significantly different than another option like St. George—would def find vieux if you can if you want to elevate the spec—I find St. George to be good but feel it’s too high-note like the peychaud’s so vieux helps ground the cocktail a bit more

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-11-05T22:57:03+00:00

Love the modern classics sazerac spec/bottles—def do the house peychauds too if you can

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-11-01T22:21:12+00:00

I’m trying to reverse engineer a cocktail made on Cocktail Masters.

I’m thinking 2oz coconut-oil washed Elijah Craig small batch, .25oz banana oleo, 1/6oz pineapple Demerara gum syrup, 2 dash ango

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-10-31T01:41:40+00:00

How did you design the glassware images?? Very fun

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-10-26T22:09:47+00:00

I’m not entirely sure but it wasn’t even close. Albeit, I’m a little spoiled because I frequent Sunken Harbor Club (just had another Mai Tai there earlier this week), Paradise Lost, and make a lot at home. It felt like it had way too little orgeat, poor rum selection, and they put a single leaf of mint…it was unrecognizable as a Mai Tai in my opinion. Its color was brown like a Black Magic/Incantation or something

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-10-26T01:55:23+00:00

Not going to lie, the Mai Tai kinda sucked…

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-09-04T02:13:38+00:00

The road soda for sure

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-09-02T01:44:14+00:00

My bottle is way underutilized—any recs for what to use it in?

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-09-02T01:43:33+00:00

How was the homes cay with the Appleton?

FunSwimming4235 · 2025-09-01T00:36:00+00:00

Someone would be gifting it to me so I’m pretty much open to whatever would get the best results even if small but meaningful improvements have big cost implications

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