Entries tagged 'cocktails'
Honolulu City DatesL How to Make a Pink Tiki Drink in Hawaii
The dynamic duo over at Honolulu City Dates have posted another adventure, this time to the fine confines of Tiki's Bar and Grill, the faux tiki bar in Waikiki that is over-the-top and totally fun -- big frou frou...
Honolulu Saturday Night Special: Hawaii Nightlife Diaries in Da Flesh
My friend, uber nightlife diva Miss CW, is throwing a bashorama in honor of her budding affiliation with MyOpenBar.com. THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT, FOLKS, SATURDAY. She runs the Honolulu flavor of this growing Website. So CW and MOB are throwing down...
Hawaii Nightlife: Ichiriki Loft: New Nightspot in Honolulu That Looks Good
The gradual appearance of nifty new nightlife spots worth of the NYLON orbit continues apace in Honolulu. Latest entry is the Ichiriki Loft, an offshoot of the fun Japanese restaurant of same name (loft is upstairs). Valet parking is...
Passing of the Last Tiki Bar in Hawaii? Owner of La Mariana Passes On, Future Uncertain
I've blogged about La Mariana before and noted that it was up for sale. A week or so ago the owner, Annette Nahinu, passed away before she could pass the property on. It's now owned by the La Mariana...
Hawaii Bar Scene: New Oceanfront Mai Tai Joint in Lahaina w/Views
The dearth of classy, contemporary boites in Lahaina, Maui has long been a sore spot. You could belly up to the bar at a nice restaurant (Lahaina Grill, Pacific'O, Mala) but tipplers seeking appropriate launching pads for evening libations faced...
Local Cocktail Mavens X 4: The Taste of Hawaii Summer
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (props to local barfly Jason Gengabus) has the 411 on what local mixologists are tossing into the blender this hot summer in paradise. Hint -- lots of retro drinks with Cuban origins. Go figure, like rum in the...
Nightlife Report from Supercw.com
Not too sure what people are talking about when they say there's no nightlife in Honolulu. Considering the source, there's obviously a discrepancy. The island is buzzing! Art! Culture! Food! New places! New things! Seriously. This place rules. Here's a...
Honolulu Dates: Rum Fire Video
I've blogged about the new bar at the Sheraton Waikiki, Rum Fire. It's a very literal place. You drunk rum. You sit next to fire pits. Got it? Very sleek, very chic. But don't take my word for it. The...
Nightlife Report from SuperCW.com
A short report from Honolulu's Nightlife Diaries this time. I just had to reveal the best new thing from Chinatown... Thirtyninehotel has revamped their Happy Hour!...
Jimmy Buffett Opens Restaurant in Waikiki: Gone Corporate, Mate?
Sellout. That's all I got to say about Jimmy Buffett's announced plans to open a $15 million restaurant in the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel in Waikiki. The hotel is fine. Waikiki is actually great - I love it and spend...
Inside the Academy: Monks invade E+O Trading Co.
Continuing our quest to turn the Honolulu Academy of Arts into the hippest monthly nightspot east of Bishop Street, E+O Trading Co. in Ward Center is ARTafterDARK's new food-and-drink partner for 2008. The first event of the year is coming...
A Blog I Missed But Shouldn't Have: SuperCW.com
So after Christa put a nice post on Hawaiirama seconding my call on RumFire, the new bar at the Sheraton Waikiki, I pinged her and asked where she was posting. Silly me. I had not realized she was one...
Hawaiian Hula: The Lovely Kanoe Miller At the Halekulani
We've seen Kanoe dance numerous times. It's well worth the expensive (and potent and delicious) Mai Tai's. The sunset can't be beat. The classic trio totally swings hapa haole standards, like Sinatra gone tropo. Ah, Waikiki the way its...
Crazy Cocktail this Friday at Halekulani
I wangled an invite to the the INNAUGURAL TRAVEL + LEISURE'S BEVERAGE ARTS CHALLENGE 2007 this Friday at the posh Halekulani. This the culmination of a massive cocktail combination pitting 250 mixologists against each other in a quest to come...
Hawaii Cocktail Recipes: Classic Blue Hawaiian
A bartender named Harry Yee at the Hilton Hawaiian Village (now Resort and Spa) was petitioned in 1957 by beverage company Bols to craft a novel libation containing the company's just-introduced Blue Curacao liqueur. Yee brainstormed the Blue Hawaii. Here's...
Honolulu Weekly Annual Bar Guide - 2007 Version
The folks over at the Weekly brought out there second annual Bar Guide with a tongue-in-cheek take on all sorts of local libational information. Includes bouncer profiles, a nice rundown of off-the-beaten-path happy hours, and a paid-for directory. All in...
Green Hawaii: Costco Goes Solar in Kona, Kauai
The islands get two of the four pilot solar programs for the progressive Big Box retailer. All the more reason to stop into Costco and stock up on $30 bottles (a bargain) of Maui Ocean Vodka and 5 pound jugs...
Maui Time Weekly - Best of Maui Issue 2007
I mentioned this briefly in a recent food news posting. Here's a bit more about the Best of Maui issue for 2007. Best Mai Tai goes to Mama's Fish House in Paia on the lovely, lush North Shore. I can...
Hawaii Nightlife: Partying With Owen Wilson
The lovable low-brow comedy star was spotted in June cutting the rug at an afterhours club event in the Hanohano Room at the Sheraton Waikiki. Apparently, Wilson showed up for the extremely popular and still red hot after two years...
Hawaii Restaurants: Halekulani's House Without a Key Lambasted
I personally love the House Without a Key. It's where we've gone to eat many, many nights. with guests in town. When I was drinking man, I tossed back countless potent Mai Tais mixed up at this oceanfront restaurant on...
Tropical Cocktails: Alan Wong's Pome-Kazi
Most foodies around the country know that Alan Wong's has some of the best fusion food on the planet. But few recognize that Wong's cocktails are also some of the most interesting around. Here's a nice recipe for an original,...
Best Hawaii Bars: Halekulani's Lewers Lounge Makes Esquire Mag's List of Best Bars in America
Well, of course it was. I've blogged about the refined pleasures of the Lewers Lounge on several occasions and in more than one blog. I'm glad to see the folks at Esquire agree with me. Of course, there are a...
Tropical Drink Recipe of the Week: Pink Mai Tai from Royal Hawaiian
You can quaff cold glasses of this riff on a traditional Mai Tai at the "Mai Tai" Bar at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki, which has, arguably, one of the better Mai Tais on Earth. INGREDIENTS: * 1 oz....
Tropical Cocktail Signature Drink of the Week, Two Weeks Late
The Shipwreck Bar at the old school nouveau castaway Kona Village Hotel is one of those iconic resort boites so rare in Hawaii. It actually has history and yes, it really was made from a wrecked ship. The barkeep, Sid...
Tropical Cocktail of the Week: Capertini
This week the Hawaiirama call-out cocktail is hardly tropical in any real respect -- except that its a really lovely little libation and you can drink one in the Lobby Lounge of the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua,. The view, natch, is jaw-dropping....
Hawaii Signature Drink of the Week: Morton Heavenly Palm Beach Infusion
Getting this drink of the week thing going again, this week I have a excellent, refreshing recipe from the good folks at Honolulu branch of Morton's The Steakhouse. The drink is one of a slew of new signature mixed cocktails...
Hawaii Tropical Drink of the Week: Pele's Fire-tini
I started doing this a while back with the blog and it kinda fizzled but am starting again, inspired in part by the success of my friend Jonas over at Drink of the Week. So, once a week on...
New Years Tiporama: House Without a Key Staying Open Late
One of our favorite haunts has always been the House Without a Key, the patio bar at the Halekulani where the lovely Kanoe Miller has swayed her hips for thousands of appreciative Mai TaI-quaffing visitors. One of my biggest gripes...
Hawaii Nightlife: Pipeline Cafe -- Your View May Be Limited
A word to the wise. This bar bills itself as a concert venue. Don’t be fooled. The concert part is an afterthought due to the confines of the space and the crazy crowd factor. The Pipe is long and very...
Cool Bars: Indigo
Of all the downtown bars, Indigo is the chic, versatile star, the one that can play trendy or alternative, affected or young-professional. There’s no doubting its proverbial hipness—especially in relation to velvety imitators—but the question remains: is it really a...
Aloha Pouring Ocean Vodka in First Class
Aloha Airlines flights will soon be the only place in the country you can drink Maui's own Ocean Vodka (caution -- very loud Flash trailer) besides the Hawaiian Islands. First Class bar carts on Aloha will start carrying the clear,...
Hawaii Bars: Uncle Bo's
I finally got down to Uncle Bo's last night for a sniff and a few small plates. This place is run by a bunch of 20-somethings with good taste and they make the place fun. The chef is Laotian and...
Cocktail Culture, Island Style
I am a cocktail fiend. I never drink more than two at a sitting, but I do savor them. And I don't get to drink them as often as I'd like these days. But Hawaii, and Oahu in particularly,...
Tropical Drinks: "Tales of the Mai Tai"
It's a question much pondered amongst mixologists. Who created the first Mai Tai and what was the original recipe? Was it really Victor "Trader Vic" Bergeron? Or someone else. Tom Chapman, a friend and fabulous writer, revisits this question yet...
Hawaii Hotels: Mauna Lani Post-Quake Deal
Someone had to do it. The Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows resort just whipped out a "Shaken, Not Stirred" promo deal,with tongue squarely in cheek. The posh resort, which suffered some minor damage from the Big Island quakes on...
Tropical Drink of the Week: Mango Madness Cocktail
After all the earthquake blogging I did yesterday, its time for a nice cool glass of something. This one you can only get at Brown's Beach House, an oceanfront boite in the Fairmont Orchid Hotel along with gently swaying hula...
Introducing Our Hawaiirama Master Barfly
As a 37 year-old father of two, I can only pretend to get out as much as I think I should. For a view from the trenches, I now can rely on Tim Denevi. He did his first post last...
Drink of the Week: Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Mai Tai
At Hawaiirama the good life is the liquid life. Not that I advocate excessive consumption but a little bit of libation sampling is a wonderful thing. In the islands, every hotel bar, restaurant and club has a signature cocktail. Starting...
Hawaii Hotels: Best Bars -- Sheraton Keauhou Resort
Where: Lobby Bar at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort Why: Do you really need to ask? If you must, the endless blue Pacific pulsing against a black lava landscape and the sea caves of Keahou Bay, kaleidescopic sunsets like...
Town's Top Barkeep AWOL
Had drinks at Town last night and was surprised that David Maguire was not behind the stainless steel counter spinning yarns and mixologizing. He's been the inspiration behind Town's eclectic and popular cocktail menu. Was told he no longer worked...
The World's Purest Vodka from Maui?
It's a whole new brand of Maui Wowee. And in a really pretty bottle, too. Ocean Vodka is distilled in Idaho from organic grains then shipped to Maui where its blended with pure Hawaiian deep sea water pumped up...
