Manchester’s Bistro on Main hosted a pop-up community cocktail event on December 20, 2017, to benefit the Manchester Area Conference of Churches (MACC) charity. Justin Morales, Bar Manager of The Blind Pig and recipient of the Connecticut Restaurant Association’s 2017 Mixologist of the Year award, coordinated the event with Bistro on Main Chef Ben Dubow. Guests enjoyed specialty cocktails, including the Queen Bee’s Knees, The Bistro Boulevardier, Sazerac and Diki Diki. The event raised $500 in tips and resulted in Bistro on Main’s second largest sales day since opening in November 2017.
-
- Justin Morales, Bar Manager, The Blind Pig and recipient of the Connecticut Restaurant Association’s 2017 Mixologist of the Year award, and Bistro on Main Chef Ben Dubow.
-
- The Bistro Boulevardier, a blend of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, amaro and rhubarb bitters.
-
- Morales pouring Bistro Boulevardiers at Bistro on Main.
-
- The Sazerac cocktail, made with cognac, absinthe, sugar and lemon.
-
- The Queen Bee’s Knees, with gin, honey, lemon and champagne is a cross between a French 75 and a classic Bee’s Knees cocktail.
-
- Morales pouring Queen Bee’s Knees cocktails and Bistro on Main Bartender Colby Rojan.
-
- The Diki Diki: apple brandy and Kronan Swedish Punsch mixed with grapefruit juice.
-
- The White Chocolate Pistachio featuring Bailey’s Irish Cream Liqueur, amaretto and blue curacao, blended with half and half and white chocolate.
Photos by Michael Leung.
