The Cocktail Concierge
Move over shopping and nightlife concierges, Norps is newest kid on the block . . .
The Cocktail Concierge of Manilow.
Follow me on twitter @ManilowLight tweeting the impromptu cocktail hour gatherings and sharing the recipes of my Classy Concoctions for the evening.
Before meeting Toes, I was a self-proclaimed ‘Just a Martini Guy’. I love the craft of creating the perfect cocktail for friends. Toes’ idea of turning the Cocktail Light on is wine – uncork, pour and hand them a napkin.
But, my role as the Cocktail Concierge is larger than life. As a Cocktail Concierge, I became a history aficionado of classic cocktails. While shaking your custom drink, I turned into a narrative artist and conversationalist of the party. Friends always gather in the kitchen, but your guests never leave the side of a charismatic Cocktail Concierge.
The modern day cocktail hour at Manilow is picking up where the 1940’s, ’50s & ’60s left off. By updating classic cocktails with unexpected modern flavors, I have reinvented today’s cocktail hour with a decidedly modern-day twist transporting my guests back to the forgotten simpler time of home entertaining. Discard your Crate and Barrel or Pottery Barn glassware for cocktail hour. Serve your libations in the smaller scale vintage tumblers, old fashioned or highballs. Read more