San Diego-based distillery Cutwater Spirits is resurrecting the iconic Lower East Side Manhattan bar PKNY for a two-night immersive experience.
The event will feature the original PKNY bar team, including NYC bartending legend Richard Boccato, together for the first time since the establishment’s closing in 2013. They will be making some of their favorite cocktails from the PKNY menu using Cutwater’s award-winning rums and ready-to-enjoy canned cocktails. 100% of all tickets sold will benefit industry charity, Another Round, Another Rally.
PKNY (2010-2013) was criticallyacclaimed for its outstanding cocktails and uniquely NYC, punk-inspired take on the tiki bar and famously forced to close due to Manhattan’s rising rents. Cutwater was a pioneer in the canned cocktail revolution and is now the most awarded canned cocktail brand in the U.S.
e.The pop-up will feature stations of Cutwater’s innovative rum-based canned cocktails including theirPiña Colada, Mai Taiand Mojito. Boccato, along with original PKNY bartenders Natalie Jacob and Abraham Hawkins, will be mixing up a few of their favorites from the genre including the Missionary’s Downfall, Zombie, Q.B. Cooler, as well as putting their own spin on Cutwater’s canned Piña Colada which will be served blended from a frozen pineapple.