The Irish debut of the world’s best bar, The Dead Rabbit at The Westbury
On the 28th September, The Dead Rabbit team will hop over from New York and descend on Dublin’s finest new cocktail bar, The Sidecar at The Westbury, for their first ever residency on Irish soil, which will run from Thursday 28th September – Monday 2nd October 2017.
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The Dead Rabbit, voted number one the World’s Best 50 Bar’s, is ‘coming home’ to Ireland for the very first time, following its birth in 2012. For five days, an innovative cocktail list created by Beverage Director Jillian Vose and a pub grub food menu will be on offer at the hotel’s new bar, The Sidecar. The residency will transport visitors back in time and showcase the escapades of pre-prohibition in the 1850’s when gangs patrolled the streets of Lower Manhattan, merged with the whirlwind glitz and glamour of a 1930’s party at The Sidecar, Dublin.
The Dead Rabbit is the brainchild of Belfast Boys, Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, who will be setting up shop at The Sidecar, bringing the atmosphere of The Dead Rabbit’s renowned second-floor New York ‘Parlor’ and shaking up some of their most popular cocktails for hotel guests and locals alike. These will include the ‘Spell Spoke’; Slane Irish Whiskey, Hibiscus, Kaffir Lime Leaf, Ginger, Lime, Chamomile and Citrus Bitters, the ‘Eye Candy’; Teeling Single Grain Irish Whiskey, Peach, Fig, Cinnamon, Lemon, Chamomile and Black Cardamon and the ‘Heretic’; Bombay Dry Gin, Mezcal, Elderflower, Pine and Muscat.
Guests can choose their poison to wash down a hearty bar bites menu, designed to merge the best of Ireland and United States produce. Dishes will include ‘Carlingford Lough Rock Oysters’ served with lemon, tabasco and mignonette, a traditional ‘Ham & Cheese Toastie’ with Irish Cheddar and tomato jam and ‘The Dead Rabbit Burger’ with John Stone Irish Beef, bacon, Irish cheddar, wild mushroom and chips.
The Dead Rabbit’s Founder, Sean Muldoon says “This is the first time we’ve done an event of this scale in Ireland. It’s great to be coming home and we’re looking forward to bringing The Dead Rabbit to Dublin.”
Sean’s partner and cocktail virtuoso, Jack McGarry says “The Dead Rabbit is an Irish Pub so having it in Ireland is going to be special. We’re excited to see what The Westbury team have put together”.
Named after a 19th century street gang, The Dead Rabbit is a three-storey Irish drinking tavern in New York and channels the era in its taproom, cocktail parlor and Occasional Room. It is world renowned for topping the World’s Best 50 Bar’s list and is known for its ragtime music, pre-prohibition partying and spirit forward Irish drinks.
The Sidecar is The Westbury’s stylish new cocktail bar and offers a modern take on a 1930’s cocktail bar, situated right in the centre of Dublin, with a private heated terrace overlooking the buzzing city centre. The bar is complete with sparkling glass chandeliers, golden pineapple cocktail goblets and waiters suited and booted in Gatsby style attire, on hand to craft martinis tableside with a bespoke ‘Martini Trolley’.
The Dead Rabbit residency at The Sidecar is the latest chapter in The Doyle Collection’s ‘Club Residencies Project’, which has previously included the hugely successful pop-up of BlackTail (NYC) and The Clumsies (Athens, Greece) at The Bloomsbury in London.
HOW: The Dead Rabbit Residency at The Sidecar is available to book between 28th September – 2nd October 2017. For reservations please book via the website: www.doylecollection.com/hotels/the-westbury-hotel/dining/dead-rabbit-residency.