May 8, 2013
The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog embodies the conviviality of Old New York and the Irish-American tradition.
Our ground-floor Taproom offers an informal setting for the enjoyment of craft beer, bottled punch, and whiskeys of the world, with lunch served daily.
Upstairs, our sumptuous Parlor focuses on small plates, communal punch, and 72 historically-accurate cocktails dreamed up by the nineteenth century’s most celebrated bartenders.
The Dead Rabbit is dedicated to advancing the art and practice of hospitality, as it was understood then and as it is understood now, for all residents of and visitors to this great metropolis.
Forbes Magazine: Top 15 American Nightspots 2013
New York Magazine: Best Everyman’s Bar 2013
Eater: Where to Drink in New York Right Now 2013
Zagat: New York’s Hottest New Restaurants and Bars 2013
Wine and Spirits: Where to Drink and Dine in NYC 2013
Thrillist: The Thrillist 47
Performances( Special Events
May 15, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Absolut Elyx Martini Tasting
Absolut Elyx is the brand new, handcrafted, single-estate copper still vodka from Sweden. Please join us for a tasting of Absolut Elyx on Wednesday, May 15, from 7 to 9 pm in The Dead Rabbit's just-opened third-floor Occasional Room.
In the style of great vodka lovers like Ian Fleming and W. Somerset Maugham, this will be a Martini evening with the substantive flavor of Absolut Elyx as its centerpiece. There is no better foundation for a Martini, Dead Rabbit style.
Drop by for a look at our new event space, and the best Martini this side of Casino Royale.
Every Friday, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Terry Waldo at the Piano
In our upstairs Parlor, please join us to enjoy the inimitable syncopated stylings of Mr. Terry Waldo at the piano, as he features ragtime and the popular music of Old New York.
“Terry knows about this music as few others do, for the music itself is only a part of it. You have to know about the backrooms of bars, the incredible prejudice we had to deal with, the hook shops, the beer and sawdust all over the floor....You have to understand the background; you can't pretend it has nothing to do with ragtime.”
— Eubie Blake, ragtime legend (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983)
Every Monday, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Traditional Irish Seisiun
In our downstairs Taproom, every Monday will offer a revolving list of players in the traditional Irish musical gathering known as the seisiún, or session.
“…A gathering of Irish traditional musicians for the purpose of celebrating their common interest in the music by playing it together in a relaxed, informal setting, while in the process generally beefing up the mystical cultural mantra that hums along uninterruptedly beneath all manifestations of Irishness worldwide.”
— Barry Foy, Field Guide to the Irish Music Session
Monday through Friday, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
L’Heure Verte
Once, Parisian cafés were full of artists and poets sipping absinthe. They were lucky; they could set their own hours.
But as absinthe became more popular to the working people of Paris, the time between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. became known as “l’heure verte” (or “the green hour”), when everyone would gather for a drink between work and the evening meal.
The Dead Rabbit is proud to announce, in association with Pernod Absinthe, a daily “green hour” of specially-priced absinthe cocktails and $1 oysters, Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in our upstairs Parlor.
Now Available
The Dead Rabbit Online Shop
Perhaps it is not possible to be at The Dead Rabbit all the time. Fortunately, there is a solution. For these moments of downtime, we have created our online shop, where all the comforts of The Dead Rabbit itself can be selected and shipped directly to your home, so to enhance it.
Fill your shelves with our unmatched Mixed Drink Menu, line your walls with art prints of our event flyers. We predict next season will be very, very Dead Rabbit.
And note that tickets to our upcoming Hemingway cocktail series are available exclusively by this method.
Purveyor ) Fine Drinks
Drinking! We admire it. It is a fine invention, and we have tried in our own way to make innovations upon it. At The Dead Rabbit Grocery and Grog, you can find the classics. But you can also find drinks we have restored from unfortunate neglect by history. And by “find,” of course we mean “drink.”
Our Taproom features our own bottled punches and special cocktail and highball menus. The Parlor is our second-story cathedral to the mixed beverage, with our own reformations of the finest exemplars of the true Golden Age of American Drinking (1850 - 1900).
Food Served Daily
We recognize that drinkers must also occasionally eat. Toward this end, The Dead Rabbit has assembled a menu featuring Irish-British traditional fare, Continental specialties like homemade pâtés, and the raw bar you’d expect at a seafront saloon.
We offer a full lunch daily in our downstairs Taproom, and small plates all day and night in both the Taproom and upstairs Parlor.
Weekdays between 4 and 5 p.m. in the Taproom we offer a free snack, your choice of boiled egg, fried clam, or fried oyster, with every liquor purchase.
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