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Pretend you’re in the tropics when stepping foot inside Gilligan’s, the hip outdoor Soho bar and restaurant set to reopen for the season on May 1.
As usual, expect the space at 310 West Broadway by Grand Street to be filled with the sort of palm trees and overall vegetation that provide the perfect atmosphere for a refreshing frozen watermelon margarita, one of the many drinks on the menu.
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On that list is also a frozen limoncello pina colada made with white rum that embodies the very taste of summer and the spot’s own take on a classic gin-and-tonic, this one made with celery bitters.
Most of the cocktails are available in giant carafes as well, just as you would order them while frolicking on the beach in Mexico on a summer trip.
Although this year’s food offerings haven’t yet been officially announced, we expect favorites from years past to help us take in all those drinks, including stone oven pizza, all sorts of seafood dishes and to-be-shared orders, like the blistered shishito peppers, fresh burrata presented with watermelon and grilled sourdough and the Tuscan kale salad.
Not to be missed is the roasted branzino, one of our personal favorites: served butterflied, the fish is brushed with olive oil and topped with fresh shaved fennel, a parsley leaf and a citrus dressing.
Although NYC is chock-full of high-end bars serving perfectly crafted cocktail that history books will write about, there is something to be said about setting: no other outdoor drinking den feels quite as vacation-y as Gilligan’s does, so definitely try to stop by when in need of a break from the hustle and bustle of this great city of ours.
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New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured more than $700,000 from Pathward, National Association (Pathward), a national bank formerly known as MetaBank. This is for unlawfully freezing customer accounts and illegally transferring money to debt collectors. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that Pathward illegally sent debt collectors tens of…
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Take your movie-going experience to the next level this summer at Rooftop Cinema Club. The experience offers a chance to watch a movie on a Midtown rooftop with vegan popcorn, classic theater candy, and craft cocktails.
Kicking off on May 1, this season’s rooftop movie schedule includes classics like When Harry Met Sally, Dirty Dancing, Grease, Mean Girls, Clueless, and so much more. Also expect special programming for Star Wars day, AAPI Heritage Month, Black Music Month, and Pride Month. Plus, it’s adding a Saturday Cereal Club and Mimosas & Muffins Sundays. Keep scrolling for the full lineup, and get tickets here.
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To celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, the schedule features films that celebrate the many facets of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. To name a few, Parasite, Past Lives, and Everything Everywhere All at Once are on the lineup.
Given the popularity of May for weddings, the theater’s also showing some iconic wedding movies, like Wedding Crashers, The Proposal, and Runaway Bride.
June’s lineup honors Black Music Month and Pride Month. Black Music Month offerings include Brown Sugar, Love Jones, and Poetic Justice. For Pride, see But I’m a Cheerleader, The Color Purple, Showgirls, and more.
In July, get nostalgic with teen movies of the 1990s, like 10 Things I Hate About You, American Pie, and Drive Me Crazy. They’ll also host a July 4 party featuring Independence Day.
The cinema is located high above Midtown’s streets on the Skylawn rooftop of the Embassy Suites Hotel on West 37th Street where the skyline serves as an incredible backdrop. Don’t worry about background noise, though: You’ll get your own set of wireless headphones that block out street noise, and you can adjust the volume as needed.
As for seating, you’ll get to choose a standard high-back lounge chair or a premium lounge chair that comes with extra cushions. You’ll book your ticket type, then get to pick your exact seat on-site, first-come, first-served. Ticket prices range from $12-$29/person depending on your seating preference and movie time.
Snacks are, of course, an important part of the movie-going experience, and Rooftop Cinema Club delivers with hot dogs, Bavarian pretzels, nachos, popcorn, and pizza. There’s also a full bar on-site with beer, wine and themed cocktails.
A few more tips: If you’re going to a daytime screening, wear some sunscreen; if you’re going in the evening, bring a jacket. The cinema’s cashless, so be sure to bring a debit or credit card.
“Great film will always be the cornerstone of Rooftop Cinema Club, and the social cinema element is what makes us truly special. This season really highlights that,” Rooftop Cinema Club founder and chief executive Gerry Cottle tells Time Out New York. “Whether joining old friends for iconic cartoons at our new Saturday Cereal Club or making new ones at a Tuesday Social Hour — on any day of the week, we’re bringing New Yorkers together to enjoy entertainment atop our hidden gem in the city.”
The venue is truly a hidden gem where the atmosphere will make you feel some serious main character energy.
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With an infectious atmosphere powered by live jazz and Cuban drinks, Blacktail was one of New York City’s most fun-loving and finely tuned cocktail bars during its late 2010s tenure. Now, four years after the beloved drinkery from The Dead Rabbit crew officially shut its doors, the concept is making a comeback as a rum-soaked residency at Back Bar.
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The three-month pop-up in Back Bar’s Hidden Bar is part of the brand’s “Visiting Luminary Series,” a curated calendar of events spotlighting the brightest minds of the global cocktail scene: so far, the series has welcomed the bartending talents of Moe Aljaff and Juliette Larrouy, the brilliant duo behind Schmuck, and Meaghan Dorman, the creative mind behind Raines Law Room and Dear Irving. The series is a collaboration between LT Hospitality team members Chris Lauber, senior director of operations; Jason Hedges, beverage director; and chef-owner Laurent Tourondel.
“We feel we can utilize our space to collaborate with the best bartenders and bars of the past, present, and future. After successfully collaborating with iconic teams and bartenders, such as Angel’s Share, Schmuck, Joaquín Simó, Meaghan Dorman, Dale DeGroff, and others, we’re now looking forward to welcoming our biggest buildout of the space (to date) with Blacktail,” Lauber tells us. “We loved Blacktail at Pier A, and it’s our honor and privilege to collaborate with some of the original team to bring it back to life.”
Back Bar will, indeed, bring a little Prohibition-era Havana back to Manhattan with the Blacktail residency, which will stretch from May through July. Fans of the original will surely recognize some familiar faces behind the bar—former Blacktail head bartender Will Pasternak will be pouring drinks alongside other veteran staff members—as well as décor touches from the old room, including some of the bar’s iconic artwork and tropical greenery. “I’ve gone through painstaking lengths with Jason and Will to bring back the best of Blacktail,” said Lauber. “We’ve re-interoperated original art, created new murals and large-scale imagery, and focused on bringing back Blacktail to the best possible interpretation at Back Bar.”
And, yes, music will be a big part of that, with Pasternak joking: “I’ve spent more time than I care to admit curating the music, and I think people are really going to enjoy it. I’ll drop the playlist once we’re open!”
However, the most important piece of that revitalization, of course, is the booze: “Guests who are familiar with Blacktail know that we take our menus seriously. We’ve developed a cocktail menu that pays homage to the historical bars of Havana and their impact on the greater drinking landscape,” Pasternak says. “I’m really proud of this menu. We didn’t hold anything back. We will be serving up 24 cocktails across 5 different styles.”
Among the pop-up potables, guests can enjoy original Blacktail recipes like the Rum & Cola (Bahamian Rum, Italian Amaro, Cola, Champagne, Aromatic Bitters), the Nacional (Cuban Rum Blend, French Bitter, Banana, Apricot, Yuzu, Pineapple, Lime) and the Mary Pickford (Cuban Rum Blend, Maraschino, Pineapple, Pomegranate, Lime, Burlesque Bitters). “Obviously, we will be serving a ton of Daiquiris and Mojitos,” adds Pasternak. “Some deeper cuts from Blacktail’s opening menu will be on the menu, as well, like the Brandy Alexander, and Celery Sour.” New menu offerings will include standouts like a Curaçao Collins, a Melon Martinez and a Cigar Old Fashioned.
So why Blacktail, and why now? “You can tell when a bar makes an impact…based on who’s upset when it closes. I remember reading about the closure in January of 2020, and I remember being one of many that were so sad to hear the news. It was beloved,” says Lauber. “That’s why we were so excited to bring it back in collaboration with Will and some of the original bar team.”
Pasternak echoes that sentiment: “This is a special moment for us right now. When we closed, we saw our team disband and go on to be successful in their own ways. It will be fantastic to have everyone back under one roof. Blacktail has now been closed longer than it was open, which is wild to think about. So, it is really a testament to the bond of the team that everyone is willing to come back to be a part of this again.”
And will there be more Blacktail, perhaps more permanently, in the future? “I think myself and a lot of our guests would love to see Blacktail open again,” Pasternak shared. “If the right opportunity presented itself, reopening would absolutely be on the table. We’re exploring all options right now.”
Crazy Rich Asians is one of those movies that tends to appeal to a broad audience: whether hate-watching it or truly enjoying the extravagant spectacle of luxury on display, nobody has anything truly bad to say about the 2018 production.
Hopefully, that popularity will carry on to the stage: a musical adaptation of the film is officially under development, with Jon M. Chu, the original director, attached to the project.
Chu is clearly an expert in all things musical: he has also directed the film version of In the Heights, itself based on the eponymous stage musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the upcoming adaptation of Wicked, perhaps one of the most popular productions on Broadway, ever.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Crazy Rich Asians musical—developed by Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures and Kevin Kwan—is “aiming for Broadway, with a pre-Broadway engagement to be announced shortly.”
Like the film, the new musical will be based on the original book trilogy by Kwan, which focuses on New Yorker Rachel Chu’s summer in Singapore with her boyfriend Nick… as she finds out how well off his family really is.
No word yet on casting but, given that the movie’s lead, Constance Wu, recently appeared in an Off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors, we are hopeful that she could, perhaps, reprise her role on stage.
In case you were wondering: the Crazy Rich Asians movie sequel that was announced a few months ago now seems to be in limbo, so the upcoming stage musical might be your best chance at re-experiencing the hilarity of the original project imminently.