This Friday April 27, the Cornstore Restaurant goes back in time with a ‘Mad Men’ style launch of their new ‘Cocktail Hour’. As the 50s and 60s – an era all about the cocktail hour – sweeps across international catwalks, it appears the Cornstore Restaurant is right on trend. Resident mixologist Mario Fiscuci will be taking us on a trip down memory lane, as he expertly crafts a range of retro classic cocktails, served with a Cornstore twist, from a specially designed Cocktail Hour menu. Vintage favourites will include the Sidecar, the Gibson and the Gin Fizz. Guests on the evening will also be treated to live jazz and hors d’oeuvres.
The idea of drinks before dinner has its roots in the Prohibition era. When alcohol consumption was banned, citizens would host “cocktail hours” at a speakeasy before eating at restaurants. Cocktail lounges then continued the trend of drinking before dinner.
The emphasis on relaxed glamour in the 1950s drinking culture gave birth to the Cocktail Hour. This wasn’t so much a time, but more of a mood – the time of day when you kick back and relax with a Martini or a Manhattan after a hard day at the office. Cocktail parties became popular as cocktails themselves became fashion accessories. It was all about the difference between a glass of gin with an olive in it, and a Martini – it’s all about style, darling!
Post launch, Cocktail Hour will take place every Thursday and Friday at the Cornstore between 5 and 7pm to accommodate the after-work drinks brigade throughout the summer months. So release that neck tie gents, and rest those weary heels ladies, by making this your first stop as you relax, unwind and ease yourself into the weekend…
Models: Asta and Lorraine, Holman Lee Agency Dresses: Marion Murphy Cooney Hats: Aisling Maher Make-up: Grace Sheedy at Urban Decay, Debenhams Location: Cornstore Restaurant, Thomas Street, Limerick.
