Swizzle Sundays @ The Hawthorne Tiki Bar (Patio), Hotel Commonwealth, 500A Commonwealth Avenue

Jill F.

Swizzle Sundays at The Hawthorne's Patio Tiki Bar is lots of fun! 
What better way to cool down after a balmy Sunday than to enjoy classic and creative tiki cocktails on the patio.  

Scott Marshall, Tiki Master is brilliant!  

We really enjoyed his creations! 

Check out Swizzle Sunday this Summer through the end of August!

Scott Marshall, Tiki Master!

The menu defines:
swizzle   
1) (n.) a tall drink of dark rum, lime juice, crushed ice, and sugar: typically served with a swizzle stick.
2) (vt.) to agitate (a beverage) with a swizzle stick.
3) to gulp down; guzzle.

 
The theme for my tasting was smoke...I couldn't get enough of Mezcal-laced blends.  

My two favorite cocktails of the evening:


 


 

Have A Cigar: Made with Mezcal, St. Germain, Lemon, and
Punt e mes (an Italian Vermouth).







Naked and Famous: Made with Mezcal, Aperol, Yellow chartreuse, and fresh lime juice. 

I also thoroughly enjoyed the spicy Roscoe Pound made with Weller bourbon, lemon, honey, and ginger syrup served up in a coupe and the Maximillian Affair made with Chichicapa mezcal, lemon, St. Germain, and Punt e mes prepared for us as a digestif.

The Maximillian Affair

 My friend ordered the Attention made with Tanqueray gin, Dolin dry vermouth, Absinthe, Creme de Violette, and orange bitters.  Neither of us could stomach this cocktail. I blame this on the fact that I'm not a fan of gin or absinthe...so no surprise there.

Photograph Credit: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt

 We snacked on the white bean dipped topped with piccadilly relish and served with crudités (carrot, cucumber and watermelon radish), mimollet crackers and crostinis.  The dip was bland and the spice of the piccadilly was over-bearing.

The chicken salad sandwich (with the crusts cut off) was pretty tasty.  My friend loved the tarragon and said "it took it to another level."  The sandwich was served with homemade potato chips.

Though we didn't have the pleasure of sampling them, two orders ($16 worth) of the deviled eggs somehow appeared on our receipt.  Unfortunately, I just realized this when preparing to write this review.

I am looking forward to using my Gilt group certificate for dinner with cocktail pairings for two.

Check out The Hawthorne's Swizzle Sundays on the patio through August 26th.