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"I found the new tiki-meets-Southeast Asian cocktail bar — created by Ani Meinhold and Cesar Zapata in partnership with nightlife guru Mykel Stevens and located adjacent to their Phuc Yea restaurant — to be a deliberate late-night spot focused on cocktails and small bites. The menu is split into “Neo Tiki” (featuring drinks like Phuc It; Just Drink Me, a play on a Blue Hawaiian/Blue Piña Colada; Tear of a Tiger’s Eye, which blends Japanese whiskey and rye bourbon with toasted almond orgeat and lemon; and the Boobytrapa lychee and rum daiquiri) and “Classics” (spun margarita and old fashioned with tropical twists), and even includes Phuc Yea’s best-known Teabag Cocktail. Late-night bites skew Asian with a Latin influence, including salt-and-pepper chicharrones de pollo, Colombian-style beef empanadas with kafir lime dipping sauce, and buffalo-style oyster nuggets. The bar is open Thursday to Saturday from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m." - Olee Fowler