Extra Dirty Cocktail Club
Cocktail bar · North End ·
Themed prix fixe cocktail tasting menu with small plates
Themed prix fixe cocktail tasting menu with small plates
"Tucked below neighborhood lunch spot Sportello, Boston’s mixology scene is alive and well and living at Drink. At this subterranean institution, you won’t be handed a cocktail menu, but rather will be asked what you’re feeling in the mood for today (y’know, “something smoky, with a hint of spice, that tastes like Fall…”). Enjoy the large cubes of hand-chopped ice, homemade bitters, and copious fresh citrus—not to mention what might be Boston’s best burger. (And—while not exactly appetizing—don’t forget to check out the collection of beautiful hand-labeled taxidermy insects, resting in glass boxes along the back wall.)" - Branding Iron @ Stantec
"You’ve likely already been to the Red Fox, a splashy new restaurant in Boston’s North End, but now’s the time to return for another fun night out. This time, grab a ticket for Extra Dirty Cocktail Club, a prix fixe cocktail experience from bar director Phillip Rolfe. (He also runs the neighborhood’s tiny, impossible-to-get-into cocktail bar Farmacia, which does a similar pre-paid cocktail tasting menu of sorts.) Each $90 ticket includes four drinks and three small plates of food, plus a little dessert. The themed cocktail menus change every few months; right now, check out the bar’s “Exploration of the Americas” menu." - Erika Adams
"An exclusive cocktail bar hidden in the back of buzzy North End newcomer the Red Fox is now open; entry requires pre-purchasing tickets for the night, and each ticket includes four drinks and three small plates of food (pasta, meatballs, and the like) for each seating. Bar director Phillip Rolfe — who also runs Farmacia, another North End cocktail bar with a similar, uber-popular ticketed experience — programs the menu and the ticketed format." - Erika Adams
"A subterranean, 20-seat ticketed cocktail bar tucked in the back of sibling Italian restaurant the Red Fox, conceived by bar director Phillip Rolfe as a slightly larger expansion of the tiny, nine-seat Farmacia concept. Bookings are prepaid ($90 per ticket) and deliberately limited — each reservation is 110 minutes and includes an aperitivo, three cocktails, three small plates and a little sweet bite; the inaugural menu is a seasonally themed tour through Italy with small plates of pasta, meatballs to share and more, and the team makes full use of the Red Fox kitchen rather than the limited snacks available at Farmacia. The night begins with a choice of spritzes with herb and citrus infusions, then guests choose two cocktails from a list of eight mains plus one of two dessert cocktails (four drinks total per ticket): highlights on the Italian lineup include the gin-based Uva e Parmigiano, mixed with green grape soda and topped with Parmesan foam, and the spicy Arancia Rossa e Pepe, made with serrano pepper–infused tequila and a tart blood orange syrup; there’s also a creamy espresso martini on the dessert menu. Given the project’s name, there’s a martini riff: building on the Red Fox’s savory Aglio e Pepe martini (garlic, black pepper, Parmesan), Rolfe amps up the idea with the All’Aglio e Basilico martini, in which basil is added for a pesto-y twist. “We wanted to start [the new cocktail club] with a nod to the North End neighborhood as well as a celebration of All Day Hospitality’s roots, taking guests on a journey through Italy’s rich food culture while applying modern and complex production processes that guests have become accustomed to at Farmacia,” Rolfe said in a statement on the opening. The project is driven by All Day Hospitality — the North End group behind Ciao Roma, Tony & Elaine’s, Farmacia and the Red Fox — and, because it’s small and ticketed, reservations are expected to be competitive and sell out quickly; it’s open Wednesday through Saturday starting at 5 p.m." - Erika Adams
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