NEW VENUES

DULLBOY: Jersey City welcomes its first craft cocktail bar this week! The team behind the popular West Village spot, The Garret, opened this cocktail den which pays homage to writers like Hemingway, Yates, Bukowksi, and Capote who looked to booze to get their creative juices flowing. Cozy up in this stimulating living room-styled bar, sip a twist on a classic, and nosh on some shareable bites like. Click for details…

MR. NILSSON: Sage General Store in Long Island City is hosting a Scandinavian pop-up called Mr. Nilsson. Choose a four or eight-course tasting menu from top chefs and pair it with four or seven cocktails like 'The Nordic Reviver' (Limit Aquavit (Norway), lemon, Swedish Punsch, CocchiAmericano, black pepper). Click for the menu & reservations…

NEW MENUS

QUEEN OF THE NIGHT | THE DIAMOND HORSESHOE: This buzzed about theatrical dining experience is kicking off spring with some fresh and naughty new cocktail offerings. With drinks like the absinthe-infused 'Taste of Tamino', organic honey-filled 'Rune's Trapez', and the knockout 'Scent of Pamina', you'll feel like royal buzz in no time. (Recipes below). Buy tickets...

TASTE OF TAMINO
1 oz Lillet Blanc
1 oz Belvedere Vodka
1 oz White grape juice
Cooked down bramble of red grapes, mint, agave and absinthe

RUNE’S TRAPEZ
2 oz Brugal Rum
1 oz Honey Cranberry (to taste, organic honey and cranberry juice)
Fill to desired taste, fresh squeezed orange juice

SCENT OF PAMINA
2 oz Belvedere Vodka
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
1/2 oz Simple syrup
Splash of soda, muddled lime

SPIGOLO: For the first time in ten years, Spigolo on the UES, will introduce a bar menu of Italian-inspired cocktails and tapas-sized portions of some of their signature dishes next week. Owner and Executive Chef Joey D’Angelo, formerly of Union Square Cafe and Esca, enlisted the help of Francis Verrall of The Gilroy to create the restaurants debut cocktail menu. The new menu of unique, Italian influenced cocktails includes the Incendio (Ilegal Mezcal, Cynar, lemon, ginger, Aranciata Rossa) and Towers Of Bologna (Spring 44 Gin, Amaro Montenegro, blueberry preserves, lavender, lemon, club soda). Click for details...

ONGOING EVENTS & CONTESTS

DISARONNO PRESENTS THE MIXING STAR: Disaronno’s Global Cocktail Program is open to the best professional bartenders. Create an original recipe based on Disaronno Originale and enter the Program for a chance to be The 2015 Mixing Star of the United States of America. Enter the Program...

THE BELVEDERE CHALLENGE: Belvedere Vodka has partnered with the movie SPECTRE, the 24th Bond adventure, and invites the world's best bartenders to create a legendary martini cocktail. Enter The Challenge...

WIN A DINNER FOR 2 AT HORCHATA: Don’t miss this exciting contest offering you a chance to win an exclusive night on the town. One winner will receive a complimentary dinner for 2 with a round of specialty cocktails at the popular Greenwich Village Mexican restaurant, Horachata. Enter Now...

THE LOADed COCKTAIL PASSPORT: The $35 LOADed Cocktail Passport gets you 21 Cocktails from 21 Bars & Restaurants any day, any time from NOW - May 10 and raises funds for Bottomless Closet & Toklas Society. Buy Now...

THRILLIST PRESENTS COCKTAILS FOR A CAUSE: Head to any one of the 50+ imbibing participating venues (find 'em on that handy map HERE) between March 23rd and March 31st and celebrate the $5,000 being donated to the organization that's helped feed New York's neediest since 1982, City Harvest. Click for details...

MAD MEN DINING WEEK: In anticipation of the April 5th premier, over 30 restaurants around town are offering either a two-course power lunch or two cocktails for $19.69 from March 23-March 29. Click for details...

(Photos From Left: Taste of Tamino from Queen of the Night; Scent of Pamina from Queen of the Night; Dullboy interior; The Nordic Reviver from Mr. Nilsson)