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Tomorrow: Once-in-a-lifetime drinking at The Franklin

POSTED: Monday, August 23, 2010, 8:02 PM

Filed Under: Booze | Food Events

Tomorrow, Aug. 24, Philly and New York cocktail circles intersect like a drunken venn diagram at the Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. (112 S. 18th St.). Mixmasters from Mayahuel, Death + Company and many other hallowed Big Apple haunts will be in the building to fete longtime Franklin barkeep Nicholas Jarrett, whose last night at the Franklin is the cause for the punch-fueled powwow. Jarrett has been with the bar since day one, commuting from his home in Brooklyn, where he also tends bar at Dram and Clover Club. "I'm damn proud of the Franklin, Jarrett tells Meal Ticket. "I believe that it rightly holds a spot on a very short list of the best cocktail bars in the world, and love it enough that for the past four months I've been rolling down with nowhere to go until the first bus back to New York at 6 a.m. Time's time, though, and it's time for me." What a way to go out. A special menu will feature Jarretts four favorite drinks (the Negroni, Daiquiri, Brown Derby and Old Fashioned), plus a cocktail from each of the Franklins four original cocktail list contributors Alex Days Royal 'Burgh, Joaquin Simo's Simo Cup, Al Sotack's Kensington, Colin Shearn's Dead Moon and Jarretts own Atty Up. Each of the visiting New Yorkers will be mixing a bartenders choice, as well. "What better way to say farewell than surrounded by friends from both cities? Jarrett says. "Especially if many of those friends are some of the hardest-working folks in the business?" Festivities start at 5 p.m. Check out the full bartender lineup after the jump.

Nicholas Jarretts Last Night

featuring The Franklin's

Al Sotack Colin Shearn Katy Linck

and

Brad Farran (Clover Club)

Damon Dyer (Clover Club)

Ryan McGrale (Flatiron Lounge)

Tonia Guffey (Flatiron Lounge and Dram Bar)

Joseph Swifka (Loni Kai and Flatiron Lounge)

Jessica Gonzales (Death & Company and Dram Bar)

Rob Fuentavilla (Mayahuel and Painkiller)

Eryn Reese (Mayahuel)

Mayur Subbarao (Mayahuel and Dram)

Frank Cisneros (Dram Bar)

Tom Chadwick (Dram Bar)

Natalie Jacob (Pranna)

Adam McGee (Cienfuegos)

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