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Hottest Spot North of Havana. |
New York City's Copacabana reigned as one of the
town's most glamorous night spots from its opening
in the 1940s until well into the 50s. Over the years
it gained a nationwide reputation for excellent
shows, fine music and gilt-edged atmosphere, all
thanks to legendary Jules Podell, a tough character
who had enough shady friends to give his enterprise
a romantic exoticism.
A sort of Cuban cousin to the traditional American
mint julep, the mojito has long been considered a
classic cocktail in its native country, where,
decades ago now, Ernest Hemingway is said to have
enjoyed more than one or two of the minty-fresh rum
drinks. The mojito was introduced in New York at
the legendary Copacabana.
A simple blend of sugar, mint leaves, lime juice,
rum, ice, and soda water (strictly in that order),
a Mojito is a tall glass sparkling with bubbles and
greenery, garnished with a sprig of mint on top.
The Copacabana Mojito Kit includes two tall, slender Mojito glasses,
banded with "Mojito" (a design inspired by a vintage Cuban cigar band), a
bartender's pestle (wooden muddler), and a vintage souvenir brochure from
the legendary Copacabana.
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Roving Cigarette Girls.
The vintage Copacabana ashtray is an icon of romance and glamour, part of
New York nightclub culture that now belongs to the golden age of smoking. An
endangered object of desire from the tabletop of the legendary Copa, gone
along with the cigarette girls. This authentic souvenir adds a heightened
moment of aesthetic focus to your home or apartment.
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Music to Drink By.
Playing on Cuban and Latin American rhythms like the rumba, the mambo, and the samba, the passion for salsa music and dancing first sprung up in New York nightclubs in the 1950s. Of course, all that dancing creates thirst for rum, and the lime and mint-tinged mojito is always the first choice.
"Mojito," the CD, is the music of the working classes, a form of
recuperation for the body and for the soul after the work week.
Instrumentation includes piano, bass, trumpets, bongo, trombone, saxophone,
timbales & conga drums.
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The Best Latin Party Guide.
"The Mojito was destined to take the United States by storm", writes Arlen Gargagliano in Mambo Mixers, as she takes readers on a sumptuous sojourn into the bars and nightclubs of Latin America. Besides the Classic Mojito
and a Pineapple Mojito, she serves up recipes for 50 sexy, elegant
cocktails, accompanied by such tapas as Crisp Toasts with Chimichurri,
Tortilla Española, and Dominican Shrimp Croquettes, virtually limitless
cocktail party combinations.
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Aarne Crystal Glassware Service
 Anchor-Hocking Manhattan Glass
 Balthazar Bar Stool
 Bullet Cocktail Shaker
 Caipirinha Cocktail Set
 Cipriani Bellini Mix
 Classic Cocktail Books
 Copacabana Mojito Kit
 El Borracho
 How Sweet It Is
 Ice-O-Mat
 Jaccard Meat Tenderizer
 Mambo Mixers
 Martini Mister
 McSorley's Wonderful Saloon Mugs
 Misono Gyutou UX 10 Chef's Knife
 Mojito CD
 Music, Martinis, and Memories CD
 Noel Coward Autograph
 Noël Coward in New York
 Nuvo Vino Wine Thermometer
 Original Blue Bar Martini Glass
 Peppermint Lounge Martini Glass
 Peter Luger Ceramic Mug
 Postcard from the Stork Club
 Present Indicative
 Private Lives Martini Glasses
 Professional Barman's Toolbox
 Professional Mandolin Slicer
 Pulltap Waiter's Corkscrew
 Restaurant Wine Chiller
 Romeo Salta
 RTR Vodka Service Set
 Stork Club Ashtray
 Stork Club Champagne Coupe
 The Esquire Culinary Companion
 The Gentleman's Companion
 The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book
 The Russian Tea Room Ashtray
 The Stork Club Bar Book
 Tiki Lounge Glass
 Tippi Martini Glass
 Toots Shor by Alan Dunn
 Toots Shor Memorabilia
 Trader Vic’s Book of Food and Drink
 Two-Piece Martini Chiller
 Vodka Service Set

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