I wanted to fill you guys in on the Prohibition-themed parties
Atkins Park Tavern in Virginia-Highland is throwing in the next few weeks. The tavern is turning 90 years old next month and in honor of its anniversary, the restaurant will host a special Prohibition Dinner on
Wednesday, February 29 at 7 PM and a Prohibition Party on
Thursday, March 8 at 6 PM.The Prohibition Dinner will feature four cocktails paired with four plates, including the following:
- Speakeasy snacks such as Devils on Horseback, Welsh rarebit, deviled eggs and salt roasted nuts
- Cocktail Pairing: Black Velvet
- Clams Casino
- Cocktail Pairing: Terrapin cask conditioned rye pale ale (brewed with orange peel by Terrapin Owner/Brewmaster Spike Buckowski)
- Medallions of lamb, sauce chasseur and asparagus au gratin
- Cocktail Pairing: Old Fashioned
- Chocolate Charlotte with burnt almond caramel
- Cocktail Pairing: Mint Julep
The dinner costs $40 per person and guests can reserve a spot by calling
404-876-7249.
The Prohibition Party on March 8 will begin at 6 p.m. with a limited open bar and complimentary buffet in the dart board area until 7 p.m.
A special prohibition menu from Chef Andrew Smith will replace the restaurant’s regular list of entrees during dinner service. Specials for the evening will include items such as Scotch eggs, oysters Rockefeller, stuffed broiled lobster and suckling pig porchetta and will range in price from $5 to $24.
Live music will be provided by
Blair Crimmins & The Hookers, who will be performing songs that evoke the jazz, ragtime and blues of the 1920s, in the restaurant’s main dining room from 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. A costume contest will take place at 10:30 p.m., and all guests are encouraged to wear 1920s attire. A prize package including $100 cash, a $25 Atkins Park Tavern gift certificate and a 90
th anniversary merchandise gift bag will be awarded to the best dressed male and female. The staff will be dressed in Prohibition-era attire as well. Atkins Park will also show old 1920s movies and Boardwalk Empire on all televisions throughout the restaurant, and a Photobooth will be set up in the upstairs private dining room so guests can get their photos taken with 1920s props. The Photobooth will be sponsored by the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), and each $5 photo donation will be donated to the 2012
Georgia Chain Gang and the team’s endurance Race Across America for LLS.
Atkins Park Tavern in Virginia-Highland is located at 749 N. Highland Avenue. The restaurant opens daily at 11:30 a.m. and stays open until 3 a.m. Monday through Saturday and until 12 a.m. on Sunday. For more information, call
404-876-7249 or visit
www.atkinspark.com.
