L'Automne à la Mode with Abricot 🍑🍁🍸🎃
Let's do Autumn in style together! We're saying adieu to our current menu, getting in the Halloween Spirit & more... (PS now open on Sundays 🎶)
As we enter October, and the official Fall 🍁 (our favorite time of year here at Abricot), the sun starts going down sooner, the streetlights go on, and the whole city of Paris exudes sexy cocktail vibe… well, that’s our impression anyway. And it’s time for a little more ‘hygge’ as well 🕯️, the more comforting flavors of Fall harvest – think figs, apples, pumpkins, corn 🍎🌽🎃 - and yes, this means a new menu! (Scroll down for the deets on our new menu launch…⬇️)
There will be new food along with a whole new cocktail line-up as we lean more into our Mexican and Ashkenazi roots. The new menu will also feature our Bar Manager, Lisa Rotoni’s winning cocktail from Trophée du Bar! Stay tuned on social and our next newsletter when she tells us all about it.
And finally, starting this Sunday the 8th, we will be OPEN ON SUNDAYS for j..a…z..z… from 6-9pm every Sunday evening… because a sexy new menu needs sexy music. So lets all cozy up together on Sundays and welcome the new week in style. 🎶🎺🪕🎙️
But before we launch something new, we want to take a minute to say goodbye to our last menu, and give you a little look into which are our favorite cocktails and why… there’s still time to try the ones you haven’t experienced yet, for 2 more weeks! We know you, the loyalists who always reach for your fave, and we LOVE you for it, but if the spirit of adventure strikes, times a’ tickin’ on these… ⏰
Allison’s favorite: No Thoughts Just Vibes 🍍
For over a decade, I've spent a week most summers with some of my favorite people in the world in one of my favorite places in the world: Fire Island. Along with the magic of carless streets and free-roaming deer, this tiny strip of land running between the ocean and the bay boasts a very special signature cocktail, the Rocket Fuel (iykyk). Essentially a frozen Piña Colada supercharged with a bonus shot of overproof rum, it quite literally fueled some of my favorite nights on earth, and a little part of me is transported back there when I sip on our (admittedly much more restrained and balanced) No Thoughts Just Vibes. We swap out the creamy sweetness for something clear and crisp, sparkling and bright, but still with those notes of pineapple, rum, and coconut that whisk you away to the sandy beach in your mind like the smell of freshly-slathered sunscreen. 🏖️
Jen’s favorite: The Quatrième Vague 🥃☕🍾
I love coffee. It’s not for the energy – not that I object – but it’s truly the flavor. It’s rich, it’s bitter, it’s acidic… I orient all of my travel to new places around where I’m going to get my morning coffee, and I love it because it gives a local angle if I’ve done my research well.
So a cocktail that combines coffee liqueur with scotch whisky?! I’m all in. And we top it all with bubbly because bubbly obvs brings the party.
We’ve combined so many of my favorite things into one coupe it should almost be illegal… It has been the least popular cocktail on our current menu, but I’ve stood by it and made friends and family try it more than any other cocktail on this menu because I’ve (correctly;)) known that the minute they tried it, they would love it too.
🗓️ Now Mark Your Calendars ! You Won’t Want to Miss This… 🗓️
There’s more to come, but here’s what we already have lined up for you this Fall… we’re so excited! And follow us on Instagram for new events still to come!
Wednesday October 4th, 19h: Afterwork at Abricot, a monthly meetup for expat women with @abuckeyeinparis (first Wednesday of every month!)
Sunday Oct 8th 18h-21h: Our first Sunday Jazz evening with Melissa Lesnie + Ziggy Mandacé: 1930s swing with a delicious retro 1950s twang!
Sunday October 15th, 18h-21h: Larry Browne + guest : Californian trumpetist and singer - the king of scat! If jazz were the dad joke you secretly chuckle at, Larry would be rule the world.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 17th: NEW MENU LAUNCH! 🎉🥳🪩🍹🍴🎉
Sunday October 22, 18h-21h: Billy Collins: Billy hails from the Bronx NY, but has been delighting Parisians with his unique blend of New Orleans swing, dixieland and blues for longer than he'd care to remember ;)
Tuesday October 24th and all week long: We’re collaborating with our dear talented friends at Dirty Lemon on an incredible shared cocktail special 🍋🍑
Friday thru Sunday, 27th thru 29th: Tricks & Treats to be announced all weekend long 🧟♀️🍭…
Tuesday October 31st, 18h: HALLOWEEN, BÉBÉ. 🎃👻 Cauldron full of boozy punch, Halloween silent cinema, spooky cocktails and costume contest (+prizes…)
See you soon!!!
🧡 Love, Abricot