Celebrate World Cocktail Day at Devin Tavern.
photo: Noah Kalina
The town’s most touted mixologists – Dale DeGroff, Gary Regan, Sasha Petraske and Audrey Saunders, among others – will convene at Devin Tavern on May 14th for a five-course World Cocktail Dinner to benefit the Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans. Each course will be matched with a specially crafted tipple (6:30 PM reception; 7:30 PM dinner; $250 per person; 212-334-7337).
That same evening, the James Beard Foundation teams up with NYU to offer the second installment of its Monday night Spirits Series. “Gin: The Spirit That Sailed the Seven Seas” will explore the martini maker's botanical qualities at NYU’s Torch Club, led by Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller, co-authors of Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of the Martini (6:30–8:30 PM; $75 per person; $375 for the entire series; 212-998-7171).