Best of Lounge 2014 - Winners

Lounger Number One 2014

 

The Loungerati have voted via Survey Monkey for the 2014 Best of Lounge Awards and the results are in:

Lounge Scene Awards 

Best Burlesque Act or Performer: A FIRST TIME TIE!!!! NEW YORK BURLESUE FESTIVAL - ANGIE PONTANI and WASSABUCCO 10TH ANNIVERSARY)

Honorable Mention: Drunken Dragon Festival at Macao Trading Co., The Return of the Slipper Room

 

Diane L. Naegel Award for Best Lounge or Vintage Event: THE SALON AT PLAYERS CLUB

Honorable Mention: Club Wit's Monthly Jazz Age Party at Flute, Jazz Age Picnic at Governor's Island

 

Viva La Musica Award for Best Jazz, Lounge, or Swing Band: MICHAEL ARENELLA AND THE DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA

Honorable Mention: Dandy Wellington and His Band, Terry Waldo - Piano Man

 

Most Sought After Ingredient for the Home Bar: GREEN SPOT IRISH SINGLE POT WHISKEY

Honorable Mention: Death and Company Cocktail Book, Amaro Montenegro

 

Best Dressed Lounger: EFF BLANGIARDO of Loungerati

Honorable Mention: Dandy Wellington (Song and Dance man), Queen Esther (Belle of the Ball)

 

Cocktail Bars and Lounges

Best New Cocktail Bar or Lounge: THE GILROY (New York)

Honorable mention:  The Happiest Hour (New York), Boilermaker (New York)

Best New York Cocktail Bar or Lounge: ATTABOY (New York)

Honorable Mention: Clover Club (Brooklyn), The Dead Rabbit (New York)

 

Best Barfood: TUNA TARTARE at CRIMSON AND RYE (New York)

Honorable Mention: Oyster Happy Hour at Dead Rabbit (New York), Chicken Soup at Employees Only (New York)

Best of the NY Hotel Bars: THE RUM HOUSE at EDISON HOTEL (New York)

Honorable Mention: Elephant Bar at NoMad Hotel (New York), Lantern's Keep at the Iroquois Hotel (New York)

 

David A. Embury Award for Best Cocktail of 2014: OLD OSCAR (Woodford Reserve Bourbon, Amaro Montenegro, Campari, Ancho Reyes, Aztec Chocolate Bitters)  by Francis Verrall for THE GILROY (New York)

Honorable Mention: The Man About Town at Crimson and Rye (New York), The Stinger at The Dead Rabbit (New York)

 

Editor and Staff Picks:

Best Seat in the House: Parlour Bar Seat at THE DEAD RABBIT (New York)

Honorable mention: Corner bar seat at The Gilroy (New York), Seat F12 (aka F14) at Clover Club (Brooklyn)

 

Best Cocktail for the Road: DARK AND BITTER (Victor King Dark Stout and Ramazzotti Amaro) BOILERMAKER (New York)

Honorable Mention: The Old Pal at The Gilroy (New York), The Irish Coffee at The Dead Rabbit (New York)

Best Saloon: BOILERMAKER (NEW YORK)

Honorable Mention: American Whiskey (New York), Hudson Malone (New York)

Best of the Internationals: ARTESIAN BAR at LANGHAM HOTEL (London)

Honorable Mention:  American Bar at the Savoy Hotel (London), Sherry Butt (Paris)

Best Dive aka "The Gutter Award": SUBWAY INN (New York)

Honorable Mention: Memory Motel (Montauk), American Trash (New York)

Don't Bruise the Ice Award for Best Ice Program: HAND CARVED ICE AT RARE BAR (TAICHUNG, TAIWAN)

Honorable Mention: The Dead Rabbit (New York), Sherry Butt (Paris)

 

Brian F. Paynter Award for Lounger Number One: EFF BLANGIARDO - A SICILIAN
Honorable Mention: Joe "Leisure Master" Desmond (Rhum Rhum Room), Bernie Courtines (Loungerati)

Best of Lounge 2014 - Vote Early and Often!

Welcome to the Best of Lounge 2014 Voting!

Queen Esther & The Hot Five at The Salon

Click here to VOTE!

The categories open for your consideration are: 

Best New Cocktail Bar/Lounge

• Boilermaker (New York)
• Spirited (Brooklyn)
• The Gilroy (New York)
• The Happiest Hour (New York)
• Elephant Bar at The NoMad Hotel (New York)

Best New York Cocktail Bar/Lounge 

• Clover Club (Brooklyn)
• Maison Premiere (Brooklyn)
• Attaboy (New York)
• Employees Only (New York)
• The Dead Rabbit (New York)

Best New York Hotel Bar

• Rum House at The Edison Hotel
• Lantern's Keep at The Iroquois Hotel
• Elephant Bar at The NoMad Hotel
• Lambs Club at The Chatwal Hotel
• King Cole Bar at St. Regis Hotel

Most Sought After Ingredient/Bar tool for the Home Bar

• Green Spot Single Pot Irish Whiskey
• Amaro Montenegro
• Retro style ice tapper from Cocktail Kingdom
• Denim Bar Apron from Ben Davis
• Death and Company Cocktail Book

Best Barfood 

• Chicken Soup at Employees Only
• The Burger at Hudson Malone
• The Krispie Fried Chicken at Fedora
• Tuna Tartare at Crimson and Rye
• Oyster Happy Hour at The Dead Rabbit

Best Burlesque Act, Event or Space 

• The Return of the Slipper Room
• Peacock Party at Duane Park with Francine and Evelyn Vinyl
• NY Burlesque Festival - Angie Pontani
• Wassabassco 10th Anniversary Extravaganza
• Drunken Dragon Festival at Macao Trading Co - Calamity "The Asian Sexation" Chang

Best Dressed Lounger

• Eff Blangiardo, Pontif of Sprezzatura
• Michael Haar, Barber and Radioflyer
• Queen Esther, Chanteuse and Belle of the Ball
• David Lochner, Philly's Finest Haberdasher
• Dandy Wellington, Song and Dance Man

Diane L. Naegel Award for Best Lounge/Retro/Vintage Event

• Club Wit's End 6th Annual Black Cat Masquerade
• Jazz Age Picnic at Governor's Island
• The Salon at Players Club
• Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala at NY Public Library
• Club Wit's End Monthly Jazz Age Party at Flute

Viva La Music Award: Best Jazz/Swing/Lounge Band

• JC Hopkins Biggish Band at Minton's Harlem
• Queen Esther and The Hot Five
• Michael Arenella andThe Dreamland Orchestra
• Dandy Wellington and His Band
• Terry Waldo, Ragtime piano man at Dead Rabbit and Rum House

David A. Embury Award: Best Cocktail of 2014

• The After Dark (Old Forester bourbon, Cynar, cold brew coffee, egg white, chocolate bitters), The Rest, Salt Lake City
• Old Oscar (Woodford Reserve bourbon, Campari, Amaro Montenegro, Ancho Reyes,  Aztec chocolate bitters), Francis Verrall of The Gilroy, NYC
• Stinger (Green Spot Single Pot Irish whiskey, Fernet Branca Menta, demerara syrup, Dead Rabbit Orinoco Bitters) The Dead Rabbit, NYC 
• Link Ray (Celery, Suze, lime, cane, soda and choice of rum, gin or tequila), The Happiest Hour, NYC
• Man About Town (Old Overholt rye, Cocchi vermouth, Aperol, Campari, flaming orange zest), Crimson and Rye, NYC

Additional categories will be voted by the Loungerati editors and include:

• Best Saloon
• Best Seat in the House
• Best Cocktail for the Road
• Best of the International Bar
• Best Dive aka the Gutter Award
• Don't Bruise The Ice Award for Premier Ice Program
• Brian F. Paynter Award: Lounger Number One

Deadline to cast your votes is November 30th, the winners will be announced on Loungerati's 8th birthday Dec 5th (Repeal Day of course).

Cheers!

Fredo, Eff, & The Senator



The After Dark at The Rest, SLC