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Grand Banks offers a Permanent Vacation
April 15, 2020, 5:39.16 pm ET
Photo: Grand Banks, Permanent Vacation
Today should have been the kickoff of the spring and summer season for Grand Banks, the schooner on the Hudson where you can grab a drink and a lobster roll (or two) while taking in shore breezes. Instead, owners Miles and Alex Pincus, are sharing their reggae playlist and a recipe for their "rum and rum" drink called the Permanent Vacation as we all await the great reopening (hopefully sooner rather than later):
Combine the following in a shaker tin:
½ oz. Coconut milk
½ oz. Coconut cream
½ oz. Orange juice
2 oz. Pineapple juice
½ oz. Tepache (optional)
1 oz. White Rum
½ oz. Aged Rum
Add a few large ice cubes and shake until slightly chilled.
Strain into a beer glass, then add crushed ice until the glass is nearly full.
Top with a float of ¼ oz. blue Curacao and garnish with an orange half-moon,
a maraschino cherry, and a light dusting of grated nutmeg.
The message to supporters ends with an appeal to sign a letter to Congress in support of Independent Restaurants with a plea for two urgent changes to the Paycheck Protection Program aimed at helping small businesses and independent restaurants survive.
-TR
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