Bar Pleiades
Surrey Hotel
20 East 76th St. between Madison & Fifth Aves.
Wednesday, January 20
VIP tickets: $150, 6:00
General admission: $100, 7:00
212-687-1290
www.danielnyc/cafebouludny.html
www.citymeals.org/barpleiades
Continuing his long relationship with Citymeals-onWheels, chef and restaurateur Daniel Boulud celebrates therecent opening of his Bar Pleiades in the Surrey Hotel with a winter cocktail party featuring hors d’oeuvres by Cafe Boulud’s Gavin Kaysen, Pulino’s Nate Appleman, Aldea’s George Mendes, and Animal’s Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook, with cocktails by Cameron Bogue. The VIP reception starts at 6:00, with general admission at 7:00. All proceeds go to Citymeals-on-Wheels, which has been preparing and delivering meals to the homebound elderly since 1981. Designed by Lauren Rottet inspired by Coco Chanel and Art Deco, Bar Pleiades features seasonal cocktails that follow Boulud’s la tradition (vieux carre, sloe gin fizz), la saison (cornucopia, daiquiri de poire), le potager (capsicum cooler, la terre), and le voyage (Beijing mule, Fujian cocktail), consisting such ingredients as saffron roasted Asian pear vodka, beet gin, espelette candied pecan bourbon, VSOP cognac, yuzu, Chinese 5 spice grilled lemon, and rhubarb bitters.