“The main ethos of tiki in general is escapism,” Sam Miller said. “… Let’s transport people when they step in the door to another place where they forget about what’s going on outside and can enjoy themselves.”
Sam Miller mixes a mai tai at Suckerfish, in Sugar House, on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023.It might be the middle of winter, but the minds behind a new pop-up bar in Salt Lake City are ready to transport you to a tropical paradise, complete with fruity tiki cocktails.
Think of Suckerfish as a “tabula rasa” as well as a “neighborhood cocktail dive,” said Sean Neves, who’s a co-owner of ACME as well as a co-owner of the bar Water Witch in the Central Ninth neighborhood. That blank slate can act as a backdrop for fundraisers and different events, he said, until its doors eventuallyThe bar will then reopen as a permanent establishment, with a brand and concept that will be ... well, it’s still somewhat of a mystery.
Miller emphasized that the cocktails on the Suckerfish menu are the real deal, made from recipes created in the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. Tiki drinks “basically went extinct” in the 1970s, he said, and “turned into this horrible, high fructose corn syrup, overly sweet, dumbed-down version of what classic tiki is.”
The banana daiquiri and Blue Hawaii on the menu are tributes to Harry Yee, the influential bartender who“The main ethos of tiki in general is escapism,” Miller said. “... Let’s transport people when they step in the door to another place where they forget about what’s going on outside and can enjoy themselves.”
The food and drink menus are limited because Suckerfish is “showcasing our interests,” Chon said, and acting as a preview for what type of food and drink that he, ACME and Island Time would like to bring to Salt Lake City.Miller and Edwards want to open Salt Lake City’s first tropical bar, but first they want to build a culture of tiki cocktails in the city. To reach that goal, they’re treating their spirits classes and pop-up events as ways to “educate” Salt Lakers on what’s to come.
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