Get a Taste of East Village Speakeasy PDT Tonight at Beretta
New York mixologist John Deragon from East Village speakeasy PDT is in the 415, guest bartending tonight at Beretta (1199 Valencia at 23rd St.). PDT, of course, popularized bacon-infused bourbon (an ingredient in its maple syrup-sweetened Old Fashioned).Deragon reportedly met Beretta barkeep Ryan Fitzgerald when Fitzgerald was apprenticing at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans two years ago. ![]()
vidiot/Flickr Deragon is cofounder of the New York bar PDT.
From 8 p.m. to midnight tonight, Deragon will be mixing up five cocktail specials: the Solstice and the Newark (Deragon creations), the Witch's Kiss and French Maid (concoctions devised by Jim Meehan, a PDT partner), and Remember Maine, from ex-PDT bartender Lydia Reismueller. Each is $10 -- sort of a bargain, since the drinks at PDT cost you an extra $3. And a round-trip ticket.

























