Shortly after announcing his departure from Thyme Bar in NYC, renowned bartender Jeremy Le Blanche has unveiled a new playlist-inspired cocktail menu at RT60 Rooftop Bar & Lounge, located at the new Hard Rock Hotel New York.
In keeping with his signature style, the menu is a clever, visual wow.
Garnishes include rose petals, cotton candy and hazelnut salt while global ingredients find their way into house-infused cordials and syrups – like sesame and green shiso.
Service at RT60 is a performance and vessels play a role – from delicate glass teacups to a smoking paper bag and flask.
Each of the eight new cocktails, launched last week, is inspired by and named after a song.
- “Pump Up The Jam” for the 1989 Technotronic throwback brings forward rose cordial and aquafaba
- “Yuki No Hana” with shiso-infused Kikori whiskey, blossom flower and dried palm leaf is named for the 2003 song by Japanese singer Mika Nakashima
In the coming weeks, Le Blanche will also reinvent the classic cocktail menu at NYY Steak, Hard Rock’s signature restaurant.
This new menu will harken bygone franchise nostalgia and the glamorous and glittering Jeffrey Beers-designed interiors.