The partners then reached out to Lee Burger, who has copious bartending experience, including Devon, Subject, and Butter & Scotch. Sometimes I wish there’s a quick and easy solution to a nice cocktail, and I think many people want the same.” “And making drinks at home, getting a few bottles of liquor, juicing, and preparing the ice…can be quite a commitment. “Now with respect to social distancing and many bars closing, you can only drink so many Whisky on the Rocks at home without wanting something more easygoing,” says Amelie Kang, Co-Founder of Ghost Bar. Prior to establishing the dry pot eateries in the city, she used to bartend at B Flat in Tribeca and an award-winning speakeasy in Beijing, called Apothecary, where she honed her mixology.

Amelie attended the Culinary Institute of America, where she developed a passion for cocktails. Ghost Bar is the brainchild of Ning (Amelie) Kang and Yishu He, owners and partners of MáLà Project. Named Longest Island, it’s a Baijiu-based drink mixed with complex flavors that tastes like a glass of floral iced tea. The drink menu offers a wide range of classic cocktails, such as Last Word and Sazerac, and creative inventions, such as silky and smooth Espresso Martini, fresh and juicy Dragon Fruit Daiquiri, and a fun twist on Long Island. It is delivering freshly made crafted cocktails during an era of social distancing and lockdown.īorn out of pandemic and based in Midtown Manhattan, Ghost Bar is a solution to customers’ needs for instant access to their favorite mixed drinks at an affordable price, with the craftsmanship and convenience comparable to their once-frequented cocktail bars. Ghost Bar, an online cocktail bar that offers convenient and fairly-priced cocktails for stay-at-home New Yorkers’ mixed-drink needs, launched in Manhattan on January 15, 2021.

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