What we aim to do at The Jet Set is focus on the quality of the cocktails our guests will be drinking.” We have leaned heavily into the idea of mid-century modern air travel. “We get that, acknowledge it, and are not looking to add to the fetishization of Pacific Islander culture with The Jet Set. “It’s very hard to talk about tiki history without the appropriation of cultural iconography, specifically tiki gods, coming up,” says Alex Kelly, another partner in the project. The fakeness Nunnari alludes to can also be problematic with tiki bars historically borrowing culture and iconography indiscriminately in service of an exotified escape. It’s an Americanized sort of thing-it’s kind of fake in that respect, which leaves a lot of room for you to put your own twist on it.” “These guys who came back wanted to think back on paradise. (The vibe will be rounded out with a uniform of Hawaaian shirts.) “Tiki itself has its origins in post-war escapism,” Nunnari says. (Fuschia’s owner Anton Kinloch was involved with the Jet Set for a time and consulted on the cocktail list).Ī post shared by Jet Set Tiki Bar name the Jet Set harkens back to the glory days of air travel, with bartender as pilot. “It felt like we would perhaps stretch ourselves too thin doing something like the bistro down there.” A fortuitous visit to Fuschia Tiki Bar in New Paltz sparked the idea in Kelly’s mind. “At the time we were just navigating COVID with the bistro and having trouble coming up with something that would fit in the right way down there,” says Maggie Lloyd, executive chef for Liberty Street Bistro and now the Jet Set. In 2021, the owner of the waterfront building had invited Kelly to look at the space and propose a concept. “Three seconds after Mike walked out, I turned to my wife and said, ‘We have to do this.’” “I just love the idea of being able to brand a tiki bar, so it set off a spark in my head,” Nunnari says. So when Kelly wandered into his office one day and casually disclosed his plans for a tiki bar on the waterfront, the Newburgh native and his wife Stephanie Nunnari were quick to jump on board as partners. A post shared by Jet Set Tiki Bar who has been designing signs and branding for Kelly since the opening of Liberty Street Bistro, is something of a tiki aficionado and has visited iconic bars all over the West Coast.
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