Sip cocktails straight out of coconuts at this new Seaport bar
Concrete jungle? More like tropical island—Kokos at Pearl Alley is bringing lush, rum-soaked vacation vibes to Pier 17 at the South Street Seaport this summer. The recently opened waterfront bar-restaurant at 89 South Street offers Brooklyn Bridge views, breezy cabanas and boozy tiki bar staples served directly inside coconuts.
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The East River will be feeling like the Caribbean Sea in no time with those $19 cocktails-in-coconuts, like the rummy Koko’s Painkiller (Bacardi Superior Rum, Bacardi Reserve 8, pineapple, coconut, orange and lime), the tequila-splashed Koko Loco (Cazadores Reposado Tequila, Ancho Reyes Verde, coconut, kiwi and lime) and the bourbon-based Cowboy Kolada (Maker’s Mark Bourbon, banana, coconut and lime). And if you just want the electrolytes, you can enjoy a fresh coconut sans alcohol for nine bucks.
There’s also, of course, a Caribbean-style rum punch, festively served in a fishbowl, but if you want something a little more laid back, you can keep things simple with a variety of beer and wine options. And you can unwind even more with the bar’s weekday “Sundown Hour,” during which all cocktails are $12 on Mondays through Fridays from 4pm to 6pm.
To accompany that fun-loving bar menu, the greenery-filled venue rolls out a roaming ceviche cart that serves stuff like Long Island fluke, Florida red snapper, and Gulf shrimp. There are also shareable, island-inspired plates like sliders (a mini Cuban sandwich, Bermuda fish cakes), skewers (griddled pork sausage, grilled shrimp), snacky sides (crispy jerk-seasoned fries, blistered shishito peppers) and a booze-drenched Caribbean rum cake to further transport your taste buds.
And you can’t have an island getaway without live music: think steel band performances and DJs spinning tropical house, reggae and Afro beats to soundtrack all of your colada sipping.
