Ask A Boston Bartender: The Perfect Holiday Drink
Holiday Indulgence
• 1 scoop mint chocolate chip ice cream
• 6 mint leaves
• 2 oz Mozart chocolate liqueur
• 1 oz lime juice
• 1 crumbled Thin Mint cookie as topping
Joe O'Connor
Big Night Entertainment Group
3 Boylston Pl
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 338-4343
www.bneg.com
Bar and Beverage Director for all Big Night Entertainment Group venues, Joe O'Connor is the creative force behind the unique and tasty cocktails and bowls gracing the drink menus at varied hotspots across New England, including Red Lantern Restaurant & Lounge, GEM Italian Kitchen, Nightclub & Lounge, Empire Asian Restaurant & Lounge and The Estate in Boston; and SHRINE Nightclub, The Scorpion Bar, High Rollers Luxury Lanes & Lounge and Red Lantern's sister property at Foxwoods Resort Casino. O'Connor has mixed special drinks for a host of A-list celebrities and athletes, including Kim Kardashian, John Travolta, Melissa Gorga, Rob Gronkowski, David Ortiz and the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins.
At 19, he made his way from New York to Boston, where he quickly landed a coveted management job at Gaslight in the South End. O'Connor eventually took a management position at SHRINE, and was soon put in charge of the bars at all Big Night establishments.