First-Ever Old Town Cocktail Week Announced In Alexandria

ALEXANDRIA, VA—If you ever needed a reason to enjoy craft cocktails, there will be a week in Alexandria dedicated to these drinks. The first-ever Old Town Cocktail Week has been announced for May 3-11, 2019.

Throughout the week, guests can enjoy specialty cocktails at Old Town Alexandria restaurants and attend over 20 events at boutiques, historic sites and other places. It will kick off with Art on the Rocks on May 3, held by The Art League at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The week concludes with a Meet the Makers Virginia Spirits Tasting Event at Gadsby’s Tavern Museum.

More than 20 restaurants will offer specialty cocktails. These restaurants include: Bastille, Brabo, Chadwicks, Columbia Firehouse, Fontaine Caffe & Creperie, Hank’s Oyster Bar, Hank’s Pasta Bar, Hummingbird, Jackson 20, Magnolia’s on King, Mason Social, MoHo Kitchen, Px/Eamonns, Society Fair, The People’s Drug, The Warehouse, The Wharf, TJ Stones, Urbano 116, Vermilion, Village Bauhaus and Virtue Feed & Grain.

Other highlights of the week are:

• May 4: Kentucky Breakfast Stout Derby Party
• May 5: Cinco de Mayo at The Shoe Hive
• May 6: Lecture: Prohibition in Alexandria
• May 7: Old Town Drinks Book Release Party
• May 8: Hoptails with Chadwicks and Port City Brewing Company
• May 9: Brews, Barks & Bites at Jackson 20
• May 10: Arts and the Craft Cocktail Social Hour
• May 10: Bubbles, Barrels and BBQ
• May 11: Tiki Time Cocktail Seminar
• May 11: Women Behind Bars Cocktail Seminar

For a full list of events, visit www.visitalexandriava.com/old-town-alexandria/cocktail-week.