Malai in West Village Hires Jason Kosmas to Design Cocktail Program

Posted on January 13th, 2011 12:55pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under cocktails, Ethnic Food, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News

Sweet Kellyn Curtis over at The Feast is reporting Malai,  the Thai-Vietnamese restaurant set to open in the old Tom Tom space at West Village on January 31, has procured the services of Mr. Mixologist Jason (Bolsa) Kosmas to create some fancy cocktails. The Thai and Vietnamese menu was created by Chef Keith Cedotal, formerly of Park Restaurant who consulted for owners Yasmin Wages, formerly of Park, and her husband Brandon, formerly of R&D Kitchen.  At this time Cedotal is currently at Park. (Why do I feel like I’ve typed “formerly of Park Restaurant” a lot lately?) Lots of changes going on out there.

10 comments

  1. Design cocktails? LOL. Um, will they be hand crafted, too?

    @ 1:22 pm on January 13, 2011

  2. N – It’s Kosmas, NOT Kosmos – J

    @ 3:53 pm on January 13, 2011

  3. Re-Pete, you forgot “artisan” and (over priced)

    @ 4:30 pm on January 13, 2011

  4. JDB, thanks. fixed.

    @ 5:15 pm on January 13, 2011

  5. Re-Pete & No Monkey,

    If you want to see Jason Kosmas and Eddie “Lucky” Campbell do some hand crafted, artisan (but not overpriced)cocktails check out their Wed night deal at Bolsa. $5 cocktails all night and you pick the ingredients. Check Bolsa facebook for the deal.

    @ 6:02 pm on January 13, 2011

  6. Bolsa’s cocktails rock!!!

    @ 9:11 pm on January 13, 2011

  7. Bolsa is without a doubt one of the best places in town for cocktails. Not only are Jason and Lucky knowledgeable, they are entertaining as hell.

    @ 11:43 pm on January 13, 2011

  8. NN, is/was this the concept that Mico Rodriguez was involved in? Seems like I heard he was doing an Asian concept in WV…

    @ 12:18 pm on January 14, 2011

  9. No, that deal (Pinky Chan’s?) fell through.

    @ 1:12 pm on January 14, 2011

  10. NN – it’s Braden Wages, not Brandon. (: Also, I think the Wages actually created the menu and Cedotal will be executing it.

    @ 2:37 pm on January 14, 2011