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PROOF TO HOST DC'S PREMIER WORLD COCKTAIL WEEK™ CELEBRATION

Washington's Top Mixologists Will Come Together To Support The Museum of the American Cocktail

Proof is pleased to announce its participation in World Cocktail Week, celebrated internationally from May 8-13, 2008, and its sponsorship of an event in support of The Museum of the American Cocktail. As DC's first participant in World Cocktail Week, Proof will host a cocktail party and dinner on Monday, May 12th, featuring many of the Washington area's premier mixologists working together for the first time to provide sensational sips for this special evening. Participating mixologists include Adam Bernbach of Bar Pilar, Derek Brown of Komi, Tom Brown of Cork, Gina Chersevani of EatBar, Justin Guthrie of Central, John Hogan of Hudson, Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve, Chantal Tseng of Tabard Inn, Rico Wisnor of Poste , and Sebastian Zutant of Proof.

Tickets for the event are priced at $135 per person. The evening's festivities will begin at 7:00 PM with a cocktail hour that will feature passed hors d'oeuvres and five specialty cocktails created just for this event. Proof's Executive Chef Haidar Karoum will prepare a five-course tasting menu that will be paired with five additional specialty cocktails. Tickets for this exclusive event are very limited, and may be purchased at Proof or by calling the restaurant at (202) 737-7663. Valet parking will be available.

World Cocktail Week is an annual event to celebrate the anniversary of the first known instance where "cocktail" was defined in print, which took place on May 13, 1806, in the New York newspaper "The Balance."  The Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization providing education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail. This event will benefit the museum's permanent exhibit, which is scheduled to open July 21st at the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in the Riverwalk Marketplace Mall in New Orleans, LA.