The Royal Tot has the biggest rum assortment in Charlotte, and probably the Southeast, with over 100 completely different expressions of rum and a set of over 200 vintage rum bottles. We caught up with beverage director Larry Suggs to be taught extra in regards to the bar’s beverage program.
Speak to us about The Royal Tot.
Our house transports company to a different place and time by way of our tropical decor, island vibes, and customized design work. We characteristic an expansive record of tropical cocktails created utilizing recent and made-in-house components and supply Hawaiian-inspired delicacies.
What sort of expertise can company count on once they go to?
We now have two flooring. Our downstairs options a tremendous sq. bar that’s viewable from any seat within the room, so even for those who’re not sitting on the bar, you’re nonetheless very a lot a a part of the motion. The upstairs bar consists of an expansive patio with the most effective skyline views within the metropolis and a comfortable indoor bar with an enormous image window to view the city skyline. That room is ideal for personal occasions, together with our Rum Membership tastings and social gatherings.
Inform us in regards to the cocktail program.
We produce virtually all our cocktail components in home. We’ve spent numerous hours perfecting recipes for essential parts like orgeat, falernum and gardenia combine, which we really feel elevates the flavour of our drinks in comparison with utilizing mass produced mixers (which are sometimes present in tiki drinks). On our predominant ground we characteristic over two dozen cocktails ranging out of your favorites classics just like the Mai Tai and Painkiller to accommodate specialties accessible solely at The Royal Tot. Our rooftop bar (which we’ve dubbed the “Chook’s Nest”) contains a menu of contemporary tropical cocktails and traditional combos just like the Wray & Ting, excellent for sipping whereas watching the sundown on the Charlotte skyline.
What conjures up the drinks on the menu?
Our cocktail record was impressed by a love for tropical cocktails created by these earlier than us. Folks like Dealer Vic, Donn the Beachcomber and Beachbum Berry. Whereas we put our personal contact on all the pieces by producing our personal mixers, we wished to respect the traditional recipes to entice the longtime tiki lover and people new to the idea of tropical cocktails.
What does it take to run a profitable bar program these days?
You have to be very nimble and prepared to regulate on the fly. With all the pieces from provide chain points to employees outages, each day supplies a brand new problem. It’s all about executing to one of the best of your means primarily based on all of the challenges current.
What are some traits occurring now within the trade which are essential to know?
We consider rum goes to be the subsequent huge factor–not the candy and flavored rums you could have tried in school however sipping rums. We’ve already seen nice progress within the world market and with the way in which whiskey is getting more durable and more durable to come back by round right here, I see increasingly folks beginning to discover among the superb, aged rums which were considerably ignored over the years. We’re banking on that at The Royal Tot. We now have the biggest rum assortment in Charlotte, and probably the Southeast, with over 100 completely different expressions of rum and a set of over 200 vintage rum bottles.
