White Plains bar owner joins Liev Schreiber for Instagram cocktail lessons
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Actor Liev Schreiber is getting a little cocktail help from a master Westchester mixologist.
James Brennan, who co-owns The Blind Pig of Westchester in White Plains, can be found shaking it up on Instagram — literally and figuratively — with one of Hollywood's biggest stars. They make a Paper Airplane, with Schreiber using Sláinte Irish Whiskey (though Schreiber liked the name "The Flying Nun" a tad better for the drink).
The two do a bit of a "jazzy shake" (their words; not mine) in Schreiber's "Friday Night Cocktails" series on the actor's Instagram. The lesson, posted last month, with Brennan taking the lead, has more than 88.5K views.
Brennan also makes a Manhattan, with a glass Brennan personally brought to what looks like the actor's home. In another video, filmed in May, they make a Highball and a Sláinte Irish Whiskey Sazerac, the latter of which has garnered more than 121K views.
Brennan is a pro at making creative concoctions, both from his years heading The Blind Pig, a sultry, 1920s-themed cocktail bar/restaurant that The Journal News/lohud first reported on in 2019, as well as from his many years in the industry beforehand, including working at The Brazen Fox in White Plains.
He, along with his business partner Daniel Cahill, are opening another White Plains bar — a speakeasy called OMC — as well as Sweet Temptations dessert shop in August. Brennan and Cahill are two thirds of the newly formed Trinity Hospitality Group, an overarching name for their company, which the two plan to continue to grow.
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Schreiber, meanwhile, is no stranger to the Lower Hudson Valley. He's lived in Ulster County and for many years and filmed the popular "Ray Donovan" series in Nyack.
The show also filmed extensively in Westchester as previously reported by The Journal News/lohud.
Fans can find him in Wes Anderson's new movie, "Asteroid City."
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Jeanne Muchnick covers food and dining. Click here for her most recent articles and follow her latest dining adventures on Instagram @lohud_food or via the lohudfood newsletter.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Liev Schreiber makes Instagram cocktails with White Plains bar owner
