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Tropical-themed cocktail bar opens in Mount Vernon

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Tropical-themed cocktail bar opens in Mount Vernon
Baltimore restaurateur Lane Harlan is branching out of the Remington and Old Goucher neighborhoods with her latest cocktail bar in Mt. Vernon.The tropical-themed bar called The Coral Wig opened to the public on Thursday night in the alleyway of Hotel Ulysses, which opened in the historic Latrobe Building in September. The bar adds to Harlan’s other spots in the city, including the speakeasy W.C. Harlan, taqueria spot Clavel and natural wine bar and biergarten Fadensonnen.Customers won’t find umbrellas or tiki bar-style items at the bar located at 2 E. Read St. despite its theme. Instead, the Coral Wig is inspired by Harlan and her husband Matthew Pierce’s childhood experiences in two different island communities — the Philippines, where Lane was born, and St. Kitts, where Pierce lived for a time with his missionary parents.“We have a lot of island nostalgia in our lives and we wanted to create something with this,” Harlan said.Read the full story from our partners at the Baltimore Business Journal.

Baltimore restaurateur Lane Harlan is branching out of the Remington and Old Goucher neighborhoods with her latest cocktail bar in Mt. Vernon.

The tropical-themed bar called The Coral Wig opened to the public on Thursday night in the alleyway of Hotel Ulysses, which opened in the historic Latrobe Building in September. The bar adds to Harlan’s other spots in the city, including the speakeasy W.C. Harlan, taqueria spot Clavel and natural wine bar and biergarten Fadensonnen.

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Customers won’t find umbrellas or tiki bar-style items at the bar located at 2 E. Read St. despite its theme. Instead, the Coral Wig is inspired by Harlan and her husband Matthew Pierce’s childhood experiences in two different island communities — the Philippines, where Lane was born, and St. Kitts, where Pierce lived for a time with his missionary parents.

“We have a lot of island nostalgia in our lives and we wanted to create something with this,” Harlan said.

Read the full story from our partners at the Baltimore Business Journal.