Proof Will Again Host World Cocktail Week� Celebration

Proof is pleased to announce its participation in World Cocktail Week for the second straight year. On Monday, May 11th, the restaurant will host a cocktail party and dinner benefiting The Museum of the American Cocktail and sponsored by Washington Wholesale. Many of the Washington area's top mixologists will work together to provide sensational sips for this special evening, including Adam Bernbach of Bar Pilar, Derek Brown of The Gibson, Tom Brown of Cork, Gina Chersevani of PS 7's, Justin Guthrie of Blue Ridge, Owen Thompson of Bourbon, Todd Thrasher of Restaurant Eve, Chantal Tseng of Tabard Inn, Rico Wisnor of Poste, Jill Zimorski of Caf� Atlantico and Sebastian Zutant of Proof.

Tickets for the event are priced at $145 per person. The evening's festivities will begin at 7:00 p.m. 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.

Proof is located at 775 G Street, NW, directly across from the National Portrait Gallery, and one block from the Verizon Center and the Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro station. 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." This year, World Cocktail Week is taking place from May 6th through the 13th. The Museum of the American Cocktail is a nonprofit organization providing education in mixology and preserving the rich history of the American cocktail.