Elite Event: Sunday Rum Day

This review has been sitting in my draft since ⁶⁄₃. Yikes! Better late than never. :)
How special did I feel driving up to Jack Rose with the huge «WELCOME Unilocal» sign facing me??!
Thanks Jack Rose for opening a few hours before for us Unilocalers. It was my first time there and the bar is really quaint. I loved the décor and the interestingly huge quote in the restroom that somehow got me to read it every single time I visited the ladies room.
My first drink was the Dead Reckoning, which was the complimentary drink, but it was a bit too sweet for me. On the next round, I opted for the Hotel Nacional, and it was pretty great. The beau tried El Presidente, which he also liked.
Since everyone was inside, steering clear of the heat, I took advantage of eating a few of the shrimp tacos from Rubio’s – they were so good! There was a long table of hors d’œuvre ranging from pizza to nuts to platters of meat and cheese to bread and finally to my favorite, OLIVES! It was so great to meet Vivian H., who definitely caught me stuffing my face with those olives and recognized me from my review. Bahaha, no shame at all! :) At the end, we were spoiled with some amazing soft cookies.
It was also nice to meet Dennis W. and congrats Christine Y. on your engagement! Maybe I’ll get to meet your fiancé at the next YEE. :)
Thank you Abby for throwing yet another awesome event! Hopefully this one isn’t the last I’m going to see of you. Thanks so much for the towel, Unilocal!I’m definitely putting that to use this summer! ;)

Sun, rum, and a sweet venue add up to another fantastic Elite event thrown by the South Bay Unilocal crew.
Unilocalers and their guest had plenty of room to roam as we had access to the entire spacious indoor/​outdoor space which oozes with a mellow, rustic, lodge like vibe.
Rum based Dead Reckonings were on the Unilocal cocktail menu and they were kind enough to also concoct a super fresh blackberry/​pink lemonade mocktail for us.
There was a wide selection of pizzas and finger foods as well as shrimp soft taco bites from Rubio’s. In addition to the bar crafted cocktails, we were able to quench our thirst with rum punch, Firestone beers, and Chilean red and white wine.
It was a super chill and fun event to catch up with old Unilocalers and to meet new ones. Thank you to Abby and crew for organizing and hosting this beautiful event.

What a fun time for Sunday cocktails!!!
The location, décor, and all the island outfits sure made me feel like I was on vacation.
Jason, the bar manager, is the creator of the drink, Dead Reckoning.
They use high quality ingredients like fresh juices and signature concoctions to get the perfect blend. Each drink is hand mixed to perfection. This drink is not on their regular menu so it was a very special treat for us Unilocalers. Snacks were yummy too.
Thank you for a great party.
I plan on coming back for Happy Hour.

This YEE reminded me of the YEEs of old. Elites knew one another from way back, and finally meeting Unilocalers in person — and each other’s +1s too of course. Without these YEEs I would hardly get to see some of the faces. Trying out a venue and vendors offerings is always a plus.
The tiki theme was fun on such a warm afternoon. Did the temperature hit 90 °F? It sure felt like it. Those Jack Rose cocktails and pilsners sure helped! Good times like the old times.

Another awesome event hosted by our CM Abby and the folks of Jack Rose. They opened up early for us and this is a really nice spot to come have some drinks. Nice large patio, perfect for the good California weather and great tasting craft cocktails inside. They had really cool music playing inside while also showing Elvis on the screen in Blue Hawaii. Makes sense as Sunday they do a lot of rum specials.
Good pizza and app plates from the Jack Rose chef as well as pretty tasty shrimp enchiladas from rubios. I didn’t have too many drinks as I was driving but the Dead reckoning was solid and a nice summer sipping drink. Reminds me of being in Hawaii.
You can’t really go wrong with drinks and food on a nice day in the bay. Can’t wait for the next event to enjoy again.

Cool venue, good drinks, lovely hosts, and fun Unilocalers galore. This event made me feel grateful to be a South Bay Elite. Props to Jack Rose and our rockin’ CM Abby S. for a brilliant Sunday Rum Day!
It was beautiful South Bay summer kind of day and the drive out was absolutely gorgeous. The first thing I noticed upon arrival was the huge ‘Welcome Unilocal’ sign. There was no doubt that this would be a great event.
Jack Rose is one of the sweetest bars in town, with plenty of outdoor seating for mingling. The beautiful wooden exterior with bright orange umbrellas on the patio and darker more intimate interior made this the perfect place for a Tiki party. The vibe was tropical and upbeat. Loved every minute of it!
The Tiki-​inspired cocktails were all delicious, with Unilocal specials featuring all kinds of rum, rum, and MORE RUM! I especially enjoyed the **Jack Rose** house special cocktail. Slightly spicy with a hint of fruit, the apple brandy drink is incredibly refreshing. The other vendors — Sailor Jerry, Rubio’s, Rios, and Firestone Walker — all showed up to add some special flavor to the party. The food and drinks kept on flowing.
And for the first time in Unilocaly swag history… a very cool Unilocal beach towel to usher in these hot summer days!
This was a wonderful chance to catch up with South Bay Unilocalers and celebrate a fine day. Thank you Abby, Jack Rose, and all else who made this such a fantastic time! I will definitely be back to sample more tasty drinks and enjoy the sun at Jack Rose.
TIP: No better way to enjoy a tropical summer day than cocktails full of rum.

An event fit for the Tiki queens and kings of Unilocal — thanks to Abby for rumming a good time (tehehe)!
The location was beautifully and eclectically decorated with paper birds made from books and cool chalkboard hangings with interesting phrases.
A nice mix of choosings for food and drink — special rum drink (first time ever trying rum), wine, cheese and olives, and the pizzas. My friend and I were sitting and chatting at a table guarding the last pizza (yes, we owned it LOL). It was a lovely afternoon at an absolutely breath-​taking location. The sun was shining, temperatures were perfect, and saying a wonderful (excuse the cheesiness, although there was plenty of cheese) time was had, by all, would not be an understatement.
I definitely asked about the pizza oven with the fresh, thin crust pizza.
The air is crisper and cleaner up in the mountains and we did some moving around from inside to enjoying the breeze outside.
My +1 said she wanted to bring her hubby back.
Girls were adorned in their flowery, summery dresses galore (yes, I did ask someone where she got her dress… but sorry didn’t catch your name (girl in awesome dress from American Apparel!))
Thanks to Jack Rose Libation House for rolling out the red carpet and billboard. Without the awesome «Welcome Unilocal» sign, I may have driven right past this hidden gem!

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This was my first YEE of 2014, thank you Julie K. for the plus 1. I’ve been here Jack Rose before and love this bar, but this time was special.
I got to see all the Unilocal friends, Bobby L, Ron L, Ari, Janet O & her hubby Adam, Denise, Cece & her BF, Lorrie, Jan, Peter, and who else I’m missing? So great to catch up with everyone.
Plenty of tasty food, charcuterie, cheeses, fruits, cocktails, even Chilean red and white wines, Unilocal goodies and more. A perfect sunshine 85 degree weather, with everyone dressed up in Tiki and tropical outfits, just lovely. The parking lot is huge, so it was accommodated everyone attended the event.
Service was amazing by barman Jason and his team. THANK YOU Abby for this awesome event.
Thank you everyone for making this afternoon a Sunday Funday. Until next time, happy Unilocaling!

Oh man, I am honored to be Janet’s +1 (thank you!!!) to be able to attend to this fantastic elite event hosted by the awesome, Abby S. On my way here in a nice sunny afternoon, I was already so relaxed and ready to roll in with the Unilocalers drinking up the cold refreshing punch, Chilean wines, Firestone IPA beer, and the tiki cocktails from the bar!
The have plenty of appetizers! They were all wonderful and fancy. I loved the charcuterie with the cheese, bread, spicy mustard, and olives. The pizza is out of this world! I adore the Unilocal swags like the shot glass and the Sailor Jerry pen! Thanks for those goodies.
It was a perfect blend with the Unilocalers under this nice weather. It was great to reconnect with some of the Unilocalers I haven’t seen in a while. I met some new cool ppl too!
Thank you Abby for putting so much time and effort to create this great event under the perfect weather! I love that Unilocal sign for us to find Jack Rose!

I really love these Unilocal Elite events because I’ll discover really cool businesses that I wouldn’t have known about otherwise. Sunday Rum Day at Jack Rose was no exception!
My +1 (Danielle W.) and I have been saying how we need to start heading to LG more often for our weekend shenanigans. Jack Rose is the perfect spot for that! Really cool, laid back atmosphere with a great outdoor patio area for chillin with your drink (s). The bartenders, Lindsey and Jason, were great! They were constantly checking in to make sure we were having a good time and had really good banter going with all the Unilocal guests. Something I noticed was how they tasted each and every drink they made before handing it to us to ensure consistency. Thumbs up! I am such a fan of their Dead Reckoning tiki drink now! It’s sweet, but it has multiple components like bitters and syrup so it doesn’t just feel like your average rum punch.
The food was delicious also! Rubio’s was there to provide samples of their shrimp enchiladas on the patio outdoors. Jack Rose also provided a nice array of meats, cheeses, fruit, the most amaaaaazzzzing flatbread ever, and delicious freshly baked cookies!
Everyone was dressed up in fun tiki/​Hawaiian/​summer attire which was perfect for the theme and warm Sunday afternoon. Elites also received a nifty Unilocal Elite beach towel, while our +1’s got some cool Unilocal shot glasses and Sailor Jerry swag. I thoroughly enjoyed this event, meeting other Unilocal Elites and their +1’s, and finding a new spot to head to on the weekends!
p. s. Freedom House was the charity on site at check-​in this time. I’ve been looking for a worthy cause to donate, and Freedom House fit the bill! I hope you take the time to read up about their cause and their fight against human trafficking!

SWEET!
The venue was absolutely fantastic. I honestly thought it was going to be at that community college again because it was really in the same direction, but NOPE, there’s a brand new bar there… Or one that I’ve never noticed before!
I’d like to give a shout out to all the vendors, and people who helped make this possible. Abby, thanks again for hosting a bombtastical event. Everyone else, thanks for being so fantastic and accommodating to the Unilocalers!
Also the bartenders were amazing and made fantastic drinks. I really want to know what was in that Unilocal special mixed drink because it was an amazing blend of alcohol, sugar, and GOOD LORD HAVE MERCY.
Anyways, I loved this event because I got to connect with my Unilocal friends again. I truly missed them all, and I’m so glad to have been with them for a great event.

Events like «Sunday Rum Day» made me remember why I love being a SB Unilocaler and was so grateful I got into this event after not being attend past events in a while! It’s about finding new places and enjoying good company with great people.
With perfect weather, paired with a Tiki themed party you can bet there were pretty groovy and chill vibes– the little tiki cocktails did help a bit too!
Jack Rose was the perfect venue, with a lovely cabin-​outdoor feel to it. A perfectly shaded patio, seating all around and cool, dark interior. I can’t stress enough how lovely this venue was, even in the bathrooms showcased Jack Rose’s style. The table set ups were so adorable with Unilocal fans, shot glasses, Sailor Jerry adorned cups, pens and a CD mix were put together so well! Plus, the Elite towel wrapped it all up with it’s beachy feel!
With drinks from Rios’ Chilean spicy red cab, coconut flavor infused Dead Reckoning cocktail and fresh pineapple flavored Dole Plantation Punch, Light IPA from Firestone Walker they were constantly flowing from the bar with ease. A yummy charcuterie with herbed nuts, olives and fruit displayed next to trays of fresh pizza, the meatball and cheese (/​drool) and Chile Verde Shrimp Taco from Rubio’s left no one hungry. The bartenders and servers of Jack Rose were outgoing, downright fun and made the event feel so alive and bustling with energy. Great drink making skills might I add, as everything tasted amazing and fresh. Plus, those tiki cups were adorable!
It was a Sunday Rum Day indeed thanks to Abby, Jack Rose, Sailor Jerry, Rubios, Rios and Firestone Walker who did such a fantastic job I forgot I was in the middle of Los Gatos. It seriously felt like we were transported to a tropical get-​away for a few hours and that’s absolutely fine by me!
Always thankful to have spent time with great SB Unilocalers and to the one’s I got to spend time with and meet at this event: Janet O, Adam D, Khoa N, Jan P, Denise L, Stefan T, Mark F, Vivian H, Kenny P, Alan D & Bobby L

I haven’t been to a Unilocal Elite event in a while since I was all up in that bodybuilding no drinking clean eating business, but luckily got into my very first YEE for the year of 2014 and it more than made up for all the ones that I missed! Great to see that YEEs are still super happening, and Abby still puts on a killer party.
I met a lot of new Elites at this event as well which was really awesome along with catching up with awesome old friends I haven’t seen since I stopped going to YEEs. I want more YEEs on Sat & Suns! :)
The Dead Reckoning was most definitely delicious, and if you weren’t careful you could have one too many delicious drinks that are sure to knock you up the head a bit. However, Jack Rose provided tasty bites of flatbreads, cheeses & salumis to compliment their wide range of cocktails which helped to absorb the liquor in this awesome summer party.
I have never been to Jack Rose before, but I will definitely come back since it seems like such a fun bar. Love the library details in the front and all of the bartenders and fantastic and friendly! Cheers to all the new friends I met and always a great time mixing it up with old ones. Another great YEE in the books!

Jason the bar manager is great! Friendly, humorous, and a creative cocktail creator. He made a special concoction (not on the drinks menu, and available nowhere else): the Dead Reckoning: rum, bitters, homemade vanilla syrup, spices, pure maple syrup, 3 juices, and according to Jason the most important ingredient, love. It’s a wonderful drink with complex flavors, served in a fun tiki glass with an umbrella.
Every Sunday is «Sunday Rum Day» here with special tiki style drinks.
Thank you Abby for organizing such a fun event!

I’ve heard a bunch of good things about Jack Rose and when the opportunity to check it out at an Elite event came up, it was a no brainer to sign up for this one. Man, what a cool place! It was a beautiful day and they have tons of outdoor seating that luckily was dog friendly so I could bring my Tootsie with me!
No one went thirsty at this event for sure, they had rum drinks, wines, beers, and if your thing is waiting in lines then they also had some rum concoctions served up in tiki glasses. No one went hungry either with the delicious spread of charcuterie, olives, nuts, pizzas, and some catered mexican treats as well. Closer to the end they brought out cookies for desert as well. No stone was left unturned, Jack Rose knocked this one out of the park!
Thanx to Abby and Leslie, our Unilocal hostesses and of course Jack Rose Libations for a super «Sunday Mother Effin Rum Day»!

My guest and I got there early because we had no idea how difficult the drive was… turned out it was pretty straight forward and we got there early.
Plenty of parking and after we took pictures to kill time, we went inside. What a beautiful sight it is to see a cool conceptual interior design filled with food and beverages just for us!
Started off with a delish house punch and moved onto the Firestone Easy Jack. Finished off with something off their menu — the craft version of a Blue Hawaii (forgot the name). Prices are standard for a craft cocktail place — $ 12.
Had an amazing time, got a bit more tan and found another place to hang out during the weekend!
Great job setting this up, Unilocal crew.

SUCH a blast. Jack Rose is an incredible bar. This was my second time visiting Jack Rose, but first time having the pleasure of enjoying Sunday Rum Day!
Loved both the punch and the craft cocktail they were handmaking for everyone. The food was INCREDIBLE. Such an awesome addition to their already great establishment. Oh my goodness, the pizza was delicious.
All in all, another amazing elite event. So happy that I got to go, and I cannot wait to return to Jack Rose (next weekend actually…) to have some more yummy cocktails and pizza!

The South Bay knows how to make my Sunday a fun rum day. Drinks in tiki cups, rum punch, wine, and beer. Now that’s a party.
Jack Rose pulled all the stops for their first elite event. Pizzas including (cheese, meat, pineapple and ham, etc). The olives, cheese, and meat platters were really great. They had pecans, walnuts, and almonds roasted with rosemary. It went well with the drinks. The lines were long for the special drink in the tiki cups (dead reckoning) but well worth it! Quite sweet but if you’re into sweet it’s quite good. The beer was also great and I’m not a big beer person!
Seating outside and inside though it did get quite toasty outside. Forgot about Rubios! They had a seafood enchilada that was good as well.
Overall a really great event! Great job Abby!

It was so awesome coming here with my +1, XIau Ling W. Before this, i always was a little skeptical about coming to Elite events by myself because i never knew anyone and i feel so awkward LOL but i had a fantastic time and met great people!
Loved the patio with the setup and the wonderful cheerful people who greeted you with a rum cocktail once you stepped foot into the house. I grabbed a couple bites to eat while i waited in line to order our drinks. The food was set up in the little island table thing with cheese, spicy mustard (?), salami, blueberries, plum slices, grapes, olives, nuts… etc. They were also making different kinds of pizza and i was able to try a slice of the one with pineapple and the pepp&sausage one. Both were delicious and came right out of the oven.
The staff was wonderful and funny as they sang and danced along to the music behind the bar. I tried the complimentary Unilocal cocktail and it was SO GOOD — i think it was the coconut syrup maybe that they put into it? i think i should have made mine stronger!!! The atmosphere was so laidback and casual and the decorations around the room were soo cool! Quotes, books, and a little lounge area in the back.
Thanks so much to Abby for setting up a great Unilocal Elite event where i could have an amazing Sunday Fun (RUM) day and meet great people and finally was able to put some names to faces!

I love this Rum Day fun Day YEE. The best this year so far! Love the venue. I’m totally delighted that another awesome business was discovered thru Unilocal!And I love RUM…
Adore the orange umbrella in the patio. The communal table was perfect for hanging out with friends. Whatever material they used to make that table I love it!
Ample parking space. Awesome tasting pizza. Very refreshing punch and Easy Jack beer by Firestone was perfect imbibing subject in the patio. The inside of Jack Rose is equally inviting as well and my next target to visit.
Jack Rose really showed the Elite Unilocalers and their plus ones how it’s done! The staff were awesome. The bartender very professional.
Thank you to Sailor Jerry Rum, Firestone Walker and Rubios for providing us the booze and food.
Pizza after pizza was a welcome belly filler and managed to feed the outside guest.. Charcuterie meat was awaiting us inside. Fresh tasty bread. Great tasting cocktails in Tiki glasses. One of my favorites is the punch powered by rum as you walk in. It was a great refresher on a warm day.
A big welcome sign just for us Unilocalers today! Thank you Jack Rose! Thank you Abby! Job well done! Love the swag today! Woohoo!