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Volume 20, Number 20
Friday, May 19, 2023
Private room karaoke business looks to open in Factory Square
COCKTAIL COMPETITION
By Jesse Buchanan Record-Journal staff
SOUTHINGTON — A Cheshire couple are looking to bring the Los Angeles karaoke experience to town later this year. Dipo and Allison Oseni are working on space in Facto-
General Manager Jay Brewer mixes a cocktail at 75 Center in Southington. The first annual Southington Cocktail Competition to benefit The United Way of Southington will be held at the Aqua Turf Club on Tuesday, May 30. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal
Event to benefit local United Way the spring/summer months and we came up with the concept of a cocktail compeSOUTHINGTON — The best tition,” said Taylor Deegan, bartenders in town will be United Way of Southington taking over the Aqua Turf board president. “We’re Club on Tuesday, May 30, to inviting Southington restaushowcase cocktails created rants to send their best barfor the first annual Southing- tenders to showcase Cane ton Cocktail Competition Rock Rum cocktails.” hosted by the United Way of The cocktail throwdown will Southington. “We were trystart at 6:30 p.m. and include ing to come up with a new demonstrations, samples, annual fundraiser to be in
judging, voting and light bites created by the Aqua Turf. “Each restaurant/bartender will be set up like a tasting,” Deegan said. “They are going to have their own booth and we have judges that will be going around to judge the cocktails on a whole tier system.”
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The Memorial Day Association of Plainville takes great pride in announcing the selection of this year’s Grand Marshal, Earle L. Jackson Sr. See Parade, A24
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By Ciara Hooks Record-Journal staff
ry Square to open SoLa Karaoke, which will offer private, stereo systemequipped rooms for groups as well as open karaoke. They got approval from the town’s Zoning Board of Appeals last week to serve alcohol.