CocktailsHawaii is the brainchild of Mark and Leila Sullivan, who together have over 35 years of experience in the beverage and hospitality industry. Mark is the house bartender, having learned the art of mixology in Vermont in the mid-80’s. In 1990 he moved to Hawaii where he tended bar at the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel and Bungalows and Big Island Steakhouse on the Big Island, and the Big Island Steakhouse at Aloha Tower Marketplace and Indigo Eurasian Cuisine on Oahu. Mark is the author of Hawaii’s Tropical Drinks and Gelatin Party Shots and Hawaiian Tropical Cocktails: Created with the Fruits of the Islands. They still live in Honolulu with their sons, Mike (“Bubba”) and Tommy.