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T.G.I. FRIDAY’S

Here are some unique miniature bottles from the mid 1990’s that you may have not seen.
All are 50ml glass bottles and they are among the most colorful and fun miniature bottles I
have in my collection. .

In 1965 the first T.G.I. FRIDAY’S Restaurant opened in New York City. It quickly grew with
new locations opening across the world. It is still is a popular restaurant in the USA and in
many other countries around the world. In addition to a wide assortment of unique foods,
the restaurants were also noted for their unique drink selections.

In 1994 they started bottling a number of their signature drinks under their own special label.
Fortunately for mini bottle collectors, T.G.I. FRIDAY’S made a number of miniature bottles
with some very brightly colored labels. The first of these minis was the B-52 cocktail. Next
came Butter Ball cocktail, Hot Cinnamon cocktail, Lemon Drop cocktail, and Mudslide
cocktail. In 1995 three more flavors came out. They were Kosmic Kaze cocktail, Monkey
Bite cocktail, and Oatmeal Cookies cocktail (can’t imagine what that must taste like!). In
1996, only a Watermelon cocktail was released in miniature.

In 1997 T.G.I. FRIDAY’S changed their label design and came out with some “re-makes” of
their cocktails and one new flavor. First was the new & improved B52 cocktail label. A new
flavor called Kami Kaze cocktail, followed by a new Monkey Bite cocktail label, a new
Mudslide cocktail label, and a new Watermelon cocktail label were also released in 1997.

While full size bottles of various T.G.I. FRIDAY’S signature drinks are still sold in stores
under the T.G.I. FRIDAY’S label, for some reason no miniatures that I know of were
released after 1997.

One final comment. You may have noticed “Made in Australia” on a number of the caps.
This indicated the pull tab ripcaps were made in Australia. All of the miniature bottles were
produced by Hueblein Inc. in the USA.