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    Jason Momoa is going to a Mass. Market Basket Tuesday — along with 5 Boston stops on Monday

    By Lauren Daley,

    2024-09-09

    Here’s where to take a selfie and drink with the “Aquaman” actor in Greater Boston this week.

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    Jason Momoa, right, is currently on an East Coast tour promoting Meili Vodka with the company's co-founder, Blaine Halvorson. Courtesy Photo/Meili Vodka

    Sooo, Jason Momoa is going to Market Basket. With vodka. And he wants to take a selfie with you. And he’s going to five Boston restaurants. And he’ll put on a rock show. (Jason, stop: You had us Market Basket.)

    Yup, currently on an East Coast tour promoting his Meili Vodka, the “Game of Thrones” actor and Meili co-founder — MadeWorn creator Blaine Halvorson — have a jam-packed two days in the Boston-area starting Monday with shots (of vodka) and shots (for your Instagram).

    According to information from their press team, the duo kicks things off with a stop at Boston Italian spot Nebo Monday at 3:30 p.m.

    Then you might “enjoy a cocktail” with the two pals on top of the Pru, at View Boston, according to View’s website. The duo will be at Stratus rooftop bar at 4:15 p.m. According to billing for the event, with a ticket, you can “enjoy the views, capture the perfect selfie, and sip on a specialty cocktail featuring Meili.” (Pronounced MAY-lee.)

    Next: “Aquaman” and pal hit up Nautilus in the Seaport at 5 p.m., according to the restaurant’s Insta. Sip on cocktails like “Crown for a King,” “C Foam,” or “I want Somoa.”

    These two love their roofs, evidently, because next they hop to Rooftop at The Envoy at 6 p.m. According to the venue’s Instagram, you can sip craft cocktails and “listen in as the duo shares the inspiring story that brought this spirit to life.” Reservations are open and walk-ins are welcome, according to the post.

    You’re lucky if you scored a spot to see them at Reel House in East Boston — it’s now sold-out, according to the venue’s Eventbrite.

    Can’t make it anywhere Monday?

    Fear not, Boston: Their big free public event is Tuesday at none other than Market Basket.

    Clean up on aisle 4 because unaware shoppers at the Danvers Market Basket may drop their Polar and Teddie when, on a Tuesday DeMoulas run, they run into Khal Drogo signing bottles and waiting to snap selfies from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

    Momoa — coming soon to a theater near you with Jack Black and Norwell native/Harvard Hasty Pudding’s 73rd Woman of the Year Jennifer Coolidge in “A Minecraft Movie” — will leave Boston on a high note: With a rock show. He plays with his band Oof Tatata at Memoire at Encore Boston in Everett Tuesday at 7 p.m. (Tickets start at $20 for the 21+ event.)

    “Market Basket was one of the first retailers in Massachusetts to stock Meili, so we’re excited to visit, sign some bottles — and to share our story,” Halvorson — also co-founder of Junk Food Clothing — told Boston.com via email.

    Momoa told Boston.com via email that he and Halvorson “first met about 15 years ago through mutual friends and instantly hit it off. It was one of those, ‘Are we best friends now?’ type of scenarios.”

    “We both share a mutual passion for the craft, art, design — the entire process,” Momoa said. “We knew we wanted to build something from scratch together … We started nine years ago — and after a ton of research, blood, sweat and hard work, we finally created Meili.”

    Momoa suggested we try Meili — Old Norse for “the lovely one,” the son of Odin — neat.

    “This is an incredibly brave thing to say, but we always challenge everyone to try Meili neat — at room temperature, before mixing it with anything else,” Momoa said. “Very few people find vodka truly drinkable like this, but Meili holds its own however it’s served.”

    (Gauntlet thrown. See what you think, Boston.)

    The vodka is created in Bozeman, Montana. Blaine said the pals are on an East Coast tour to visit “new accounts in person … The energy has been amazing so far, and we’re super grateful to everyone who comes out.”

    Lauren Daley is a freelance writer. She can be reached at [email protected]. She tweets @laurendaley1, and Instagrams at @laurendaley1. Read more stories on Facebook here.

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    Alan Ostaff
    09-11
    who cares what this guys is doing . for real he's a far far fetch from a Johnny dep or the rock. he's a good actor in low budget films but definitely not on the big names . all I see is a preaty boy model who got beat in a bar fight got a scare an grew his hair long an now he's a biker lololol
    Catturner122#
    09-11
    ☞I've never been to Market Basket
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