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Category Archives: Bars
Drinking Out: Gamle Ode Cocktails at Parlour
Last week I met Mike McCarron, owner of Gamle Ode Aquavit, for a couple of drinks at Parlour in Minneapolis. We met there partly because of the bar’s acclaim and partly because that fame involves some aquavit cocktails. Full disclosure: … Continue reading →
An Interview with Pip Hanson
When I started hearing about a bartender named Pip Hanson at Marvel Bar in Minneapolis, I was intrigued: He switched everything over to the metric system. He was experimenting with super-diluted and barely chilled cocktails. He came up with an … Continue reading →
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Tagged johnny michaels, kazuo uyeda, marvel bar, olivetto cocktail, pip hanson
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The Infamous Bone Luge
It was one of those cocktail microtrends that seemed somehow dated and irritating within days after I first learned about it — even while it sounded kind of alluring. The bone luge phenomenon, in which you pour yourself a shot … Continue reading →
Posted in Bars, Cocktails, How To, Novel Ingredients, Straight Spirits
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Budget Bourbon at Char No. 4
Char No. 4, the Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn bar and restaurant that specializes in whiskey and pork, is one of my favorite places to drink: the whiskey selection is stunning, the atmosphere is relaxed, and the bartender is knowledgeable. Char makes … Continue reading →
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Tagged bargains, bourbon, char no 4, eagle rare, elmer t. lee, evan williams single barrel, good values, jim beam, maker's mark, russell's reserve rye, rye
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Drinking Out: The Smith & Street Cocktail at Clover Club
The Smith & Street cocktail, by bartender Katie Stipe, builds on the Oaxacan Old Fashioned combination of tequila and mezcal, adding a bitter citrus element. It’s served in an old fashioned glass with one large ice cylinder that keeps the … Continue reading →
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Tagged clover club, death & company, flatiron lounge, julie reiner, katie stipe, last call consulting, mayahuel, mezcal, philip ward, ravi derossi, smith street, vandaag
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Drinking Out: Cocktails at Mihoko’s 21 Grams
Mihoko’s 21 Grams, a “Franco-Japonaise” restaurant in the Flatiron District on 21st Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, opened about two weeks ago. It’s owned by a Japanese ballerina and philanthropist, Mihoko Kiyokawa, who prefers to go by one name, … Continue reading →
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Tagged danielle katz, gardner dunn, lani kai, mihoko's 21 grams, nocturn, pacific overture, summit bar, suntory whisky, umeshu, yamazaki, yuzu
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Suntory Whisky’s Tako Matsuri at Summit Bar
Summit Bar on Avenue C in the East Village hosted Tako Matsuri — the Japanese Kite Festival — with Suntory Whisky on Sunday. The brand ambassadors, Gardner Dunn and Neyah White, were on hand to discuss Suntory’s great single malt … Continue reading →
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Tagged hakushu, hibiki, summit bar, suntory whisky, yamazaki
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Drinking Out: Sycamore Bar & Flower Shop
In Brooklyn’s Ditmas Park neighborhood, a few streets south of the tree-lined blocks of Victorian houses, is its main drag, Cortelyou Road. To people who live here, Cortelyou Road’s continuing development is the double-edged sword of a decades-long gentrification process. … Continue reading →
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Tagged pickleback, sycamore bar & flower shop, tunaback
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Five Odd Beverages I’d Like to See More of in Bars
Some bars need a dose of weirdness in their menus. Something beyond the typical seasonal and classic cocktails, something to give customers new tasting experiences. This occurred to me as I read an article in New York Magazine about how … Continue reading →
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Tagged aalborg aquavit, amari, aquavit, averna, beet kvass, bitter truth, bitter truth EXR, brooklyn soda works, carpano antica, cynar, dolin blanc, honey wine, linie aquavit, mead, north shore distillery, o.p. anderson, shochu, tej, vandaag, vermouth, viking blod
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David Wondrich: What Your Drink Order Says About You
Cocktail historian David Wondrich, author of recent books on punch and on the legendary bartender Jerry Thomas, had a nice little essay on Gourmet.com listing what various drink orders might say about you. Here’s a couple of my favorites: Location: … Continue reading →
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Tagged david wondrich, gourmet.com, jameson, pickleback, vodka
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