The Most Notable New Bars in America, Spring/Summer 2019
From historic revamps to hidden bars-within-bars, this season brings a crop of new openings across the country. Here, our picks for the most notable new bars of spring and summer.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: The Hoxton, Chicago
Hack Your Drink: The Magic of “Citrus Stock”
Spent citrus and other fruits can be blended and cooked into “stocks” that provide another layer of flavor in drinks.
- story: Dan Q. Dao
- photo: Alexa Bendek
The Tequila Sunrise 2.0 Has Arrived
The disco-era ombre cocktail is back, in many guises.
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Dear Cocktail Menu, Never Change
Does a drinks list need to flip four times a year—or even at all?
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Bring Back the Douglas Fairbanks
Bartender Brian Kane reimagines the Prohibition-era cocktail as a modern “Daiquiri on steroids.”
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Recipes
By Topic
Paul Kalemkiarian Will Taste Literally Anything
His father founded America’s first wine club in a strip mall pharmacy. This is how he’s carrying on his legacy as a true equal-opportunity taster.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
The Original Cuban Cocktail
A combination of aguardiente, honey and key lime, the Canchánchara is the most important Cuban cocktail you’ve never heard of.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photo: Lizzie Munro
What’s in a Hazy IPA, Anyway?
Instagrammable murkiness wasn’t the original goal, but it’s become the NEIPA’s calling card. This is how brewers achieve it.
- story: Justin Kennedy
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Amaro’s Long Lost Cousin Is Back
Will it be American distillers that finally give Italy's brooding, bitter walnut liqueur a chance to break through?
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Lizzie Munro
There’s No Bar Like Becketts Kopf
How two amateur bartenders built one of the world’s most revered, offbeat cocktail bars.
- story: Ben Crair
- photos: Robert Rieger
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Is Anything New Anymore?
Five of the industry’s most innovative women on what it means to be “original.”
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Jäger, Beyond the Shot
Five grown-up drinks built on the unofficial bro-shot, from a Jäger-spiked Old-Fashioned to a frozen Jägerita.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photos: Lizzie Munro
The Quiet Defiance of Decibel
How New York’s pioneering punk-rock sake bar became a culture unto itself.
- story: Jon Bonné
- photos: Eric Medsker
Brien Drew Deserves an Emmy
At Elio’s, the Upper East Side hangout for the well-heeled, the longtime bartender is a star. Just ask Tom Selleck.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
Is the Applebee’s Dollarita Too Good to Be True?
Last year, the restaurant chain rolled out $1 Margaritas across the country—and it turns a profit on every single one.
- story: Jason Horn
- photo: Carolyn Figel
Mastering the Amaretto Sour With Jeffrey Morgenthaler
In "Masters of X," we spotlight bartenders chasing perfection in one drink. Here, Jeffrey Morgenthaler tackles the oft-derided Amaretto Sour.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Kimberley Hasselbrink