Saturday Night in East London
Bars like Untitled, Nightjar and Scout have transformed this London neighborhood into a hotbed of cocktail experimentation.
- story: Tyler Wetherall
- photos: Jason Bailey Studio
The Model for Every Bar I’ve Ever Loved
What does the bar by which we judge all other bars look like today? In “Deep Dive,” we send writers back to their college haunts to find out what treasures…
- story: Keith Pandolfi
- illustration: Shannon Knight
How Bar Dice Became a Wisconsin Institution
In the Badger State, a lucky roll can still win you a free, ice-cold PBR.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Anya Kopischke
The Rise of the Food and Drink Amusement Park
The modern multi-concept hotel takes a more-is-more approach to dining and drinking.
- story: Christopher Ross
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Jim Hewes Serves Mint Juleps to D.C.’s Political Elite
Having worked the iconic Round Robin Bar for six administrations, the longtime barman knows when to step back and listen.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
Drinking in the Glow of the Odeon Clock
How the clock in a literary landmark made me feel like a New Yorker.
- story: Jason Diamond
- illustration: Joan LeMay
Santa Monica’s Late Great Celebrity Dive Abides
Inside Chez Jay, the bygone celebrity haunt that remains an idiosyncratic relic of old Hollywood.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
That Halcyon Bar of Yore
UVA’s iconic Coupe’s has become a source of urban legend.
- story: Dave Infante
- illustration: Kevin Whipple
Dave Arnold and Don Lee Haven’t Run Out of Tricks
Two of the cocktail world’s most progressive thinkers have joined forces to open New York’s most anticipated bar in years.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker
What Happened to the Bar Tab?
Why “Put it on my tab,” once a bond between bar and loyal customer, has gone extinct.
- story: Robert Simonson
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
Paddy Ford Wants to Get to Know You
If Smith & Wollensky’s longtime barman doesn’t know your name, “you came from someplace else.”
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker
Find Your Paradise in Midtown
In “Dive” Leslie Pariseau explores the bars at the far edges of popular nightlife. Here: Tommy Bahama bar, an under-the-radar, beach-themed attraction in gilded Midtown Manhattan.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Heimerman
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Cardinale
This riff on the Negroni alters the ratios slightly and swaps Campari for slightly spicy Contratto Bitter and sweet vermouth for dry, making for a more complex and all-around drier cocktail.