Bar Review: A New Kind of Japanese-Style Bar
At Katana Kitten, Masa Urushido has done away with the quiet formality of the Japanese-style cocktail bar.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: 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
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
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
A Night at the Door With Three Paris Bouncers
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
- story: Rebekah Peppler
- photos: Eileen W. Cho
Suburban New Jersey’s Secret Bar Scene
Hidden within the quiet bedroom community of Maplewood, a growing crop of decked-out, dad-run “garage bars” have become fixtures of the town's nightlife scene.
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Bar Review: The Challenge of Chasing a Ghost
Recapturing the past is a tricky thing, but that hasn’t deterred New Orleans’ Jewel of the South from trying.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Randy P. Schmidt
You Will Instagram This: The Aviary’s Giant Crispy Pork Skin
The three-foot-tall chicharron has become New York’s most photographed bar snack.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photos: Instagram
Drinking With Brooklyn’s BBQ Guru Billy Durney
The insatiable restaurateur muses on McSorley's, his love affair with natural wines, properly roasted pepperoni and why he doesn't want to be called a pit master.
- story: Brad Thomas Parsons
- photo: Lizzie Munro
A Ghost of Portland’s Gritty Past
Tucked beneath the city’s first Ethiopian restaurant, Langano Lounge was known for its free shows, pickle shots and requisite grit and grime.
- story: Ann-Derrick Gaillot
- photo: Lucas DeShazer
Getting Dressed With Tiki Pirate Brian Miller
How the sarong-wearing co-owner of The Polynesian prepares for a night at the bar.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Eric Medsker