At Happy’s, Midcentury Miami Still Glows Beneath the Grunge
Planted on an island causeway between beach and city, this relic of the Rat Pack heyday has acquired the patina of a true locals' haunt.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Anthony J. Rayburn
A Night at the Door With Three Honolulu Bouncers
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
- story: Jennifer Fiedler
- photos: Jenny Santhngam
Bar Review: Cure, 10 Years Later
What began as New Orleans’ coltish home to “rogue cocktails” has assumed a mantle of gravitas.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Cory James Photo
Mark Wagner’s Got Stories
Ask the 27-year veteran of Gibson’s Bar & Steakhouse about Elizabeth Taylor’s Champagne-fueled monologue. Or Billy Joel’s impromptu piano set. Or the guy on a date with a doll.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Nick Murway
The Reigning Queen of Waikiki Nightlife
Kanoelehua Miller has been dancing hula at the Halekulani since 1977. Her mission? To show that Hawaii is “more than Mai Tais.”
- story: Jennifer Fiedler
- photos: Jenny Sathngam
Lizzie Post Will Save Us All. With Weed.
The great-great granddaughter of Emily Post says that etiquette—and generosity—is baked into cannabis culture. It might be just what we need right now.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
A Night at the Door With Three Memphis Bouncers
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
- story: Margaret Littman
- photos: Houston Cofield
The Irish Pub Is Dead, Long Live the Irish Pub
For as long as the Irish have lived in New York, so, too, have their bars.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Eric Medsker
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