Drinking with NPR’s Ari Shapiro
The James Bond of public radio on his double life as a vocalist for Pink Martini and drinking on—and off—the Presidential campaign trail.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Stephen Voss
The James Bond of public radio on his double life as a vocalist for Pink Martini and drinking on—and off—the Presidential campaign trail.
No phone, no reservations, no service, a megaphone and its own sovereign currency. La Pointe du Grouin is Paris’s most chaotic—and, inadvertently, its most revolutionary—new drinking experience.
Armed with an arsenal of seasonal Japanese ingredients Gen Yamamoto's eight-seat bar, tucked into the belly of Tokyo, is defining a new direction for Japanese bartending.
Somewhere in Maryland, Anne Zimmerman stumbles upon Buzzy’s—a mashup of clapboard general store and local hangout—and finds out why the best bars often defy categorization.
In the back alleys of Berlin, a hidden, guest list-only bar serves up cocktails with century-old spirits.
Jordan Mackay tracks the rise of the "West Coast style" of cocktail, what drove it, who embraced it and just what's happened to it.
In an industry rife with artifice, Felipe Camarena is working against the tide to preserve true tequila.
Between the government’s aggressive push toward prohibition and the high cost of liquor, Turkey’s only craft cocktail bar, run by American Alex Waldman, is already in the crosshairs.
Lora Smith grew up in a corner of Kentucky where bootlegging didn’t die with Prohibition. Up until the 2000s it defined their culture of drinking—and fostered a sense of belonging—that,…
Harry Craddock was one of the most influential bartenders of the early-20th century. On the 50th anniversary of his death, Alice Lascelles reveals new details about his past and tracks…
The design duo the Haslegrave Brothers unwittingly perfected the Brooklyn aesthetic. Now they’re bringing it to Manhattan.