A Korean Bar Reconsiders Korean Drinking
At New York’s Reception Bar, Katie Rue’s thoughtful soju and non-alcoholic cocktails are challenging Korean drinking stereotypes.
- story: Irene Yoo
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Maguchi Dreams of Highballs
The owner of Tokyo’s Rock Fish has spent more than 30 years perfecting his idiosyncratic, iceless highball.
- story: Dylan James Ho
- photos: Dylan + Jeni
Detroit’s Last Great Blues Bar
The Raven Lounge & Restaurant remains a spiritual home for America’s original music.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Jenna Belevender
The Boy Wizard of the Midwest
With the opening of Colita, his second bar in two years, Marco Zappia has indelibly changed the Twin Cities’ cocktail scene.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Matthew Hintz
Why Won’t the Speakeasy Die?
The speakeasy aesthetic was once so ubiquitous it became a punchline. But long since the Edison bulbs burnt out, the hidden bar continues to flourish.
- story: Nick Fauchald
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
At Olive Garden, Chanta Hunter Presides
The Brooklyn native has been serving frisbee-sized “Italian Margaritas” in Times Square for more than a decade.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
Drunk Food: A New Kind of NYC Slice
A roving portrait of late-night cravings. Up first, the other pie has a new curfew.
- story: Daniela Galarza
- photo: Eric Medsker
A Night at the Door With Three New York Bouncers
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
- story: Whitney Kimball
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Friends in Low Places
The original Foxz Tavern was a home base for the queers, punks, rednecks and redneck queers of Normaltown.
- story: André Gallant
- illustration: Nick Hensley-Wagner
Got No Time to Be Your Barroom Muse
At Brooklyn’s Diamond Lil, Jenna Gribbon’s painting offers a modern rebuttal to the backbar nude.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Alexa Bendek
You Will Instagram This: The Joe Strummer Mural at Niagara
The bar’s Technicolor mural of the Clash frontman has become a destination unto itself.
- story: Matt Rodbard
- photo: Instagram
What We’re Into Right Now
A glitter-topped Daiquiri, a new agave-focused bar, Detroit's drinking scene and more.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Daniel Krieger