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
Bar Review: The Trouble With the “Hyper-Local” Cocktail
A Rake’s Bar dedicates itself wholly to regional ingredients, forgoing the likes of simple syrup and citrus. But are the drinks any good?
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Reema Desai
Pete Napolitano’s Got a Theory
The iconic Melody Lanes bartender on bartending’s “mathematical signature” and what he’s learned from 30 years behind the bar.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker
The Last Speakeasy on Swing Street
In "Dive" Leslie Pariseau explores the bars at far edge of popular nightlife. Up first: The under-the-radar Harlem jazz joint, Bill’s Place.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photos: Michelle Heimerman
Getting Lost in Minas; Or, How to Love Mezcal
Thad Vogler learns that to truly understand mezcal, you have to surrender to it.
- story: Thad Vogler
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner