Honk for Beer
Once ubiquitous across the Midwest and the South, drive-thru liquor stores face a host of modern challenges. But for a handful of owners, they are a tradition worth preserving.
- story: Laurel Miller
- photo: Drew Anthony Smith
Once ubiquitous across the Midwest and the South, drive-thru liquor stores face a host of modern challenges. But for a handful of owners, they are a tradition worth preserving.
Luis Serrano, who has helmed the bars at Bemelmans and Café Carlyle for over 30 years, is now serving a new generation of Martini fiends.
At Café D’Mongo’s, the legendary proprietor has served Detroit Browns to politicians, rappers and celebrities since 1985.
If the backbar is a window into a bar’s soul, what does it mean to forgo one altogether?
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
At Portland’s oldest restaurant, Huber’s Cafe, the bartender has been doling out its signature drink for more than 40 years.
Before Chambers Street, Terroir or the dozens of other natural wine-focused stores around the country, there was Vineyard Gate.
Bedroom 6, which started in a college rental, offers a very different look at drinking in one’s 20s.
Bartenders, managers and regulars on the bar that brought classic cocktails back to New York.
The eyes and ears of three very different bars tell us about their normal—and not-so-normal—nights on the job.
In this edition of “The Regulars,” meet the creative jack-of-all-trades who occupies the commanding corner seat of Danny Meyer’s storied restaurant.
The Rosie’s Cafe bartender has been dispatching his hair-of-the-dog formula to Tahoe locals, skiers and tourists for more than 40 years.