Inside Chez Jay, the bygone celebrity haunt that remains an idiosyncratic relic of old Hollywood.
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.
Walk west on 133rd. Find the red awning marked Bill’s Place and buzz yourself in.
The Margarita-slinging Mexican cantina has informed America's understanding of south-of-the-border culture since the midcentury. Leslie Pariseau on the how the Margarita embedded itself in America, and the Southern California cantinas…
Faced with finishing her late mentor's final project, bartender Lucinda Sterling found a way to collaborate with his vision while making it her new home, too. Leslie Pariseau on Sterling's…
Unbeknownst to most customers, a great debate is stirring among bartenders across America about how exactly booze is poured into their mixing tins. Leslie Pariseau on the merits of free…
Every cocktail bar menu comes stocked with at least one cocktail designed to appeal and go down easy—not unlike an addictive, cotton-candy-light tune in the Top 40. Leslie Pariseau tracks…
As more diners choose to eat at restaurant bars, and more restaurants offer top-notch drinks, how do fine dining establishments do the same? Leslie Pariseau visits a few of the…
Even to the Hemingway dilettante, the bars where the literary giant drank are famous. But what has his legacy bequeathed to them? Leslie Pariseau traces her way through Hemingway's haunts…
The indie musician and producer on his new cookbook, the LA lifestyle, staging at the best restaurant in the world and why he doesn't drink on stage.