For a city that has optimal weather year-round, there's obviously going to be some good al fresco locations for eats and drinks. From beach piers to downtown alleyways and tree-covered…
It might seem odd to residents of other large American cities now used to being taunted for taking cocktails out of their natural habitat (the cocktail bar), but many of…
Los Angeles, long hamstrung by subpar public transit and 1:30 a.m. last calls, might never match mugs with the self-serious drinking scenes found in New York or Chicago. But what…
It's an exciting time for wine in Los Angeles. Thanks to a growing crop of young wine talent and restaurateurs putting wine back in the spotlight, Los Angeles is no…
While a remarkably large number of restaurants and bars in Chicago still cynically embrace mass-produced, clunky wines made for steakhouse consumption, there are a growing number of restaurants pushing the…
Over the past couple decades, Philadelphia has often felt like a town struggling to identify its relationship with wine. Strict liquor laws have always made it a difficult place to…
It’s never hard to find a drink in Berlin. And while there are many good cocktail options—along with an increasing number of places devoted to craft beer—it’s the smaller neighborhood…
Berlin is a city of secrets. The busy thoroughfares and unassuming residential streets conceal a wealth of subterranean spaces and unmarked doors, labyrinthine courtyards and crumbling factories that may or…
If one were to write a history of cocktails in the twentieth century, Berlin might not even get a mention. While Paris has Harry’s New York Bar and London has…
Beer has been a part of German culture since the beginning of recorded history, and today’s brewers take great pride in a long tradition of quality. The famous Reinheitsgebot—the Bavarian…