Having gotten her start as a line cook at New York’s pizza-centric Co, Natalie Johnson first developed an interest in wine back in 2012 when she began a front-of-house job…
Karen Fu is, without doubt, one of New York City's top drink-makers. Originally taking up bartending after college as a means to support her writing (she studied English at Barnard),…
The daughter of two artists, Ivy Mix had little exposure to bar culture early on. Growing up in the small town of Tunbridge, Vermont—population 1,288—she spent her childhood training for a…
When Steven Grubbs moved to Atlanta to open chef Hugh Acheson’s Empire State South in August, 2010, he brought with him a love of honestly made Old World wines. Stocking the list with German…
New York’s tiki-inspired Mother of Pearl is almost as colorful as Jane Danger herself. Having managed the bar program since the restaurant opened in 2015, Danger has a knack for…
Having opened Anvil Bar & Refuge nearly a decade ago, Bobby Heugel was the preeminent architect of Houston’s emerging drinks scene. With a now-storied “100 List” of classic cocktails, the…
Prior to being tapped as Wine Director at the newly reopened Union Square Cafe, Jason Wagner had made a name for himself as wine director of the Michelin-starred L’Atelier de…
Raised in Wisconsin, Brian Bartels has been bartending and writing his entire adult life: Having relocated to New York in his 20s, he went on to help open the West…
Ezra Star, general manager of Boston's trailblazing Drink, began her career in another profession entirely; prior to joining the team back in 2010, she was working in a lab as a biochemist and…
"My drink-making style is very much classicist,” says Ryan Maybee, the Kansas City bartender and proprietor behind the renowned speakeasy Manifesto and its sister restaurant, Rieger. [multiple_related recipe_1="Girl From Cadiz" recipe_2="Horsefeather"…