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Places

The Only Bar In New Orleans

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Nearly ten years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, Nathan Mattise reflects on the…

  • story: Nathan Mattise
  • illustration: Yoonhwa Jang
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Cocktails

The Desert Lounge Where Old Hollywood Lives

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. This week, Leslie Pariseau hits Melvyn's, a one-time Rat Pack refuge and Hollywood haven…

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • illustration: Emily E. Wallace
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Cocktails

An Elegant Forebear of SF’s Modern Cocktail Boom

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's newest and most notable bars and cocktail programs. This week, Bix, an influential forebear of San Francisco's modern cocktail renaissance.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • illustration: Yoonhwa Jang
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Cocktails

It’s Not For Everyone: Philly’s Most Idiosyncratic Cocktail Bar

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's newest and most notable bars and cocktail programs. This week, Southwark, Philadelphia's first classic cocktail bar.

  • story: Drew Lazor
  • illustration: Natalie K Nelson
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Cocktails

A San Francisco Bar Meant to Last 10,000 Years

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's newest and most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today, San Francisco's most cerebral cocktail bar, The Interval.

  • story: Lauren Sloss
  • photo: Christopher Michel
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Places

Townies and Students Unite at Ann Arbor’s Everyman Bar

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: Ann Arbor's most nostalgic watering hole, Dominick's.

  • story: Colleen Newvine Tebeau
  • illustration: John Tebeau
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Cocktails

A Modern Proto-Tiki Mecca in New Orleans

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores North America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: Cane & Table in New Orleans.

  • story: Emma Janzen
  • illustration: Natalie K. Nelson
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Places

Finding the Real NOLA in a Neighborhood Bar

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: New Orleans oddball, Parasol's.

  • story: Colleen Newvine Tebeau
  • illustration: John Tebeau
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Places

A Canadian Mash-Up of Chinese Medicine and Burlesque

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores North America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: Vancouver's The Keefer Bar.

  • story: Jennifer Cacicio
  • illustration: James Carpenter
Places

Rejiggering Tiki for the 21st Century

Welcome to "About a Bar," a column that explores America's most notable bars and cocktail programs. Today: Chicago's modern tiki mecca, Three Dots and a Dash.

  • story: Emma Janzen
  • illustration: James Carpenter
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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