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The Polynesian NYC
Cocktails

Bar Review: A Tiki Master Goes for Broke

Brian Miller and Major Food Group’s king-size tiki bar, The Polynesian, aims to be the best in the world.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Mordecai Chicago
Cocktails

Bar Review: A Sports Bar for the One Percent

Mordecai, located across from one of baseball’s most famous parks, has assembled one of the country’s most ambitious collections of rare spirits. But who is it for, exactly?

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lyndon French
A Rakes Bar DC
Cocktails

Bar Review: The Trouble With the “Hyper-Local” Cocktail

A Rake’s Bar dedicates itself wholly to regional ingredients, forgoing the likes of simple syrup and citrus. But are the drinks any good?

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Reema Desai
bar figueroa los angeles
Cocktails

Bar Review: The New Face of the Hotel Bar

Downtown LA’s booming scene insists that the new hotel bar is really five bars in one.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
Prairie School Chicago
Cocktails

Bar Review: Jim Meehan’s Ambitious Act Two

Just over ten years since opening the pioneering PDT, Jim Meehan returns with Prairie School, a high-concept bar inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Hilary Higgins
Eleven Madison Park
Cocktails

Bar Review: Is the New EMP Actually an Improvement?

Robert Simonson on the revamp of Eleven Madison Park’s trailblazing bar.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
the aviary nyc
Cocktails

Bar Review: What Is The Aviary, Exactly?

Robert Simonson visits the New York branch of Grant Achatz’s celebrated high-concept cocktail bar.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Cocktails

Bar Review: New York’s Pioneering Angel’s Share, 24 Years Later

In "Bar Review," Robert Simonson revisits New York's OG Japanese cocktail bar to see how the trailblazer of the craft cocktail movement has fared nearly a quarter-century on.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Tujagues New Orleans
Cocktails

Bar Review: An Iconic New Orleans Bartender Returns to His Post

In "Bar Review," Robert Simonson considers Paul Gustings' return to the historic Tujague's—and what it means to be a great bartender.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Randy P. Schmidt
Tongue Cut Sparrow Houston
Cocktails

Bar Review: Bobby Heugel’s Houston Empire Expands

Tongue-Cut Sparrow and Better Luck Tomorrow may be Bobby Heugel’s most important bars since Anvil.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Kirsten Gilliam
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