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
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
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
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
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
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
Bar Review: Can the New Chumley’s Live Up to Its Iconic Past?
In Robert Simonson's "Bar Review," he offers a look at some of today’s most notable new venues. Here, he considers Chumley's, a historic speakeasy turned elite—and expensive—restaurant.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Bar Review: The Reimagining of New York’s Four Seasons Bar
In Robert Simonson's "Bar Review," he offers a look at some of today’s most notable new venues. Here, he considers The Bar, the Major Food Group's renovation of the iconic…
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Bar Review: Revisiting Boston’s Trailblazing ‘Drink’
In the latest "Bar Review," Robert Simonson takes a fresh look at Boston's pioneering bar, Drink, nearly a decade into service.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Simon Simard
Bar Review: The Petraske School Evolves
In Robert Simonson's "Bar Review," he offers a look at some of today’s most notable new venues. Here, he considers the loosened sense of formality at LA’s Bar Clacson and…
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eugene Lee
