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
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
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 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
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
