Kevin Mongoven Doesn’t Want Any Drama
The beloved Miller’s Pub bartender on what’s kept him there for 24 years.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Nick Murway
Jeannie Talierco’s Been Serving “Loonies” for Decades
The Hank’s Saloon bartender has been there since before it was called Hank’s.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
Jim Hewes Serves Mint Juleps to D.C.’s Political Elite
Having worked the iconic Round Robin Bar for six administrations, the longtime barman knows when to step back and listen.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eric Medsker
Paddy Ford Wants to Get to Know You
If Smith & Wollensky’s longtime barman doesn’t know your name, “you came from someplace else.”
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Eric Medsker
Does a Bar Have to Go Global to Stay Relevant?
The pop-up cocktail bar has gone from occasional incident to top-tier requisite. Robert Simonson on the roots of this trend—and why it shows no sign of slowing.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Simone Galucci
When Did Cocktail Menu Debuts Become News?
At some of today’s most highly regarded bars, a new menu is no longer just a list of drinks.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Daily News: Rouge Tomate to Reopen, the Man Behind Drake’s Whiskey
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - Rouge Tomate, one of New York's premier wine destinations, will finally reopen in a smaller Chelsea location with an…
- story: Chloe Frechette
The Ritual of the Shift Drink: NOLA’s Cure
The hallowed ritual of the shift drink may take a different form at every bar, but it inevitably serves the same purpose: letting the staff exhale at the end of…
- story: Sarah Baird
- photo: Hunter Holden
Can a Group of Bartenders Save Mezcal?
Concerned by growing threats to the history, culture and livelihood of traditional mezcal, five bartenders and one producer formed the Tequila Interchange Project (TIP). Shanna Farrell on how TIP is…
- story: Shanna Farrell
- photo: David Suro
Tom Bullock and the Forgotten Legacy of African American Bartenders
In the midst of the cocktail renaissance, the forgotten history of America's most influential African American bartenders is finally being revived. Chantal Martineau on the first black cocktail book author,…
- story: Chantal Martineau
- photo: Cocktail Kingdom
