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Places

For Whom Does the Bar World Spin?

The industry's touted progress benefited a select few. Now is the time to build bars that workers actually want to come back to.

  • story: John deBary
  • illustration: Sarah Tanat Jones
Mixologist Club
Cocktails

The Century-Old Mixologist Club, Revisited

In the early 1900s, Washington, D.C.'s elite bartending club was a powerful declaration of Black agency. Today it remains a source of inspiration for the city's bartenders.

  • story: Drew Lazor
  • illustration: Eliana Rodgers
Places

What’s It Like to Be a Bartender Right Now?

Daily dispatches from bartenders, owners and community organizers.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Kelly Puleio
ivy league bartending
Cocktails

An Ivy League Education—in Bartending

America’s most elite educational institutions have a long tradition of schooling their students on how to serve a proper cocktail.

  • story: Aaron Goldfarb
  • illustration: Nick Hensley
Last Call Brad Thomas Parsons
Cocktails

For Whom Last Call Tolls

There’s more to “last call” than the final drink of the evening.

  • story: Brad Thomas Parsons
  • photos: Ed Anderson
Bartending has Changed
Cocktails

Bartending Has Changed

When did joining the rat race become a requisite?

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • illustration: Lauren Cierzan
Clear Ice
Cocktails

Does Clear Ice Really Matter?

Many top-tier bars still argue that clear ice offers little beyond aesthetics. But that’s not the only consideration.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
black shirt bartending
Cocktails

The Unofficial Bartender Uniform of the Early 2000s

How a hashtag unearthed an era of bartender attire defined by one item of clothing.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Instagram
Jim Hewes Round Robin Bar DC
Cocktails

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
Pete Napolitano Melody Lanes
Places

Pete Napolitano’s Got a Theory

The iconic Melody Lanes bartender on bartending’s “mathematical signature” and what he’s learned from 30 years behind the bar.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
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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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