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
Inside the Wine Cellar at Chicago’s Parachute
Beverage director Matty Colston on the five wines that define his unorthodox list.
- story: Megan Krigbaum
- photos: Nick Murway
Paul McGee | Co-Owner, Lost Lake
Paul McGee is one of few bartenders to maintain equal footing in both a classical and tiki approach to drink-making. As the beverage director for Land and Sea Dept., McGee helms…
- photo: Nick Murway
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Drink Your Veggies
This aperitif drink marries earthy carrot juice with the grassy notes of cachaça and St-Germain's floral palate.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Anthony Tahlier
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Lookbook: Jacyara de Oliveira of Chicago’s La Sirena Clandestina
The Beverage Director at El Che Bar and La Sirena Clandestina on what makes a great aperitif, her go-to drink order and tips on how to drink like the French.
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Anthony Tahlier
Hala Kahiki
The Midwest’s oldest existing tiki bar, which contains one of the world’s largest collections of tiki artifacts.
- story: emma_g
Inside One of the Midwest’s Oldest Tiki Bars
Opened by a pair of former funeral home owners in 1964, Chicago's Hala Kahiki Lounge is one of the oldest and most notable tiki bars in the country.
- story: Amy C. Collins
- photos: Nick Murway
How a Motley Crew of Bartenders Transformed Chicago’s Drink Scene
With an opening team of mostly amateur bartenders, The Violet Hour defied odds to reshape Chicago’s drinking scene.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eden Laurin
Daily News: From Wine Country to Weed Country, Translating Chicago Into Cocktail Form
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - America's largest wine distributor is also the largest donor to California's lawmakers. - The Chicago Tribune has challenged local bartenders…
- story: Chloe Frechette
Daily News: Alcoholic Cold Brew Coffee, The Best Beer Bars in America
Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere: - A new bill proposes that Texas-labelled wine must contain 100 percent Texas-grown grapes. - An alcoholic cold brew…
- story: Chloe Frechette
