Bar Jackalope
Already known as one of the city’s most dependable whiskey bars, Seven Grand upped its own ante by constructing a quiet back-room library modeled after a Japanese whisky den. The…
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Brilliantshine
Star bartenders Julian Cox and Josh Goldman’s cocktails have always been distinguished by their far-flung international flavors and ability to pair with food. At their signature Santa Monica bar—a spacious…
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The Spare Room
At the Roosevelt Hotel's second floor bowling-alley-cum-cocktail-bar, The Spare Room, waitresses in Gatsby-era dresses float around the room offering Gin Rickeys with housemade tonic and Penicillins spiked with amaro. Most…
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Red Hook
One of the more enduring modern riffs on the Brooklyn cocktail.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Bronx
Created by Johnnie Solan, a legendary pre-Prohibition bartender at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria, the Bronx is a loose cross between an orange Gin Sour and a Perfect Martini.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Three Forgotten Classic Sherry Cocktails, Rediscovered
Sherry's revival has unearthed a canon of forgotten sherry cocktails. But there are still classics whose delights have yet to be rediscovered. Here are three from Sherry, Talia Baiocchi's…
- story: Punch Staff
- photos: Ed Anderson
Artist’s Special
This classic sherry-infused riff on the Whiskey Sour, has somewhat obscure, early-20th century roots in Paris.
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Ed Anderson
Gage & Tollner’s Turf
The Brooklyn chop house's take on the 1880s Martini.
- story: Chloe Frechette
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Florodora
This raspberry and gin classic is an homage to the “Florodora Sextette,” six scandalously beautiful young ladies who danced in the 1900 musical Florodora at New York’s Casino Theater.
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
The Old-Fashioned Is New Again
The Old-Fashioned is one of America's oldest cocktails, but it's never felt more new. Robert Simonson offers a peek into the drink's past and modern rebirth.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Daniel Krieger
