Canon
With the launch of his award-winning bar Canon, Jamie Boudreau set a new standard of service in Seattle's already thriving cocktail scene. Once you've secured a seat at the Angostura…
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PX
It may be in Alexandria, but PX is certainly considered part of D.C.'s progressive cocktail scene. When it first opened in 2006, the bar was well ahead of the curve with…
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Columbia Room
Behind the rowdy Passenger lies the Columbia Room, a prayer nook of a bar that has maintained its reputation as one of D.C.'s best cocktail experiences. Served like a tasting menu, Derek…
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Barmini
A high-concept bar to go alongside José Andrés's high-concept restaurant, minibar, this place is all sleek white interior, surrealist furniture and gold Japanese bar tools. With glassware sourced from all…
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Dutch Kills
True, Dutch Kills is not in Brooklyn (fear not, there is an Outer Boroughs list forthcoming), but it's not far, and it's one of New York City's best cocktail bars.…
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Social Bar at Pollen Street Social
Social Bar, the 40-seat bar at chef Jason Atherton’s Michelin-starred restaurant, is an expansion of the menu with cocktails and small plates. A perfect mirror of the kitchen’s ability to…
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Mark’s Bar by Mark Hix (Soho)
Prolific restaurateur and chef Mark Hix opened Mark’s Bar under his eponymous Soho restaurant, Hix. With lounge-y chesterfield couches, sleek decoration and a billiards table, it feels like something transported…
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Boilermaker
As its name alludes, there's nothing fancy about Boilermaker, the East Village venture of West Coast bartender Erick Castro and Cocktail Kingdom's Greg Boehm and Don Lee. There's also nothing immediately dive-y about…
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Grain Store
Chef Bruno Loubet (also of Zetter Townhouse) serves an eclectic, vegetable-driven menu, while the bar is steered by cocktail innovator Tony Conigliaro of 69 Colebrooke Row. In addition to a…
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The Clove Club
Chef Isaac McHale’s restaurant in the Shoreditch Town Hall serves a multi-course, prix-fixe menu, while the bar offers lighter bar fare, craft cocktails and natural wines. The stylishly spartan bar…
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