Istanbul

Istanbul’s Last Craft Cocktail Bar

Between the government’s aggressive push toward prohibition and the high cost of liquor, Turkey’s only craft cocktail bar, run by American Alex Waldman, is already in the crosshairs.

• story: Katie Parla
• photo: Innes Welbourne

Plausible Deniability

Istanbul-based bartender Alex Waldman created this drink with the parameters of using limited citrus with a bitter liqueur to make something round, full and relatively dry.

Dead Celebrity

The challenges and triumphs Alex Waldman faces owning Istanbul's only craft cocktail bar are perhaps best summarized by this drink.