How the Gold Rush Became a Modern Classic
The Milk & Honey staple was, surprisingly, not invented by a bartender.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Gold Rush
Honey syrup shines in this Whiskey Sour update.
- story: Tatiana Bautista
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The 21st-Century Cocktail Is Born
In the second installment of a four-part series, Robert Simonson examines the early aughts, a period influenced by Milk & Honey's trailblazing bartenders and a wave of contemporary cocktail books.
- story: Robert Simonson
- illustration: Raphaelle Macaron
A Fleet of Paper Planes
Since its creation, the Milk & Honey original has spawned a family of riffs across the country. Here are a few of our favorites.
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Lizzie Munro
How the Paper Plane Became a Modern Classic
Sam Ross' bittersweet sour is the rare contemporary equal-parts recipe to spawn a family of twists and takes.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Milk & Honey, New Year’s Eve 1999
Twenty years after it changed cocktails forever, friends and former staff remember the bar’s exhilarating early days.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Georgette Moger
Who Said Whip It?
The now-standard practice of frothing drinks by shaking with a single ice cube is looking for its inventor.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Lizzie Munro
A Bar Crawl Through the Craft Cocktail Revival
Most of the bars that kicked off the NYC cocktail revival are still as relevant as ever. Robert Simonson and Daniel Krieger go on a tour of the bars (and…
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Daniel Krieger
