Why Won’t the Speakeasy Die?
The speakeasy aesthetic was once so ubiquitous it became a punchline. But long since the Edison bulbs burnt out, the hidden bar continues to flourish.
- story: Nick Fauchald
- photo: Dylan + Jeni
Penicillin
No new drink of the twenty-first century has gone further in terms of fame than this complex, spicy, smoky turn on a Whiskey Sour.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Daniel Krieger
The Petraske Family Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Faced with finishing her late mentor's final project, bartender Lucinda Sterling found a way to collaborate with his vision while making it her new home, too. Leslie Pariseau on Sterling's…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- illustration: Yoonhwa Jang
Meet the Brooklyn Cocktail Family
What is it about the Brooklyn cocktail that has spawned so many spin-offs? Kara Newman on the origins and essence of the borough's eponymous drink and its many Brooklyn neighborhood-inspired…
- story: Kara Newman
- photo: Lizzie Munro
The Method Behind the “Bartender’s Choice” Cocktail Bar
In a few select bars around the country, menus have been replaced by conversation between customer and bartender. Drew Lazor explores where the concept of "bartender's choice" cocktail bars originated,…
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Bar Design in the Post-Speakeasy Era
Over the last 15 years "speakeasy" has become synonymous with "cocktail bar." Now that the aesthetic has run its course, bar owners and designers are charged with redefining what the…
- story: Christopher Ross
- illustration: Proprietors LLC
Red Hook
While there a number of modern drinks that have played off the classic compositions of both the Manhattan and the Brooklyn, Enzo Errico's is one of the more enduring modern…
- story: Talia Baiocchi
- photo: Daniel Krieger
The Right Hand
Michael McIlroy’s the Right Hand, created during his tenure at Milk & Honey, reads like a rum-based take on the Negroni.
- story: Frances Yackel
Crowd Control: A History of Bar Etiquette
Drinking in bars often requires a code of conduct to keep inebriation in balance with hospitality. Dan Saltzstein takes a look at bar etiquette and its role throughout the ages,…
- story: Dan Saltzstein
- photo: Glenn Harper
Milk & Honey Will Relocate. Again.
The first time legendary New York cocktail bar Milk & Honey shuttered, it was because the little Lower East Side bar was being relocated to a much larger space on Madison…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
