The Life and Times of the Vodka Red Bull
The rare cocktail in which the mixer costs more than the spirit, "Liquid Cocaine" was, in its heyday, as controversial as it was popular
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- photo: Lizzie Munro
One Last Night in Mexico City’s LGBT Time Warp
The bars and clubs around Avenida República de Cuba have long made up Mexico City’s queer nightlife hub. Now, after more than half a century, their future hangs in the…
- story: Michael Snyder
- photos: Andrea Tejeda Korkowski
Bar Review: Can the New Chumley’s Live Up to Its Iconic Past?
In Robert Simonson's "Bar Review," he offers a look at some of today’s most notable new venues. Here, he considers Chumley's, a historic speakeasy turned elite—and expensive—restaurant.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Lizzie Munro
The Surprising History of the Swim-Up Bar
Swim-up bars are now ubiquitous. But how and where did the idea first originate?
- story: Aaron Goldfarb
- illustration: Nick Hensley Wagner
How to Build an Activist Bar
Charity saloons, “philanthropubs” and other bars that raise money for charity herald the arrival of the bar-as-social statement.
- story: Kara Newman
- photos: Eric Medsker
The Next Generation of Closed-Loop Cocktails
Pioneers within the bar world are considering food waste, energy conservation and sustainability to make eco-friendly, "closed-loop" cocktails.
- story: Tyler Wetherall
- photos: HIMKOK
Inside Bushwick’s Invite-Only Covert Cocktail Club
Ever dreamed of running a secret bar out of your home? This guy does—and his isn't the only one around, either. Kara Newman spends a night at a real-life Brooklyn…
- story: Kara Newman
- photos: Lizzie Munro
A Night at Tokyo’s Surreal “Little Texas” Honky-Tonk
In Japan, a small smattering of honky-tonks serve as the antithesis of traditionally quiet Japanese culture. This is what a night at Tokyo's beloved Little Texas looks like.
- story: Sarah Baird
- photos: Ko Sasaki
How Pittsburgh Became an Eccentric Tiki Mecca
The ocean is nowhere in sight, but that hasn’t stopped Pittsburgh from developing one of the deepest—and quirkiest—tiki cultures in the country. Kara Newman takes a look inside Steel City’s…
- story: Kara Newman
- photos: Michael Henninger
A Brief, Wondrous History of the Ice Luge
From Escoffier's slender-necked ice swans to vodka chugged by way of Rapunzel's frozen locks? Drew Lazor on the history of ice sculpting, and the modern rise of the ice luge…
- story: Drew Lazor
- photo: Okamoto Studio
