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Beer

Inside One of San Francisco’s Last Hofbraus

Once found throughout Northern California, the number of hofbraus—German-inspired bar-restaurants with cheap beer and food—has dwindled to a handful. Laura Kiniry on the Bay Area's holdouts, including the iconic Tommy’s…

  • story: Laura Kiniry
  • photos: Kelly Puleio
Wm. Mulherin’s Sons Philadelphia
Places

The Most Notable New Bars in America, Fall 2016

This season brings a wave of new bars and restaurants around the country serving forward-thinking drinks and embracing the trends of today and tomorrow. Here, our picks for the most…

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Matthew Williams
northeast kingdom vermont
Places

Back to the Land: Vermont’s Homegrown Spirits Boom

In an isolated corner of Vermont, the Northeast Kingdom was once a center for American industry. Now a cradle of agriculture and seasonal tourism, the region has harnessed its bounty…

  • story: Jake Blumgart
  • photo: Jan Cannon
Places

How Zappos and Fernet Saved Downtown Vegas

Zappos founder and CEO Tony Hsieh built his company into the faded landscape of Downtown Vegas, revitalizing its streets, restaurants and bars. Wayne Curtis on how Hsieh saved downtown Vegas…

  • story: Wayne Curtis
  • photo: Ashleigh Nushawg
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Wine

The Wines of Wall Street

In the '90s and early aughts, wines of a certain type became intrinsic to the Wall Street lifestyle, acting as a liquid corollary of the finance industry's own hedonistic tendencies.…

  • story: Christopher Ross
  • illustration: Jen Kruch
ping pong 129 hong kong hidden cocktail bar
Cocktails

Inside Hong Kong’s Underground Bar Boom

While American speakeasies are often born of nostalgia, Hong Kong's underground bar scene has become a way to escape high rents and the city's grandiose nightlife scene. From a bar…

  • story: Talia Baiocchi
  • photos: Sharon Radisch
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Places

Drinking at the Gates of the Redneck Riviera

On the border of Alabama and Florida's Gulf Coast is the Flora-Bama Lounge, a beachfront saloon immortalized by Jimmy Buffett and visited by Mick Jagger. Sarah Baird drops anchor to…

  • story: Sarah Baird
  • photo: The Flora-Bama Lounge
Places

Drinking Through Disney World

On a quest to understand the adult allure of Disney World, Sarah Baird takes the underground "drinking around the world" challenge—11 drinks in Epcot's 11 different "countries"—and lives to tell…

  • story: Sarah Baird
  • photo: Atiq Nazri
Ti Adelaide Martin and Lally Brennan at Commander's Palace
Cocktails

The Grand Dames of New Orleans Drinking

The heiresses to New Orleans's most legendary restaurant dynasty, Lally Brennan and Ti Martin, discuss growing up amongst celebrity cocktail guests, being naughty at breakfast and reveling in the city's…

  • story: Lora Smith
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
wine bar Gaston Stockholm
Places

Stockholm’s Thoroughly Modern Romance with Wine

Stockholm is building its first, true wine culture from scratch, headed up by a brat pack of "no-fucks" somms and hot blondes.

  • story: Brette Warshaw
  • photo: Stefan van der Kwast Gissberg
The Wines of Right Now
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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