Adjacent to the self-proclaimed “inauthentic Asian” restaurant Smallwares, Barwares’ focus is, unsurprisingly, on booze. Rather than residing on separate lists, sake, wine and beer are mixed together under categories like…
This grand shrine to high-concept Italian cooking houses an equally, and unexpectedly, grand bar that executes all of the classics with subtle elegance. And while a four-star restaurant might not be the…
More and more the meaning of "restaurant" is changing to include fully-evolved drinks programs. In today's Manhattan it's easier than ever to find a glass of something good to go with…
San Francisco has long been a city whose restaurants have shown an unusually high degree of skill when it comes to the cocktail. In fact, unlike New York or Chicago,…
Eating and drinking go hand-in-hand in New Orleans, with almost every meal requiring a little bit of whistle wetting. The freshest crop of restaurant bars in the city have catapulted…
We're fortunate to be living (and drinking) in an age when restaurant bars have come to mean so much more than a place of exile while waiting for a table,…
Houston is a great city to eat in. For a long time, that came with the caveat that beverage choices might be somewhat… lacking. In the past few years, Houston’s…
With Chicago’s culinary scene continuing to boom and innovate, it's no surprise that restaurant bar programs have never been better. From high concept and sophisticated to solid neighborhood institutions, Chicago's restaurants…
It might seem odd to residents of other large American cities now used to being taunted for taking cocktails out of their natural habitat (the cocktail bar), but many of…
The reach of the British Empire and its vast commercial interests paved the way for a robust and varied wine and spirits trade, which thrived for centuries and continues to…
