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If Smith & Wollensky’s longtime barman doesn’t know your name, “you came from someplace else.”

A Rake’s Bar dedicates itself wholly to regional ingredients, forgoing the likes of simple syrup and citrus. But are the drinks any good?

Dozens of brands are still competing to become the archetypal orange bitters.

Robert Simonson on the revamp of Eleven Madison Park’s trailblazing bar.

The past year brought to light issues of sexism and diversity within the bar community, forcing the drinks world to take a hard look at itself.

From mezcal mania to Japanese-style highballs, Robert Simonson lays out the cocktail and spirits trends that will make a difference in 2018.

Contributing editor Robert Simonson shares the best cocktails he drank this year.

Once a secret handshake among the cocktail cognoscenti, the Aviation enjoyed a decade-long heyday before falling back into relative obscurity.

Robert Simonson visits the New York branch of Grant Achatz’s celebrated high-concept cocktail bar.

From a Chartreuse-laced classic to an unexpected rye sour, and more.

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