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Paddy Ford Smith & Wollensky
Cocktails

Paddy Ford Wants to Get to Know You

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
A Rakes Bar DC
Cocktails

Bar Review: The Trouble With the “Hyper-Local” Cocktail

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Reema Desai
Orange Bitters Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Will the Real Orange Bitters Please Stand Up?

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Eleven Madison Park
Cocktails

Bar Review: Is the New EMP Actually an Improvement?

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Eric Medsker
covert cocktail club
Cocktails

Can the Bar Industry Tackle Its Inclusion Problem?

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.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
robert simonson cocktail stories 2018
Cocktails

The Cocktail and Spirits Stories That Will Shape 2018

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • illustration: Natalie K Nelson
Best Cocktails 2017
Cocktails

The Top 15 Cocktails of 2017

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Aviation Cocktail Recipe History
Cocktails

The Rise and Fall of the Aviation Cocktail

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
the aviary nyc
Cocktails

Bar Review: What Is The Aviary, Exactly?

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

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
Three Ingredient Cocktail Recipe
Cocktails

Five Unexpected Three-Ingredient Cocktails

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

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Lizzie Munro
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Not Your Grandfather’s Blended Scotch

Long considered an afterthought among serious drinkers, the blended Scotch category is slowly becoming a hotbed for innovation.

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