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Ken Ellis Rainbo Club
Cocktails

Ken Ellis Has Pulled a Lifetime of Leinenkugel

The bouncer-turned-bartender has held court at Chicago’s iconic Rainbo Club for nearly four decades.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Matt Haas
miss lisa zumte nola
Places

Miss Lisa Has Been Serving High Lifes Since They Were 60 Cents

Presiding over the French Quarter's Chart Room since 1975, the NOLA stalwart is ready to get back to her audience of regulars.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Emily Ferretti
Tree Sequoia Stonewall Inn NYC
Places

Tree Sequoia Is the Spirit of Stonewall Inn

For the 81-year-old bartender, the pandemic is just another chapter in the story of one of America’s most important bars.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: PUNCH
pool bar jim
Places

Pool Bar Jim Is Always on Vacation

The Hilton Head bartender has been serving “the best frozen drink you’re ever going to get” for 22 years.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Beau Kester
john gallagher bartender
Places

There Is Only One True Jim Gallagher

The Irish-born bartender of Molly’s Shebeen on how to cultivate regulars, pouring 12 barrels of Guinness a week and not becoming a bartender.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
tom riley bartender donohues nyc
Places

Tom Riley Is the Definition of Old School

The Donohue’s bartender has been mixing Martinis for New York City regulars, including Drew Barrymore and Gay Talese, for 49 years.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
tara wright 21 club nyc
Places

At the “21” Club, Tara Wright Is in Charge

She’s the first woman to hold the position of bartender at the historic boy’s club, but that’s not the only thing she’s modernized.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
bartender liz pounds tulsa
Places

Liz Pounds Taught Tulsa How to Drink

For half a century, the Oklahoma bartender has witnessed her town go from Prohibition to cocktail Renaissance—with a star-studded Hollywood pit stop along the way.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Jeremy Charles
neary's bartender kevin duffy philzone nyc
Places

If You Went to Elaine’s, You Knew “Duffy”

After it closed in 2011, Kevin Philzone landed at Neary’s where he’s been tending bar for nearly a decade.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Eric Medsker
napoleon house bartender
Places

Mario Suazo Is the Mayor of the French Quarter

At Napoleon House, the veteran bartender can make you a signature Pimm’s Cup in 15 seconds flat.

  • story: Robert Simonson
  • photo: Cory James Fontenot
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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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