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Bar Review: The Reimagining of New York’s Four Seasons Bar

In Robert Simonson's "Bar Review," he offers a look at some of today’s most notable new venues. Here, he considers The Bar, the Major Food Group's renovation of the iconic…

• story: Robert Simonson
• photos: Lizzie Munro

The Bar’s Tuxedo Cocktail

For the revamp of New York's iconic Four Seasons bar, Thomas Waugh developed this version of the classic sherry-spiked Martini riff.

The Bar’s House Martini

For the revamp of New York's iconic Four Seasons bar, Thomas Waugh developed this house Martini, which is pre-batched and pre-chilled.

The Bar’s Jack Rose

Thomas Waugh's Jack Rose takes a standard recipe and supercharges it with multiple layers of flavor by using both applejack and Calvados.

Thomas Waugh | Beverage Director, Major Food Group

Behind the counter of ZZ's Clam Bar in New York City, a bartender in a white tuxedo jacket elegantly shakes metal tins full of cracked ice, cuts fruit into origami…

ZZ’s Clam Bar: NY’s Emerald City of Cocktails

Behind the curtain of this miniature New York City bar is a wonderland of spectacular drinking that includes everything from whole coconuts to brass pineapples to bartenders in booty shorts.

• story: Leslie Pariseau
• photos: DYLAN + JENI

ZZ’s Pineapple Cocktail

At ZZ's Clam Bar in New York City, this cocktail is served in a vintage, brass pineapple, mounded with cobbled ice and garnished with a drift of aromatic chamomile powder…