Tip Your Bartender: Chinese Tuxedo, New York
Cyril's floral Martini variation captures the opulence NYC's ballroom scene with vivid butterfly pea flower tea.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Viridian, Oakland
In Jordie Ho-Shue’s Negrita De Mis Pesares, a complex take on the timeless Margarita, the Oakland-based bartender creates an homage to “the world’s diaspora of black innovators."
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Sportsman’s Club, Chicago
Carley Gaskin's pared-down take on a classic Piña Colada will teleport you to the beaches of Dublin.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Black Emperor, New York
Ben Rojo’s subtly spicy highball reads like the lovechild of a Scotch & Soda and a Penicillin.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: The Iberian Pig, Decatur, GA
Parris Broadus’s refreshing spritz highlights the summertime produce of her hometown, Atlanta.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Ghost Donkey, New York
Ghost Donkey's Ignacio “Nacho” Jimenez offers a play on the oft-maligned Tequila Sunrise.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Rum Club, Portland, OR
Micah Anderson adapts the El Presidente, subbing vodka for the rum for a lighter, more delicate drink.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Lone Wolf, Chicago
Kristina Magro and Greg Fleming’s Midwestern take on a Cosmopolitan replaces the traditional cranberry base with an unexpected pop of citrus.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Service Bar, Washington, D.C.
This French 75 variation incorporates some of bartender Glendon Hartley’s favorite memories of summer in the Cognac region.
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- illustration: Nick Hensley
Tip Your Bartender: Purple Pineapple Project, Brooklyn
Channing Centeno gives the classic spritz template a modern update with St-Germain and citrus-laced German wheat beer.
- story: Punch Staff
- illustration: Nick Hensley
