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Cocktails

The Ti’ Punch Has Moves

The straightforward Caribbean combination of rum agricole, sugar and a squeeze of lime is as flexible as the Old-Fashioned.

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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Cocktails

Rescuing the Bahama Mama

Lost Lake's Paul McGee parlays the kitschy midcentury slammer into a serious, rum-forward punch.

  • story: Laurel Miller
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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Bartender in Residence

Demi Natoli Spotlights the Savory Side of Tropical

The Patterson House bartender draws on her Cuban-American upbringing to marry flavors that break from the status quo.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Danielle Atkins
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Places

Find Your Paradise in Midtown

In “Dive” Leslie Pariseau explores the bars at the far edges of popular nightlife. Here: Tommy Bahama bar, an under-the-radar, beach-themed attraction in gilded Midtown Manhattan.

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photos: Michelle Heimerman
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Nilsson Schmillson

In this unorthodox tropical drink, Jeremy Oertel combines navy strength gin with sake, coconut, lime juice and vanilla syrup. 

  • story: Talia Baiocchi
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Cocktails

Inside the Magical World of Tiki Kon

At Portland's annual celebration of Polynesian-pop fantasy, anyone with a love of Hawaiian shirts and rum can live the good life, if just for a weekend.

  • story: Leslie Pariseau
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
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Cocktails

Bar Tripping: Broken Shaker | Miami Beach, FL

In a new photography column, Daniel Krieger travels the world to capture its most photogenic bars and cocktails. Up first is Miami Beach's lush oasis, The Broken Shaker at The…

  • story: Punch Staff
  • photos: Daniel Krieger
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Cocktails

Will the Real Piña Colada Please Stand Up?

Over time, the Piña Colada has fallen into the same disrepair as many tropical-at-heart cocktails, but it needn't be so. Derek Brown visits Puerto Rico to search for an authentic…

  • story: Derek Brown
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
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Cocktails

The Life and Times of the Plastic Swizzle Stick

Rising to kitschy prominence in the 1950s and '60s, the plastic swizzle stick quickly became the most ubiquitous piece of American bar memorabilia. By the '90s it was mostly forgotten.…

  • story: Nevin Martell
  • photo: Sarah Nichols
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Cocktails

Honolulu’s Second Golden Age of Tropical Drinking

For decades, Honolulu has been a city synonymous with orchid garnishes and syrupy Mai Tais. But a craft cocktail scene is percolating just beyond Waikiki—and with it, a new era…

  • story: Alia Akkam
  • photo: AZ Adam
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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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