
A Bar Team Is Born
It wasn't all that long ago that bartending evolved from a highly individualistic line of work into a calling embodied by tight-knit collectives.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Eugene Lee
It wasn't all that long ago that bartending evolved from a highly individualistic line of work into a calling embodied by tight-knit collectives.
With an opening team of mostly amateur bartenders, The Violet Hour defied odds to reshape Chicago’s drinking scene.
With its split base of white rum and Cynar, this bitter drink from The Violet Hour is considered a modern classic.