VinePair

JANUARY 9, 2024

A colleague, my wife, and I were leaving Baba au Rum, one of the oldest of the new breed of craft cocktail bars in Athens, with the idea of heading to The Bar in Front of the Bar, another leading saloon. That said, the must-see Athens cocktail bar of the moment did require a healthy car ride. We weren’t adrift for long, though.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Either way, there’s no denying that Luxardo has ingrained itself in modern cocktail culture with a single stone fruit. The brand’s liqueur can also be found in the debut recipes for many still-beloved cocktails including the Last Word and the Martinez. Luxardo was part of the craft cocktail revival in the U.S.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Sake, despite failing to take off as predicted in the early 2010s, has experienced a tremendous rise in the last decade with export volumes shooting from 14 million liters per year in 2012 to almost 36 million liters in 2022. It’s less the base of a cocktail, and instead used with a little more intention.” The color is a bonus.”

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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

This cultural hangover of masking the alcoholic equivalent of a “sports utility vehicle” endures to this day on suburban chain-restaurant drink menus populated by sugary bombs that get drinkers lit on the cheap. This in turn carries over to bars like Hauge’s, where customers new to craft cocktails assume they run saccharine.

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A Bar Above

JUNE 2, 2024

Copyright A Bar Above, generated with AI This herbal liqueur brings an earthy note to cocktails that isn’t easily replicated, and it comes in two versions, detailed below– one with a light olive color (Green) and one with a bright yellow hue (Yellow). More on that in a minute.)

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Tales of the Cocktail

APRIL 23, 2025

The bar has been recognized as a Spirited Awards Canada Regional Honoree several times, including Best International Cocktail Bar in 2025, 2024, 2023, and 2022, Best International Bar Team in 2025, and Best New International Cocktail Bar in 2020. That same year, she was recognized in Foodism s Foodism 40 as a Champion of DEI.

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