VinePair

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Tim Sweeney, head bartender/partner, Pebble Bar , NYC “With a price tag of around $30, Buffalo Trace is a great bang-for-your-buck bourbon. It’s great neat, stirred, served with a beer on the side, mixed, or straight out the bottle. Brian Clark, bar manager, Madrina , Webster Groves, Mo.

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VinePair

AUGUST 5, 2024

She said ‘delicious.’” —Brian Miller, bar manager, Stockton Inn , Stockton, N.J. None of the glasses we had at the bar were large enough, [so I thought] maybe a wine or beer glass could hold 6 ounces of Martini. Then I remembered a friend of mine had brought me some orgeat when they came to visit me a month earlier.

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

Ten years ago, Vodka Sodas weren’t the kind of drink you ordered at the bars that made East Village the soul of New York City’s globally influential cocktail scene. I don’t want to take away from the damage the pandemic caused, because it took a lot away from us,” says Paradise Lost’s head bartender, Kitty Bernardo.

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Bartender.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

We celebrated my dad’s birthday every year at Trader Vic’s and I developed an even deeper personal affinity for tropical-style drinks during my time as the head bartender at The Polynesian. With movement and energy, but sitting happily behind the foreground text and cocktail images.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Edward Hardebeck, head bartender, Corima , NYC The trendiest shot right now, in my opinion, would be the Green Tea shot. The soju bomb, or poktanju in Korean, involves dropping a shot of soju into a short pour of beer.” With a little citrus and egg white, it turns into a decadent and cloud-like aperitif or digestive treat.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

But the overall effect was still relatively neutral, according to bar manager Laura Maddox. We expanded the buzz-free section of our menu to include non-alcoholic wines, beers, and other zero-proof options, Natoli says. The Oakland Ferndale, Mich.

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