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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s Your Favorite Cocktail and Food Pairing?

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But in an era when most restaurants have bars equipped to dish up almost any classic cocktail under the sun, nothing is stopping guests from taking matters into their own hands. Whether you’re at a Mexican restaurant, a French bistro, a tiki bar, or your own home, here are 10 exceptional cocktail and food pairings.

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We Asked 21 Bartenders: What’s the Best Vodka for Mixing Cocktails?

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Vodka provides the backbone for several popular mixed drinks like the Moscow Mule , the Vodka Martini , and the Cosmopolitan , so its an essential tool for the bar. Lance Bowman, bar manager, UMMO , Chicago There is no other vodka I could be more excited to mention than Good Vodka. Its a really great vodka!

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How to Use Fall and Winter Produce in Cocktails, According to Bartenders

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Pumpkins While orgeat is traditionally made with almonds, at Tiki Chick in NYC’s Upper West Side, bar manager Linda Nivar reinvents the syrup with pepita seeds (the hulless seeds of certain pumpkin varieties) creating a unique spin on the tiki bar staple while honoring her Latin roots. “I

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Curating your cocktail menu by Mael Jego

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The Collective head of bars, Mael Jego, shares his advice on building a cocktail menu. Before development begins, the bar manager introduces the team to the core idea through a detailed briefing covering inspiration, the number of cocktails, spirit choices, drink styles, flavour profiles, glassware, and even visual elements like colour.

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We Asked 15 What’s the Best New Rum That’s Earned a Spot on Your Bar? (2024)

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bottles that have recently earned a spot on their back bars. Dean Hakim, bar manager, Heirloom at the St. Damian Langarica, Bar Manager, Irwin’s , Philadelphia “My favorite rum at the moment is El Dorado’s High Ester Blend Rum. Laurent , Asbury Park, N.J. “For us, it’s Bumbu Rum Company.

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Raising the Bar: What It Takes To Succeed as a Bartender Today

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I’d been brought on as a waiter, but the seasoned bar staff, mostly primadonnas who conscientiously objected to daytime bartending, refused to work lunch. Bartending in most modern restaurants and craft cocktail bars has become considerably more knowledge-intensive, and consumers are more educated about mixology.

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We Asked 10 Bartenders: What’s the Easiest Cocktail to Master?

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From that point on, I never forgot the recipe and just practiced my stirring before getting one of my first tattoos, a trident bar spoon. Credit: @junglehaus.cocktails on Instagram “For me, managing at a tiki bar, I would say the easiest cocktail to master is a Honeysuckle, a rum-based cocktail.