VinePair

MAY 7, 2024

It may be tempting to plunk down gobs of cash for these offerings, especially since they may turn heads when displayed on a home bar, but they will likely transform into dust magnets if they hold lousy juice. Riesler Morales, head of mixology, Casa Chi , Chicago “The best tequila for under $50 is Arette.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Margarita is just such a vehicle for tequila — it’s just one of the most popular cocktails that gets ordered across any bar program, if not the most popular cocktail,” Davidson says. Credit: Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery That said, less is often more, he notes. Slivovitz probably needs a signature cocktail. In Arlington, Va.,

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VinePair

APRIL 3, 2024

The early wave of modern Tokyo cocktail bars defined the distinctive style of drink preparation and service known as Japanese bartending — and the type of establishments in which it could be found — while pushing forward the idea of a thriving cocktail culture from within an Asian metropolis.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Suzy Critchlow, bar manager, Pascual , Washington, D.C. The label designs are works of art, so also it’s a good-looking bottle to have on your back bar.” Derrick Osbeck, bartender, Bravas Bar de Tapas , Healdsburg, Calif. Thi Nguyen, bar director, Moon Rabbit , Washington, D.C. “My

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Countless terrific cocktails at some of the world’s best bars have been invented using the Potato Head template. So what happens when a bar with stellar staff and excellent leadership ditches the training wheels and replaces them with a veritable rocket engine? How can we use an entire fruit in a cocktail?

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Imbibe Magazine

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In January of this year, Drink, a pioneering local bar, shuttered for good. For a long while, it looked like Eastern Standard—the stylish and influential high-volume bar and restaurant near Fenway Park that opened in 2005—might also be among those casualties. Creating a new bar is a challenge. His staff stared in disbelief.

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The Bartender Company

JANUARY 16, 2024

For additional tips, ask our event planners (or the head bartender or beverage director at your event) to guide you in creating a cocktail that satisfies your taste buds but keeps alcohol out of the equation. The post Non Alcoholic Distilled Spirits: A Guide appeared first on The Bartender Company.

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VinePair

JULY 24, 2024

Walk through the nondescript door marked only with a creepy green glyph on Second Avenue in New York’s East Village and you’ll encounter the greatest entryway in modern bar history. I’ve spent hours in this bar and every visit I notice something new and delightful artfully staple-gunned to the walls or ceiling.

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VinePair

JULY 25, 2024

After placing a footed glass filled with frothy, pink liquid atop a thick marble bar, the bartender gently pours something glittery and purple over my drink from a tiny pitcher. This isn’t a trendy craft cocktail bar with mustachioed mixologists and $30 cocktails. and cultivating a generation of well-trained bartenders.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Abraham Flota, bar manager, Prospect , San Francisco “I think both Mojitos and Espresso Martinis are universally hated by bartenders.” Instead, look to local and seasonal ingredients, which can also offer talking points for servers to help create an expanded community through bar programs.” The Moscow Mule. Irish Coffee.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2023

has always been held to a high level of decorum, and has brought civility and elegance to bars and even the drinks,” Brown says. “ When cocktails lost to wine and craft beers in the 1980s, London hotel and restaurant bars remained entrenched in tradition.” Two years later, it hosted the inaugural event for World’s 50 Best Bars.

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Chilled Magazine

APRIL 25, 2025

The world of mixology is a place for creativity and thinking outside the box. Allow this new movement to inspire you to look deeper into the ingredients that other bar menus may not highlightthink bone broths, matcha, spices, or leftover scraps from kitchen dishes. Skewer steak and roasted potatoes as garnish. Garnish and serve.

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Bar Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Valentina, an award-winning hospitality professional, is the first female bar manager for Skyline Rooftop Bar , and one of the few across the city of Venice. Fondly dubbed the Sky Queen of Skyline bar, she brings with her many years of experience, having been with Hilton since the age of just 19.

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VinePair

JUNE 4, 2025

Curious, I saw the small bar had a cocktail menu and a pretty ambitious one at that. Nestled in the rolling hills of rural Anderson County, at least a half-hour from a major city (Lexington), sits a sunlit bar above a gift shop that closes by 5 p.m. In the Mix Other Kentucky distilleries are likewise leaning into mixology.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

These are some of the key tenets of one of the hottest trends in mixology right now and the topic of today’s show: savory cocktails. Joining us to explore them today is David Muhs, head bartender at Brooklyns Sama Street and head bartender and partner at Manhattans Monkey Thief. TEQUILA 40% ABV.

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VinePair

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

January is historically a treacherous month for bars. The accelerating trend is an untimely development for the bar industry, which already has to contend with the perils of rising inflation and moderating drinking habits. But the overall effect was still relatively neutral, according to bar manager Laura Maddox. Sales atrophy.

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Cheers

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Ready-to-drink beverages (RTDs), which have been on fire in the off-premise, have been making their way to bars and restaurants too. Archer Rooses canned wines can be found at sports bar chain Dave & Busters and Regal Cinemas. John Gibian, bar lead at The Lions Share in San Diego, also sees a rise in shochu.

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