VinePair

APRIL 11, 2025

Here to answer all of those questions is Chicago-based Abe Vucekovich, beverage director at Meadowlark Hospitality. In this episode, well embark on an international history lesson, discuss the interaction between tropical fruit and aged spirits, and consider how to apply some molecular mixology techniques to this drink.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. We realized that we had something, that people liked our hospitality. It was the bartenders in the white coats that got me. Kosmas: The idea was really for us.

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VinePair

MARCH 13, 2024

I think it started during Covid, when everyone scrambled to develop to-go cocktails and delivery cocktails,” says Philip Duff, bartender, spirits expert, cocktail educator, and producer of Old Duff Genever. Harrison is the founder of Rachel Harrison Communications, a publicity firm that is prominent in the food, drink, and hospitality world.

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Bar Molecular Mixology High Volume Tiki 125

VinePair

JULY 2, 2024

On a recent night in May, Charles Joly, the noted Chicago bartender, was in New York. He strolled into the Bronze Owl, a new cocktail bar on West 33rd Street near Broadway recently opened by the Hospitality Department restaurant and bar group. A previous iteration, on Chrystie Street, closed eight years ago after a four-year run.)

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