VinePair

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Her acclaimed, James Beard Award-winning cookbook, “Jubilee” (2019) started a conversation about African American culinary history, and her new cocktail book, “ Juke Joints, Jazz Clubs, and Juice ,” continues this journey through the lens of drinks and the Black bartenders who have helped pave the nation’s cocktail culture.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

These brandies offer a wide range of flavors from orchard fruits and delicate florals to oak, spice and caramel perfect for sipping neat or as the backbone of expertly crafted cocktails, Rivas says. DUss Cognac has been accelerating on-premise efforts with cocktails such as the D’Uss Spicy Sidecar.

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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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Bartender.com

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Empirical Cilantro is a bold, innovative spirit set to shake up cocktail culture New York, Sept. 1, and will soon open the doors to a sure-to-be-talked-about new craft cocktail bar, 53 A.D., Bursting with flavor in every drop, Cilantro shines in margaritas and sparkles with club soda. 30, 2024 – Flavor, first.

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VinePair

JULY 8, 2025

Asking a bartender to name the most influential craft cocktail bar of all time is a heavy question bordering on unfair. Asking them to name their “Mount Rushmore” of craft cocktail bars doesn’t lighten the load all that much, despite expanding the field from one to four. Note: Some quotes have been edited for clarity.

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VinePair

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you wanted to have a great cocktail, you would go to Milk & Honey, and it’s superb, but you can’t really meet anybody. If you’re hungry and it was a really good night, you’d go to Blue Ribbon, or if you just want to meet people and mingle, you go to a club.

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VinePair

JULY 14, 2025

21, 2015, Sasha Petraske — the visionary bar owner who built the foundations of contemporary cocktail culture through seminal bars like Milk & Honey, Little Branch, The Varnish, and Dutch Kills — unexpectedly passed at the far-too-young age of 42. Simonson: “He singlehandedly brought back cocktail bars.

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