Start marking your calenders for spring 2012, Time Out NY reports that bartender Giuseppe Gonzalez (PKN,Clover Club) is teaming up with Greg Boehm (Cocktail Kingdom), and James Tune, GM of the Pegu Club, to open Golden Cadillac this spring
Twelve finalist bartenders were selected to present a cocktail using any style of Sherry from any bodgea in Jerez and compete for the title of Winner of the 2011 Vinos de Jerez cocktail cmpetition and an all-expense paid trip to Jerez. The competition held at…continue reading
The 2011 World’s 50 Best Bars list has been published, in partnership with sponsor Stolichnaya. This year, New York speakeasy PDT (Please Don’t Tell) took the top spot, with London hotel bars The Connaught and the Artesian in second and third place.
1. PDT, New York
2 Connaught, London
Graydon Carter, owner of Monkey Bar has revamped the crew for his restaurant bringing on board Damon Wise (executive chef of Craft for five years, is running the kitchen), Julie Reiner (owner of Flatiron Lounge, Clover Club and Lani Kai, is looking over the cocktails) and Belinda Chang (former wine and service director of the Modern, is now the Monkey Bar general manager) The NYT asked Graydon Carter why the hiring? “The restaurant business has changed in New York, and you
Held at the WWII Museum in New Orleans, William Grant and Sons went all out with last nights party, where their star products (Hendrick’s, Glenfiddich, Milagro Tequila, The Balvenie among others) were featured in specialty cocktails. The first floor featured Sailor Jerry, Hudson whiskey, Stoli, Milagro. In the second floor Julie Reiner (Clover Club, Flatiron lounge, Lani Kai) was mixing it up with her bar which was impossible to walk in to from the large crowd all night. Third floor
Sponsored by Liquor.com, NYC Cocktail Week will last until the 29th. During this time, customers can get two cocktails and an appetizer from a special menu (featuring about three to five cocktails and two to three appetizers) at participating bars/restaurants. The full list of participating restaurants include: Employees Only, Macao Trading Company, Pegu Club, Death & Company, 1534, Clover Club, Pranna, Lani Kai, Ward III, the Rum House, Fort Defiance, Rye, Red Rooster, Daddy-O, Vandaag, Respite, and La Biblioteca de
“Know your bartender” by Jordana Rothman and Chris Schonberger, Photograph: Dale May Check out this article from Time Out NY Technorati Tags: Brad Farran, clover club, Death & Company, Dram, Drink, Dutch Kills, Employees only, featured, Frank Cisneros, Greg Seider, Jason Littrell, Jeff Bell, Karin Stanley, Kenta Goto, Lantern’s Keep, Little Branch, Macao Trading Co., Meaghan Dorman, Milk and Honey, PDT, Pegu Club, Raines Law Room, Sam Ross, Steve Schneider, Summit Bar
From May 2011 By Wayne Curtis Stop me if you’ve heard this one. Guy walks into a bar. Asks the bartender for a Manhattan with extra bitters. The bartender says, “You want orange bitters, lavender honey bitters, 19th-century Boker’s bitters, Mexican chocolate bitters, or plain old Angostura bitters?” Well, okay, maybe it’s not much of a joke. But it points up two things: we’re in a golden age of cocktails. And to order a drink is to navigate a minefield.
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