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Must Watch “Prohibition” by Ken Burns (Oct 2 PBS)
“Prohibition”, Ken Burns’ newest PBS documentary, premiering October 2 debuted on the iPhone and iPad on September 23 via the PBS iOS app. The story of Prohibition’s rise and fall is a compelling saga that goes far beyond the oft-told tales of gangsters, rum runners, flappers, and speakeasies, to reveal a complicated and divided nation in the throes of momentous transformation. The film raises vital questions that are as relevant today as they were 100 years ago – about means and ends,
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Where To Drink Friday Night? (Silver Lining NYC)
Silver Lining Joseph Schwartz and Sasha Petraske of Little Branch are bringing another cocktail-and-jazz drinkery to 75 Murray Street (Tribeca). Located Under a cast-iron townhouse the new space will also feature an ambitious lineup of live jazz (Tadataka Unno, Gary Versace) curated by Vito Dieterle, who moonlights as a tenor sax. Silver Lining’s array of small tables draped in white tablecloths makes it a swanky alternative to the modern bar, as well as a great spot to bring a date
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PDT join’s Bon Appétit’s “Feast or Fashion”
{photo credit Elion Paz} Jim Meehan’s PDT (Please Don’t Tell) the East village neo-speakeasy has teamed up with Bon Appétit magazine and a few of the hottest restaurants in NYC for and event during fashion week called “Feast or Fashion”, were chefs like Mario Batalli will offer new, Bon Appétit-branded special prix fixe menus at their restaurants. A 40-page style guide will be distributed during Fashion Week (Sept 8-15) events to promote the chefs and their restaurants for the post-show
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Bourbon and Branch San Francisco
NYC and San Francisco have long been the epicenters of American cocktail culture, Finally a few months ago I had the chance to travel for the first time to San Fran with the intention of checking out what was happening there. I made a list of all the bars I’d heard of and ones that had been recommended. On the top of my list was Bourbon and Branch, a bar styled as a modern-day speakeasy. This bar is located in
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Interview at Ciro’s with Ro Patel
One of the great things about tending bar is that your always hearing about what’s happening in the industry directly from spirit distillers, bar owners, liquor reps, brand ambassadors, other bartenders etc.. In this case, a few months ago, a colleague sat at my bar and told me about some bar in, of all the places….Tampa, that was making some noise in the industry. He said that they were doing all the right things good bartenders look for: good booze,
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Frank Bruni, former NY Times food Critic, Visits my friend Kenny McCoys Bar “Ward III”
It’s always great to see former colleagues making big moves, especially when its people like Kenny McCoy who has worked his ass off to get were he’s at right now. I had the good fortune to bartend with him at a place in Tribeca. With the help of Michael J. Neff and Abdul Tabini they opened “Ward III” in mid 2009. A bar that differentiates itself from other “bespoke” bars by allowing the guest to help in the co- creation of
