Published in the Summer 2025 print issue of Distiller Magazine:
—My interview with Dan Garrison of Garrison Brothers Distillery
—My interview with beverage director Robert Rodriguez of James Beard-nominated Cured Read more →
Tag: Texas
Top 5 New American Bars — Spring 2018
Published at Liquor.com on March 20, 2018, my article on five notable new bars that have just opened around the US: Article here: www.liquor.com/slideshows/new-american-bars-spring-2018/#gs.UrA1QtU Read more →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — Holiday Edition
Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my bar and drink recommends over the holidays and the winter at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Lighter Shade of Brown (Westbound, Los Angeles, CA)Open since 2016, Westbound resides on the ever-changing eastern side of DTLA’s Arts District with cozy booths,… Read more →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — December Edition
Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my bar and drink recommends this month at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Read more →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — November Edition
Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my bar and drink recommends this month at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): It’s November but in Sacramento, San Antonio, Austin, St. Helena and San Diego, to name a few, it’s still summery and cocktail menus reflect that. New York to… Read more →
10 Top Dallas Bars + Interview with Michael Martensen
My Summer 2016 feature for Distiller Magazine on Dallas, with an 10-page print spread, my photos and two articles: ______________________________________ Past issues (top 10 bars, local distiller and bar manager interviews in each city): Save Save Save Save Read more →
The Best of 2015 in Restaurants, Bars, Hotels & Travel
My editorial best of the year picks were published at Food Republic over December 2015 and January 2016 in a series of articles covering the best in US and international travels, hotels, meals and drink — here is a link to each article I contributed to and my favorites summarized below: – Best Drinking Experiences, International– Best Drinking Experiences, West… Read more →
5 Things to Love About Texas Hill Country
A warm welcome, oppressive summer heat, animals skipping across remote dirt roads, heavy German influence and old world architecture, BBQ, wineries and whiskey… just a few of the adventures had in Texas’ wild Hill Country. The Renaissance Man and I took a road trip this August, stayed in one of only two guest rooms at the utterly remote, retreat-like, peaceful… Read more →
Top 10 Houston Bars
There is a vibrant range of quality bars in Houston (my top 10 Houston food recommends here), a city whose drink scene is on the rise, whether the cocktail bar that finally ushered in the cocktail renaissance here in 2009, Anvil, to the city’s strongest Italian amaro selection and cocktails at Coltivare. Some spots didn’t quite work for me: the… Read more →
10 Top Places to Eat in Houston
With its hot and heavy air, Houston is redolent of Gulf spirit that at moments recalls New Orleans, albeit without all that romance, music and beauty. But that Gulf influence peeks out in some of the scenic neighborhoods where I appreciated homes lined with front porches and palm trees. Houston is the most international of the Texas cities and it… Read more →