Covering the world’s only full-on poitin bar, Bar 1661, in Dublin from Dave Mulligan, who I interview at Liquor.com in my latest feature, SHOWING OFF POITÍN, IRELAND’S HOMEGROWN SPIRIT, AT A NEW BAR. ONE THAT’S ALL POITÍN, ALL THE TIME. Bar 1661 poitin flight Doctors often have a viagra best difficult time diagnosing the exact cause of malady should be… Read more →
Published at BaseNotes by Vitruvi in September 2019, my article on the vibrant, rare coffee plantations of Panama. Beyond 2020, La Cosecha will begin offering coffee plantation tours around the mountains of Panama. Jorge Chanis formed La Cosecha to educate on Panama’s coffee riches, hosting press and trade tours around the region, which they plan to eventually launch for the… Read more →
Published at Haute Living Magazine, the September-October 2019 issue, my dining feature on Prague in the Czech Republic, a food scene on the rise. Article here: https://issuu.com/hautelivingsanfrancisco/docs/sept_oct_2019_sf_lacobs/18 MY HAUTE LIVING ARTICLES— Wine Country Inns with Exceptional Dining (& Growing Their Own Produce) here.— A visionary San Francisco bar manager combining spirits and wine… in the same glass here.— Dining & drink in Toronto… Read more →
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here) is on 10 top Tokyo bars: Bar Benfiddich, Bar Gen Yamamoto, The Flying Circus, Code Name Mixology Aksaka, Red Bar, Good Meals Shop, Bar Triad, Cocktail Works Jimbocho, Mixology Laboratory, Y&M Kisling. Past issues of Gin Magazine: — My San Francisco bars article here— My Berlin bars… Read more →
Published at Haute Living Magazine, the September-October 2019 issue includes my feature on Singapore’s thrilling cocktail scene and top bars, among the best in all of Asia. Article here: https://issuu.com/hautelivingsanfrancisco/docs/sept_oct_2019_sf_lacobs/18 Bars reviewed: Atlas, Native, RPM, Jigger & Pony, Old Man Singapore, Bitters & Love, Gibson, IBHQ, The Other Room, Manhattan, Caffé Fernet MY HAUTE LIVING ARTICLES— Wine Country Inns with… Read more →
I helped write a number of guides for Google Area 120’s new Touringbird guides with insider tips on cities around the world (more on Touringbird here). My tips are heavy on dining, food, bars, drink — my favorite restaurant in PV is El Arrayan. Here is my guide to Puerto Vallarta, from street food and tacos to dessert: Taqueria El Cuñado, Tacos de Birria Chanfay,Mariscos… Read more →
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here) is on 10 top Bogota bars: Black Bear, Segundo, Salvo Patria, Ugly American, Rafael, Bar El Enano, El Chato, La Brasserie, Liberatrix and Ocho y Cuarto. Past issues of Gin Magazine: — My San Francisco bars article here— My Berlin bars article here— My Tokyo bars article here—… Read more →
Rabbit Hole Distillery ribbon cutting ceremony on May 1, 2018 In the Summer 2019 print issue of Distiller Magazine, my feature on Louisville 2.0, A New Distilling Scene for an Old School Bourbon Town, talking Rabbit Hole, Copper & Kings and Old Forester‘s new, state-of-the-art tour in downtown Louisville. Article here: https://distilling.com/distillermagazine/louisville-2-0/ _______________________________________ My other Distiller Magazine features (top 10 bars,… Read more →
In the Summer 2019 print issue of Distiller Magazine: My article on 10 of London’s best bars (Duke’s Bar, Mint Gun Club, Every Cloud, Satan’s Whiskers, American Bar at the Savoy, Oriole, Cub, Fitz’s Bar at The Principal, 69 Colebrooke Row, Three Sheets). My interview with Sacred Spirits distiller and London craft distilling pioneer, Ian Hart My interview… Read more →
Red’s Chinese Of course, my tips are heavy on dining, food, bars and drink, with just 15 of my newer New Orleans recommends here (over a decade’s worth of my Nola recommends from hundreds of food and drink spots visited here). On the food side, I recommend coffee and ice cream at Drip Affogato, dining at Bywater American Bistro, Seaworthy,… Read more →