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 →
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 →
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 →
Published on September 29, 2017, at Liquor.com, here I share about not only one of my city’s great bartenders, Danny Louie, but one of the best in the country. At Bon Appetit’s # 3 restaurant in the country this year, Mister Jiu’s, I cover creative things he is doing with Asian ingredients in cocktails, his tribute to San Francisco’s historic… Read more →
Published on September 29, 2017, at Liquor.com, this article shares the fascinating details of how to commit to a theme in a new Chicago bar — Otto Mezzo — that serves mostly only Italian spirits, all Italian wines and beers and is a seductive, beautiful “escape.” Article and photos here. **Sadly, not long after this was published, the bar unexpectedly… Read more →
It is Bourbon month at Liquor.com and here are 11 of my bourbon cocktails around the US now (click on each for the featured cocktail and bar/restaurant): Rusted Mule, San Francisco Baptiste & Bottle, Chicago Lola, Louisville Stacked Sandwich Shop, Portland, OR Duchess, Oakland, CA The Pritchard, Oklahoma Alexander’s Steakhouse, San Francisco Spilt Milk, Chicago Meta, Louisville Quaintrelle, Portland, OR… Read more →
From my weekly Time Out column, published September 5, 2017: I share four low proof bar greats around the Bay Area — Oakland to SF — that are not so much about cocktails. These four are standout bars pouring the likes of unusual, natural wines, sherry, vermouth, fortified wines, Champagne and sparkling wine. —Horsies Saloon at Royal Cuckoo Market, Mission… Read more →
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): Mourad, San Francisco The Joy Luck, Louisville Kachka, Portland, OR Quiote, Chicago The Matrix, San Francisco Ruddick/Wood, Newberg, OR Goro Ramen, Oklahoma City Salt & Char, Saratoga… Read more →
In the Summer 2017 issue of Distiller Magazine on Washington D.C., here are links to my three articles & photos, a 14-page print spread: More of my D.C. food and drink recommends here.______________________________________ Past issues (top 10 bars, local distiller and bar manager interviews in each city): Read more →
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 →