Tag: Bars

10 Top Vancouver Bars + Interviews with R. Dave Brimacombe of Wayward Distillation House & Jay Jones of Vij’s

In the Summer 2018 issue of Distiller Magazine on Vancouver, B.C. (more on Vancouver and Canada here): My article on 10 of Vancouver’s best bars linked to here: Keefer Bar, Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim, The Shameful Tiki Room, Vij’s, Royal Dinette, L’Abattoir, Tocador, Hawksworth & Prohibition in the Hotel Georgia, Uva Wine & Cocktail Bar, The Diamond  My interview with… Read more →

11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — July 2018

Covering the 11 hottest cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn movie-themed menus in Nashville. Pisco-centric menus in SF.  A lemon icebox pie-inspired cocktail in Houston. Bourbon Tiki cocktails in Louisville. These 11 national bars and… Read more →

The 23 Essential San Francisco Bars: Spring 2018

Published at Liquor.com this Spring 2018, my regular update on 23 of San Francisco/the Bay Area’s essential, iconic bars: https://www.liquor.com/series/essential-san-francisco-bars ABV, Mission District Aub Zam Zam (aka Zam Zam), Haight-Ashbury Bellota, SoMa Benjamin Cooper, Union Square/Downtown Bourbon & Branch, Union Square/Downtown Club Deluxe, Haight-Ashbury Comstock Saloon, North Beach Elixir, Mission District Fat Angel, Lower Fillmore 15 Romolo, North Beach Hard Water, Embarcadero Hideout at… Read more →

10 Iconic SF Bars

In my latest Time Out column, merely 10 — in a town where I could easily name a top 100 bars — of our city’s essential, iconic bars from dives to legends, beer to cocktail bars (article here): www.timeout.com/san-francisco/bars/best-bars-in-san-francisco ABV, Benjamin Cooper, Club Deluxe, 15 Romolo, Fat Angel, Monk’s Kettle, Smuggler’s Cove, Tommy’s, True Laurel, Zam Zam Read more →

11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — May 2018

—Pacific Seas at Cliftons, Los Angeles
—Public House, Nashville
—Pagan Idol, San Francisco
—The Dawson, Chicago
—Finch & Fork, Santa Barbara
—Makeready Libations & Liberation, Nashville
—Lost Property, Los Angeles
—Botanist at Fairmont Pacific Rim, Vancouver
—Gio’s Pizza & Bocce, Berkeley
—Saffron NOLA, New Orleans
—The Douglas Room, San Francisco

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Top 11 Gin Cocktails in US Bars Now

Covering the 11 top gin cocktails of the month around the country at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): As one of the greatest, far-reaching spirits in history, gin is worth drinking any day of the year. But spring seems particularly suited to its green herbaceousness, its citrus-driven… Read more →