It’s that time of year again: sifting through the hundreds of new SF Bay Area restaurants and bars visited this year — plus a few hundred more internationally and across the U.S. Here are the San Francisco spots that stand out most, all opened between December 2022 and November 2023. The previous year’s top openings are here.
What stands out most, and why, in one of the best regions to eat and drink in the world: Read more →
My article on 10 of Sonoma/Napa and Mendocino Wine Country’s best bars (Duke’s Spirited Cocktails, Fern Bar, Barber Lee Spirits, Mario & John’s, Bird & the Bottle, Fog Eater Cafe, The Charter Oak, Miminashi, La Taberna, Solbar)…
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine , issue 9/Nov-Dec 2019 (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here). This issue I cover 10 top Dublin bars: Bar 1661, Bonobo, Gin Palace, The Liquor Rooms, The Cauldron, VVC, Chelsea Drugstore, The Blind Pig, Opium, Peruke & Periwig Past issues of Gin Magazine:— My San Francisco… 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 →
In the Winter 2018-19 issue of Distiller Magazine:
—My article on 22 of the world’s best bars, from Asia to Europe to the States
—My interview with Spirit Hound Distillers’ Craig Engelhorn & Wayne Anderson, Denver
—My interview with The Way Back bar manager Chad Michael George, Denver