Covering the 11 top tequila/mezcal 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): Read more →
Tag: Cocktails
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 →
Gin Magazine UK — Playing With Gin in San Francisco Bars
My first print feature for the new Gin Magazine UK (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine UK, which I have also written for here) is on San Francisco bars that do right by gin. The magazine is widely accessible in Europe and available by subscription here. Online link to my SF bars article here. (Bars written about below: P.C.H./Pacific Cocktail… 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
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 →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — April 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): Read more →
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 Whiskey Cocktails Around the US Now
Covering the 11 top whisk(e)y cocktails of the month around the US at Liquor.com, here are my top national whisk(e)y drinks now at these bars/restaurants (click on each for the featured cocktail): August 1 Five, San Francisco Revel Cafe & Bar, New Orleans (Chris McMillian) MiniBar, Los Angeles The Violet Hour, Chicago The Saratoga, San Francisco Old Town Tap, Truckee (Lake… Read more →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — March 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): Bars from Santa Barbara to Brooklyn are taking comfort in Tiki on chilly nights, experimenting with sherry or rum and playing with rarities like malort and pommeau. These 11 bars… Read more →