My latest feature in Gin Magazine, October 2022, is my Bar Guide to 10 top bars in New York City now:
Double Chicken Please, Lullaby, Mister Paradise, Banzarbar, Valerie, The Cabinet, Bar Goto and Bar Goto Niban, Amor y Amargo, Marathi. Read more →
Tag: New York
NYC Guide: 12 Top Places to Dine Now
Growing up just outside NYC in NJ during my high school years, my family’s subsequent years living there a good decade after I moved back to CA meant I was usually back twice a year, including holidays in NYC. So the City always held “second home” familiarities and my first awakening to being a city girl, even as Manhattan is typically a dining city of as many lows and overhyped spots as it highs over the past decades… the majority of restaurants I researched this trip were good to superb. Now we dig into 12 dining experiences from this year’s return to my teenage stomping grounds, including highlights and, when relevant, what to avoid: Read more →
Serving Up Wanderlust: International Bars & Cocktails Inspired by Far-Away Places
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine, issue 15/September-October 2021 (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I’ve written for here). This issue I cover three bartenders and global bars, featuring their cocktail recipes inspired by and evocative of another region outside their own — with recipes — in the spirit of traveling from home:
Gin Magazine: NYC’s Top 10 Bars
My latest print feature in Gin Magazine, issue 10/Mar-May 2020 (from the publishers of Whisky Magazine, which I have also written for here). Obviously, this was written pre-pandemic so here’s wishing support and lifelines for these greats bars through it (check the websites and social media for each if you live in NYC to see if they’re doing home delivery or takeout).… Read more →
10 Bars Serving Standout Rum Cocktails Across the US
Covering 10 standout rum cocktails around the US at Liquor.com, you’ll find my top national drinks on menus at these bars/restaurants: — Seaworthy, New Orleans— Elements at ONE65, San Francisco— The Hidden Pearl, New York City (Brooklyn)— Mercantile, Denver— Tigertail + Mary, Miami— Naive, Louisville— Corrida, Boulder— Charmaine’s, San Francisco— Katana Kitten, New York City— Bad Hunter, Chicago Corrida, Boulder, COMen suffering from erectile dysfunction… Read more →
Europe’s Biggest Cocktail Convention in NYC: Bar Convent Brooklyn in its Second Year
Published at Distilling.com on June 25, 2019, my rundown of major bar/cocktail/spirits industry event, Bar Convent Brooklyn — a spin-off off a the hugely popular Bar Convent Berlin in Europe — in its second year. Article here: Europe’s Biggest Cocktail Convention in NYC: Bar Convent Brooklyn in its Second Year Read more →
The 4 Hottest US Bar Openings This Fall
Published at Liquor.com September 4th, my feature on 4 most anticipated bars set to open this fall around the US: —Kumiko in Chicago—Miniboss in San Jose—Bon Voyage! San Francisco—Llama San in New York City www.liquor.com/slideshows/bar-openings-fall-2018/ Read more →
11 Top Cocktails Around the US Now — September 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: While fall is around the corner, many of us are still experiencing hot summer days in needs of refreshing drinks, like a Smash that brings on the tomatillo and green pepper. Others are drinking savory, umami-rich cocktails… Read more →
10 Top Manhattan Bars + Myer Distilling & Naren Young of Dante Interviews
In the Fall 2017 issue of Distiller Magazine on NYC, here are links to my three articles and photos, a 14-page print spread: My article on 10 of Manhattan’s best bars My interview with Joseph (Joe) Myer of Myer Farm Distilling in NY My interview with bar manager Naren Young of Dante, among my top NYC bars It happens due… Read more →
6 NYC Restaurants Worth Visiting Now
This article was first published here at Table8 where I am national editor. This year’s return to my youthful stomping grounds was one of my most “successful” trips to NYC in years on the food side. There is ever the over-hyped in the NY dining scene and always a couple “misses” each visit, despite my aggressive research and vetting of… Read more →