Published in the Fall 2025 print issue of Distiller Magazine: New York City’s Top 10 Bars Read more →
Tag: NYC
Distiller Magazine Interviews with Forthave Spirits & Iain Griffiths of Bar Snack, NYC
In the Fall 2025 print issue of Distiller Magazine:
—My interview with Forthave Spirits’ Aaron Sing Fox and Daniel de la Nuez, Brooklyn’s James Beard–nominated distillery
—My interview with Iain Griffiths of Bar Snack, NYC Read more →
Chefs & Restaurants Transforming Fine Dining Across the U.S. Now
My VOICES Magazine interview (London publication) with Junghyun and Ellia Park of 2 Michelin-starred, #8 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Atomix in NYC and with chef Peter Hemsley of 1 Michelin starred and Green Michelin-starred Aphotic in San Francisco… talking about the state of fine dining in the U.S. now, where it’s going and how they’re visioning it differently.
In addition, talking examples across the U.S. in San Francisco (Merchant Roots, Osito, Noodle in a Haystack), Chicago (El Ideas, Parachute), New Orleans’ (Mosquito Supper Club, Lengua Madre) and my birthplace of Oklahoma City (Nonesuch, Grey Sweater). Read more →
Gin Magazine: NYC Bar Guide
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 →
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:
New Rules of Engagement: How 9 Bars Around the Globe Are Coping & Changing in Pandemic
Having visited over 20,00 bars around the globe, The Cocktail Lovers’ Change issue was about talking to nine special bars around the globe about how they are coping and changing in pandemic — and what their countries are doing around aid.
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 →
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 →
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: Years worth of my NYC food and drink recommends here.______________________________________Past issues (top 10 bars, local distiller and bar manager interviews in each city): Read more →