Alyson Sheppard is a food writer and hangover specialist based in the South.

 What Happens When New York's Biggest Bars Leave New York? (GQ.com)

What Happens When New York's Biggest Bars Leave New York? (GQ.com)

Three of N.Y.C.’s most vaunted cocktail institutions are going where no bar has successfully gone before: out of town.

http://www.gq.com/story/new-york-bars-expanding

Stirr Will Impress Your Parents, But Not You (DallasObserver.com)

Stirr Will Impress Your Parents, But Not You (DallasObserver.com)

Tiki Bar Pilikia Is More Shipwreck Than Paradise (DallasObserver.com)

Tiki Bar Pilikia Is More Shipwreck Than Paradise (DallasObserver.com)