Three of N.Y.C.’s most vaunted cocktail institutions are going where no bar has successfully gone before: out of town.
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12 Romantic Restaurants Around the Country Worth the Reservation (Esquire.com)
A restaurant does not need a half dozen forks per place setting and a wine list as long as a hardback book to be romantic.
How to Find a Perfect Bar Anywhere in the World (Esquire.com)
Everyone has a fantasy of rolling into an unfamiliar city, walking into a nondescript bar, and discovering it's the coolest, chillest place within a 50-mile radius to swig beer.
Tom Colicchio Addresses the Controversial Top Chef Plantation Episode (Esquire.com)
A candid conversation with the chef-restaurateur.
Best Bars 2016: Dante, New York (Playboy Magazine, November 2016)
In Europe, day drinking—not getting drunk but patiently sipping glass after glass of low-alcohol beverages such as Campari or Aperol in a ritualistic fashion—is just part of the lifestyle. Dante, an Italian cocktail bar in Greenwich Village, is one of the first to champion this custom in America.
Bars We Love: Death & Co, New York (Playboy.com)
On New Years Eve 2006 a little bar named Death & Co opened in the East Village.
Bars We Love: Dante, New York (Playboy.com)
Dante is an Italian cocktail bar run by Australians and located in New York City. Did you follow all of that?
The 9 Weirdest Drinks at MLB Stadiums in 2016 (Playboy.com)
You can do better than a $12 cup of Blue Moon at the ballpark. The concessions at MLB stadiums are getting more creative, diverse and kind of strange, and we’re not just talking about the food.
How Accusations of Misogyny Are Tearing the Tight-Knit Bar World Apart (Playboy.com)
Employees Only cocktail bar sparked a controversy within the industry that has played out publicly on social media.
Bars We Love: Clover Club, Brooklyn (Playboy.com)
When Julie Reiner opened Clover Club in Brooklyn in 2008, some people alleged that she was personally trying to gentrify Kings County.
Bars We Love: Wassail, New York City (Playboy.com)
Depending on whom you ask, cider is either the next wine or the next beer. But really, it’s the next…cider. “Cider is something that is very old, but very new too,” says Jennifer Lim, owner of Wassail cider bar in New York City’s Lower East Side.
17 Green Drinks for St. Patrick's Day That Actually Taste Good (Playboy.com)
This St. Patrick’s Day, upgrade your green beer to a green drink that isn’t dripping with food coloring. These 17 verdant cocktails, made by bartenders from across the country, feature ingredients such as Green Chartreuse, vegetable juice and matcha to give them an all-natural, leafy glow. And they taste pretty darn good, too. Sláinte
The Surprising Music Chefs Listen to in the Kitchen (Playboy.com)
“I don’t allow music in my kitchens. Whether cooking and working in a restaurant is a blue-collar profession or a white-collar profession is up to us. It’s up to us how seriously we take our own profession. When I’m cooking at home though, I’m a staunch fan of Norwegian black metal.”
Chef's Corner: Chef Jonathan Waxman on the Past and the Future of American Dining (Playboy.com)
Playboy talked to chef Jonathan Waxman about how the dining industry has changed over the years, what finally brought him back to the Bay Area, and why he can’t bear to watch himself on TV.
Chef's Corner: Chris Santos on His New L.E.S. Restaurant and Why He’ll Never Be Pushed Out of Manhattan (Playboy.com)
Playboy talked to chef Chris Santos about his top-secret new restaurant, why micromanaging is so important, and why he’ll never be pushed out of the Lower East Side.
City In A Glass: Manhattan (PasteMagazine.com)
New York City is the best cocktail city in the world. In addition to its rich drinking history—this is, after all, where the Manhattan, the Bloody Mary, the Tom Collins and the Carrie Bradshaw originated—New York is also home to the modern-day cocktail bars that set the standard and pace for the rest of the country. This is where cocktail culture is invented and reinvented, where trends unfold before they’re even trends and where bartenders become household names.
We Reveal the Secret Handshake Between Bartenders (Playboy.com)
The bartenders’ handshake—the drink that local bartenders order to signify to their cohorts that they work in the industry—is different in every city. The handshake could even vary from bar to bar. Playboy talked to bartenders across the country to find out what the insider, spirit-of-choice is for their town.