Delicious Imbibements

NYC's Best: Employees Only

This West Village "speakeasy" was a great choice for celebrating a 30th birthday. Hidden behind a neon psychic sign and very intimidating bouncer. They have an impressive creative cocktail list. I recommend the West Side and the Ginger Smash....

Who is Crosby anyway?

New to the scene on the Southport Avenue corridor in Lakeview is Crosby's Kitchen. For years, this neck of the Chicago woods has been in dire need of some good ol' fashioned cooking. This place is just that, but with a few more bells and whistles....

Colorado: Not Just for Beer

The city that helped launch the craft beer revolution has turned its attention to liquor. Here are three distilleries worth a visit.

1. STRANAHAN’S
The whiskey is made from barley grown in the Rockies. Factory tours end with a tasting in the new...

Enjoy the drink of pirates (and Hemingway)

With the US travel restrictions to Cuba recently relaxed, I was able to realize a lifelong dream and visit that enchanting tropical isle under an official educational license for "people to people" travel. There were so many highlights, I'll never...

Drinking at Drink

After dinner at No Name, we moved onto Drink. To be clear, we went to drink at a place called Drink. This is a rad little cocktail bar with equally rad bartenders. I’m not sure if this is standard protocol or if they just humored me, but I...

Cocktails in the British Countryside

Coworth Park, a gorgeous 240-acre property just 45 minutes outside of London in the town of Ascot, is the perfect place to live out your British countryside fantasies. It's the only hotel in the UK that has its own polo fields and some of the...

Jan Becher’s Bar, Karlovy Vary

The basement of the historic and stately Grandhotel Pupp is dedicated to Becherovka. The extensive menu of cocktails includes a dozen or so made with Becherovka, some of which, including the Midnight Pupp, are signature creations of the bar. ...

A Sazerac at the Sazerac Bar

A Sazerac is composed of whiskey and absinthe and nowhere has classier digs for this signature cocktail than the Sazerac Bar of the Roosevelt Hotel in downtown New Orleans where the low lights flow over heavy wood tables and the big leather...

Gelato Cocktails at the Firenze Gelato Festival

Just came back from Florence, Italy and had no idea this week was their Gelato Festival. What luck! For about 15 Euros you get a card with 5 samples of gelato, a gelato cocktail, and admission to some seminars and cooking demonstrations. Pictured...