Category: bars
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The Future of San Francisco Cocktails (Predicted By Me) in San Francisco Magazine
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in aquavit, bars, bartenders, camper_clips, cocktails, distilling, ice, San Francisco, trends, whiskyTen articles by yours truly on drinking and bartending trends in the SF Bay Area.
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This Guy will have Visited all the World’s 50 Best Bars
Nico de Soto of Mace in New York has visited 49 out of the World's 50 Best Bars 2016 list. He'll hit the last one shortly, and if his predictions are correct, also finish the 2017 list (announced October 5th in London) soon afterward. I interviewed him for SevenFifty Daily.
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Robot Bartenders in the News
While robots will eventually make all our jobs obsolete, they seem to be coming for bartenders first. Three robot bartender happenings have popped up on my radar recently.
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Air-Conditioned Cocktail Bars in San Francisco
I’m compiling a list of bars with air conditioning in a city that rarely needs it.
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All the Cocktails and Spirits Books Published in 2016 for Reading or Gifting
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This year’s batch of cocktail and spirits books – all put together in one big list to make your gift list (or your own wish list) easy to see.
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Bartender Nexus: Range in San Francisco and its All-Star Cast
The owners of Range Restaurant announced that they'll be closing at the end of the year after 12 years in operation. Let's talk about how important this restaurant was for the world of San Francisco cocktails. This little restaurant was a surprising nexus of talented bartenders. I've been making mental notes of "nexus bars" for a while as…
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Nothing Shaken, Nothing Stirred: The Perennial’s Strained Relationship with Ice
A very forward-thinking cocktail program designed to eliminate waste at San Francisco restaurant The Perennial, with special attention on water waste.
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What They Got Right – and Wrong – at ABV in San Francisco
I decided to interview one of the owners, Ryan Fitzgerald, on what he feels they did right and wrong, and what changed from initial plans, when opening San Francisco bar ABV.
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A List of Awesome Bar Names from Jamaica
Jamaica has a ton of little bars with “sexy” names. Here is a list of fun ones we saw.
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Cocktails in Sydney’s Downtown District
While I was in Sydney for the Bacardi Legacy global cocktail competition earlier this year, I checked out a bunch of the bars. Here is a write-up of just one neighborhood’s best cocktail options.