Fizzy Lifting Drink

Gina Chersevani turns to sodas at Buffalo & Bergen

Buffalo & Bergen tastes like childhood. Named for the Brooklyn intersection where mixologist Gina Chersevani’s mom grew up, the new Union Market soda fountain is the...

Sip and Spin

Our guide to the best cocktails of 2012

There’s never been a better time to belly up to a bar in D.C. From classic to wildly futuristic, the concoctions we’re seeing on menus around town make us happy to...

Tippling Tour

TNT Bar brings together the best and brightest bartenders

Todd Thrasher has friends in high-tippling places. When the cocktail guru behind Restaurant Eve and Px set out to open TNT, a rock-themed bar behind the new Eamonn’s,...

Tip of the Hat

Green Hat Gin brings distilling back to D.C.

We were prepared to like Green Hat Gin simply because it is the first spirit produced by the first distillery to operate in Washington since Prohibition. But the weeks-old spirit...

Hot Scoop

Pitango Gelato warms things up

Our ice cream cravings usually diminish as the temperature drops. But Pitango Gelato is turning its hot-weather ingredients into the perfect antidote to early-fall chills. This...