Booze With Buzz

The bees are to thank for Caledonia Spirits' gin, vodka and cordial

Caledonia Spirits has some unusual workers on the payroll: bees. Credit those swarming laborers with the fragrant lemon-yellow beeswax that seals each bottle of Barr Hill Gin and...

To the Bitter End

With Orleans Bitter, the Negroni can go local

Eden Ice Cider Company’s brand-new Orleans Bitter ($35 for 750 ml) is just the kick in the pants our drinking routine needed. The Negroni has had us locked under its bitter...

Year of the Rabbit

Join the gang at The Dead Rabbit in the Financial District

Barmen Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry have come a long way to make you a damn good drink. Their Atlantic crossing is much the same as that of many before; the particulars are new....

Beertopia

961 Beer is fresh out of Lebanon

961 Beer was born under the most dire conditions. For Mazen Hajjar, whose eminently drinkable beers are now available in New York for the first time, the spark to begin...

Sake to Me

SakaMai and Shigure take sake to the next level

Say it with us now: izakaya. It’s where Japanese sake, shochu, whiskey and beer meet pub food. And thanks to the wave currently cresting over New York, izakaya are where you...

Pick Up Stix

Stix brings Mediterranean food and excellent coffee together

Coffee and kebabs? This unlikely combination can be found at Stix, a new Mediterranean restaurant-slash-coffee bar in Gramercy. Pause before you caffeinate, and let head barista...