Drink

Port City Brewing Co.'s Forward Flavors | Alexandria, Washington D.C.

Port City's Porter barrels forward with flavor.

Natural Wine Bars Take Over | San Francisco

Two new wine bars--Pause in San Francisco and The Punchdown in Oakland--are serving unusual varietals.

Good Beer Is Beer To Go | East Village, New York City

Good Beer in the East Village is a one-stop beer shop--you can both drink and buy.

Half & Half Tea's Boba Tea | Los Angeles Tasting Table

Half & Half Tea House in the City of Industry

Adams Mill Bar In Adams Morgan

This popular Adams Morgan watering hole closed over the weekend.

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Valentine's Day & Date Night BYOB Dining | Chicago

BYOB and nearby wine shops for inexpensive Valentine's Day dining.

Los Angeles Bartenders Do Citrus | Los Angeles

L.A.-area cocktails that make use of the season's citrus crop.

Caffe Streets

This new Division Street coffee shop serves Intelligentsia espresso and Madcap coffee but deviates from the norm by not offering WiFi, with the hope that people will come to the shop to talk, not work.

Chartreuse Liqueur

Chartreuse is becoming the liquor of choice to pair with chocolate at bars around the country.

Gotham Project's Wine Kegs | New York City

Gotham Project is New York's first all-keg wine company.

Jura's Vin Jaune Takes Over | San Francisco

Vin Jaune, literally translated as "yellow wine," hails from the Jura region of France. You've likely never heard of it, but it's worth learning about.

CityGrounds Coffee Bar

Despaña Vinos Y Más In Little Italy

The owners of the Spanish food store Despaña have opened this wine shop next door (at 410 Broome St.; 212-219-1550) with some 400 different wines.

Jug Wine By Sherman And Hooker: Shebang!

Sherman and Hooker Shebang from Bedrock Wine Co. is making over the reputation of jug wine.

http://www.canarumbar.com/

This members-only downtown bar is debuting its new winter cocktail menu tonight. The list (click here to download ) expands beyond rum-based libations like the Palmetto (El Dorado 12-year Demerara, Carpano Antica vermouth and orange bitters) to include non-molasses spirits, as in The Good Word (reposado mezcal, Yellow Chartreuse, maraschino and lime).

ADC Bar At Donovan House

Starting tomorrow night, the Donovan House will transform its rooftop deck into an ice bar with fire pits, hot drinks and specialty cocktails.

Haymarket Pub & Brewery's House Beers | Chicago

Brewer Pete Crowley at Haymarket Pub and Brewery.

Wellington's Wine Bar Knows Beer | San Francisco

At a Sausalito wine bar with a view of the Bay, an all-European beer list rivals the vinous selections.

Maritime-Themed Bar, The Drink | Williamsburg, NYC

The Drink in Williamsburg offers a mellow maritime theme with dozen nautically named punches gussied up with house-made syrups and fresh spices.

Wisdom Bar On Capitol Hill

Kensington Marmalade Company's Elixirs | San Francisco

Brighten up your winter cocktails with citrus mixers made from fruit foraged from East Bay backyards.

Flip Cocktails In Chicago, New Orleans, D.C., And L.A

Flips--a type of classic cocktail that uses a whole egg--are making a comeback in bars around the country.

Maple-Syrup Lattes At Gorilla Coffee & More | NYC

Maple-syrup lattes sweetened with the finest locally-tapped elixirs are the perfect winter drink.

New Belgium Brewery, Allagash Brewing Craft Vrienden

Vrienden Ale is a collaboration between Allagash Brewing Co in Maine and New Belgium Brewing in Colorado that uses unlikely ingredients like endive and hibiscus.

A New Gadget To Improve Your Coffee Brew

The Kone is a stainless steel filter for pour-over coffee equipment like the Chemex.

Chambers Street Wines Sells Cheap, Rare | Tribeca, NYC

David Lillie, co-owner Chambers Street Wines recently began importing bottles directly from a handful of his favorite off-the-radar estates abroad.