Announced today: Tickets to the seminars, hoedowns and demonstrations that make up Lesley Townsend’s bookish booze bacchanal go on sale Monday at 7:33pm. (Are we supposed to know the significance of this hour? Might it have something to do with, hm, the repeal of Prohibition?) The talent is multiple—all the usual suspects that you’d want to see (Philip Ward, Julie Reiner, David Wondrich, etc., etc.) will be participating in the weekend fest. Check out the bill of fare here. Save the dates (October 3 and 4)—because New York really does deserve its own version of Tales of the Cocktail. And commuting to the Astor Center is much easier than flying down to NOLA.
We’ve had more than a month to recover from Tales of the Cocktail and its attendant hangovers. But based on these figures—a by-the-numbers breakdown of everything 15,000 Tales ticket-holders consumed during the conference—New Orleans’ citrus vendors may still be picking up the pieces. One hundred thousand plastic cups? Our carbon footprint is twitching. Check out the full carnage after the jump. Read more »
Jim Meehan didn't become the world's best hot-dog server—but the snacks help.
Yes, we know we said we were done with TOTC coverage, but we neglected one very important item: a big fat congratulations to barkeep Jim Meehan, who was named Best American Bartender at the Tales of the Cocktail Spirit Awards on Saturday night. His bar, PDT, scored special honors, earning the title of World’s Best Cocktail Bar.
Meehan beat out some serious competition, including his own mentor Audrey Saunders (of Pegu Club, which was knighted Best American Bar). Other NYC notables included Clover Club (World’s Best New Cocktail Bar). Handshakes all around.
Just one day back in NYC and we’re already missing that singular New Orleans bouquet—po’-boy grease, Angostura bitters and bartenders frying in the Louisiana heat. Tales of the Cocktail has come and gone (read all about it here), and with the city’s bartenders back at their posts, it’s safe once again to go out for a drink. But before we give a final doff of the hat to the TOTC crew for a spectacular week of seminars, parties and cocktail dinners, check out this slide show for a glimpse of the event’s unique mix of education and debauchery. Read more »
Joaquin Simo with Charlotte Voisey of Hendricks gin (Photo: Daniel Krieger)
Why was Joaquin Simo so smiley at last week’s Tales of the Cocktail? It wasn’t the liquid lightning pulsing through his veins. Simo tells us that after more than two years of battling the State Liquor Authority, his East Village tipular temple Death & Company has finally nailed down its liquor license. Read more »
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Dave Wondrich (far right) with fellow cocktail historian panelists Derek Brown, Fernando Castellon and Phil Greene. (Photo: Michael Anstendig)
While originality is valued in the current cocktail craze, the desire to re-create classic drinks from the past fuels many of our favorite retro quaffs at spots such as Death & Co., PDT and Clover Club. But it takes much more than dusting off ancient cocktail books to master the recipes. Their extinct ingredients, arcane measurements and sheer opacity could frustrate even the most ardent cocktail geek. Luckily, certain hooch historians have toiled hard to unlock the secrets of Golden Age cocktails. A group of them shared their insights last week at a packed Tales seminar. Read more »
New York has its share of Jim Meehans and Dale DeGroffs, but Gotham isn’t the only cocktail capital. The Feed sat in on a talk about the world’s best bars with panelists Simon Ford and Angus Winchester. If you’re planning a trip abroad, check out this list of ten of the greatest gin joints around the globe.
Waiting for the sluggish elevator at Tales HQ, the Hotel Monteleone, we spied an exceptionally skinny barkeep with a Salvador Dalí mustache panicking that the two twisted ends were “too straight.” “It’s the humidity,” he protested, “you have no idea how to handle a mustache in this.” Boo freaking hoo.
If the duties of a brand ambassador seem a bit vague, consider the task appointed to Hendrick’s Gin delegate Charlotte Voisey. At last night’s Hendrick’s burlesque party, held at the New Orleans Roosevelt Hotel (N.B. This is the birthplace of the Sazerac cocktail), we found her dressed in a winged fairy-princess costume, which she wore for the duration of the event. TONY would never do that to us. Oh wait. Read more »
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We’ve had more than a month to recover from
