Sure, we were in Brooklyn and it was a cold winter’s eve, but nestled inside the Brooklyn Brewery last Wednesday night at How To Prepare a Mexican Feast, we might as well have been in Mexico…at least as far as our stomachs were concerned.
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Unlike all other distilleries in the country, the folks at Hillrock Estate Distillery are growing their own barley and rye for the line of whiskeys they released last year. It’s a nod to the past when New York State was responsible for growing about half the country’s barley and rye, as well as a pledge of faith that sometimes the old ways of doing things just work best.
On January 9th a fire ripped through Oslo Coffee Roaster’s Bedford Avenue location, destroying the space and the equipment. Now their friends at Blue Bottle Coffee are hosting a latte art throwdown to raise money for the folks at Oslo. Aw…it’s so sweet, right? One coffee roaster helping another.
It feels like we’ve been counting down the days to Good Spirits, our annual cocktail and food pairing extravaganza, FOREVER. But it’s finally almost here! Only six more days until we’ll be sipping cocktails that transport us to warm, sunny beaches and devouring pork belly sliders, Island Creek oysters and so much more.
At the new upscale, upstairs Avenue B bar Pouring Ribbons, mixological theatrics take a back seat to methodical experimentation.
The theme for this year’s TEDx Manhattan conference, “Changing the Way We Eat,” couldn’t be dearer to our hearts: to explore the food system as we shift to a more sustainable way of eating and farming. Sadly for us (and most of you) tickets are way sold out. The good news is we can all tune in to the conference online here where it will be livestreaming this Saturday, February 16th, from 10:30am – 6:00pm.
Top Hops, the gorgeous beer bar and market that opened on Orchard Street last year, stocks 700 brews in cans and bottles. Between that incredible selection and the 20 taps for filling growlers to go or pints to stay, we’re in beer heaven.
Edible Manhattan and Grey Goose Vodka invite you to stop by your neighborhood wine shop on Thursday, February 7th at 5 p.m. to enjoy free cocktails handcrafted by local bartenders.
Long before beer menus competed with wine lists for space at the fancier spots around town, Sam Merritt saw a niche that needed filling: beer education.
Black Dirt Bourbon is a dry, almost chocolaty whiskey with loads of local character, owning to the dark, famously fertile soil left behind by receding glaciers 12,000 years ago.
At Appellation Wines & Spirits, owner Scott Pactor doesn’t let just any old bottle hit the shelves. Since 2005 he’s carefully curated his selection of organic and biodynamic wines, setting a standard that was ahead of its time.
Cider isn’t just that saccharine, bubbly stuff kids drink when the adults want to propose a toast anymore. Nowadays, the apple-based drink–in drier, sparkling, boozy forms–is competing with craft beers for space on upscale restaurant menus.
