Camper English is a cocktails and spirits writer and educator and the author of Doctors and Distillers, and the Tales of the Cocktail Award-winning The Ice Book.
Tony Sachs has been writing about spirits and cocktails since 2007. His work has been featured in Robb Report, the Huffington Post, Whisky Advocate, Esquire, and Serious Eats, among many other publications.
Andrew McFetridge is an NYC-based Certified Sommelier, Spanish and French Wine Scholar, and self-described wine nerd.
Betsy Andrews is an award-winning food, drink, and travel writer. She is contributing editor at Food & Wine and at SevenFifty Daily.
Em Sauter launched her award-winning website Pints and Panels, an illustrative platform in beer, which led to writing for VinePair, Craft Beer and Brewing, Forbes, Good Beer Hunting, Pellicle, Outside, and All About Beer.
Lisa Futterman, ACS CCP, is a cheesemonger and freelance beverage journalist based in Chicago.
As contentious as how much vermouth one should use, and as unclear and murky as an overly dirty Martini, here is the rollicking story of the origin of the Martini.
21 Club was located at 21 West 52nd Street and opened (as a speakeasy, naturally) during a wild party on Dec. 31, 1929. It played host to writers, movie stars, singers, and every American President since Franklin Delano Roosevelt except for George W. Bush.
Just over half a century ago, in a Manhattan that was defined by sharp suits and three-Martini lunches, there was a joint called Toots Shor's.
Here are a few historic drinking and dining institutions where even real New Yorkers still want to come for a drink.
Jilly’s Saloon on West 52nd Street was where Frank Sinatra and Johnny Carson crossed paths. Later it became the famed Russian Samovar. The decades long, celebrity-filled story of 256 West 52nd Street.
The history of hotel bars and the role they’ve played in cocktail history.
Pamela Vachon is a freelance food and travel writer whose work has also appeared in Wine Enthusiast, Bon Appétit, CNET, and VinePair, among others.