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11 Outstanding Places for Cocktails



New York

Hotel Delmano

We’re thrilled that bottle service is finally headed for the recycling bins, and we have few complaints regarding the new cocktail-lounge trend, in which originals like Milk and Honey, Death & Co., and PDT are now sharing mutual fans of mixology with Brooklyn’s Clover Club, the Hideout,…More >>

Inside New York’s Hotel Delmano

Orange County

Eva’s Caribbean Kitchen

What with all the spicy and jerk-encrusted deliciousness coming out of Eva’s Caribbean Kitchen, it’s only natural she would create a rum-based cocktail to complement her fine, fine dishes. And what a cocktail it is. Served in a martini glass, the Brown Suga (pronounced…More >>

Phoenix

El Chorro Lodge

El Chorro Lodge is a bastion of old-school cool, the kind of place where you can rely on stiff cocktails, a leisurely Arizona-glam atmosphere, and classic dishes like shrimp Louie, sautéed chicken livers with bacon, tableside chateaubriand, or a glorious mesquite-broiled prime steak. But…More >>

San Francisco

Roots

The term “organic restaurant” may conjure up images of spindly hippies poking at bowls of wheatgerm and mung beans, but at Roots the atmosphere is elegant, the foodstuffs are tempting, and there’s nothing wrong with a pre-dinner cocktail, especially if it’s made with organic vodka. Located off…More >>

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Inside San Francisco’s Roots

Seattle

Spur Gastropub

For those of us who like our bar food cheap and greasy and our cocktails classic and simple, the idea of a fancy-schmancy place such as Spur Gastropub makes us wanna get drunk and throw up on someone in protest. And yet, after sampling one of this angular, sparsely decorated haunt’s $9-plus…More >>