Bar Talk

Bar Talk: Stay the Night

Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

Jeff Josenhans, The US Grant Hotel, San Diego

Since arriving at San Diego’s famed US Grant Hotel four years ago, Jeff Josenhans, director of venues for the property, has rejuvenated the Grant Grill’s beverage program. The beer list is flooded with local micro-brews; half-bottles of wine from small producers are plentiful; and one of the star libations is a Centennial Manhattan, barrel-aged ... read more>

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Bar Talk: Quick Quality

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

In the Morningside neighborhood of Atlanta, low-key eatery The Family Dog attracts locals with vibrant pub food and drinks to match. Here, bar manager Jason Kemp talks five-minute cocktails, the importance of advance prep and classy fruit punch. THE BEVERAGE NETWORK: What is your approach to The Family Dog’s cocktail program? JASON KEMP: The Family ... read more>

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Bar Talk: At Your Service

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Bryan Dayton, OAK at Fourteenth, Boulder, CO

Bryan Dayton, OAK at Fourteenth, ... read more>

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Bar Talk: The Chameleon

Wednesday, January 30th, 2013

Olivier Flosse, Beverage Director of ... read more>

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Bar Talk: Southern Exposure

Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Dusty Frierson, Purple Parrot Café, Hattiesburg, ... read more>

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Bar Talk: Seeing Brown

Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Michael Ferrie, Caledonia Scottish Pub, New ... read more>

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Bar Talk: Garden Party

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Pennsylvania native Aimee Olexy elevated Philadelphia’s BYOB scene when she opened the Society Hill restaurant Django back in 2001. Today, in partnership with Stephen Starr, she brings seasonal-minded dining to new heights at Talula’s ... read more>

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Bar Talk: She’s Fresh

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

Kristin Almy, Bar Manager, Grand Café, San Francisco Just five years ago it would have been hard to imagine a bar serving cocktails on draft. Now we’ve entered an era where even green Chartreuse flows from a tap—at least at Grand Café at the Hotel Monaco in San Francisco, the first establishment in the country ... read more>

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Bar Talk: A Homecoming, Midtown Style

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

Adam DelGiudice, Beverage Director, Noir, NYC Although New York–bred, it was in Miami, at The Florida Room and the pop-up concept The Broken Shaker, where Adam DelGiudice made his mark behind the stick. DelGiudice went to school in Brooklyn with Leo DeGroff—and grew up with King Cocktail as a mentor. Now he is back, instilling ... read more>

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Bar Talk: Wild Card

Monday, July 30th, 2012

Max Solano, Beverage Director, Delmonico Steakhouse and Table 10, Las Vegas Walk by Delmonico, Emeril Lagasse’s buzzing steakhouse at the Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, during happy hour, and the bar will be packed. But Beverage Director Max Solano (he also presides over the drinks list at Lagasse’s Table 10), who can ... read more>