Greg Lindgren from Rye was cited in the Wall Street Journal this weekend, but unfortunately his cocktail recipe didn't get printed along with the others. Perhaps the most ambitious entry came from Greg Lindgren, an owner of the San Francisco bar Rye. He proposed poaching quince in honey, water and... Read more →
Hey bartenders- here's another contest of sorts. You can apply to become one of 100 weekend consultants at the Grand Marnier/Navan Mixology Summit in Vail, CO this March. They pay $1200 for your opinions but you have to pay airfare and two nights hotel. So they money isn't extraordinary but... Read more →
The SF Chronicle's Wine Section comes out with the now-annual gift guide today. To read the intro and all of the items, start here, then follow the links in the box on the right. I listed some suggestions for gift books (Felten, Wondrich, In the Land of Cocktails), Gary Regan... Read more →
Hey look, I wrote a little thing in Time magazine's Style and Design issue on hidden cocktail bars as a national trend. Here it is online, and here is the scan. Labels: bars, camper_clips Read more →
Tequila and mezcal we've heard of, but it turns out there are several other kinds of agave spirits like raicilla and bacanora. William Down gives the run-down. Labels: tequila Read more →
Looks who's quoted on ForbesTraveler.com on classic cocktails in classic hotel bars: your old pal Camper English. Labels: camper_clips, cocktails Read more →
When you open a restaurant, please don't call it a bar. We already have Bar Tartine, B*Star Bar, Bar Johnny, Bar Jules, and others. Just stop. Bars are for drinks. Thanks. Labels: restaurants Read more →
I'm back from a week in Mexico, where we toured 5 distilleries 5 days in a row. Between them- 4 Copas, Partida, Cazadores, El Tesoro, and Herradura- I endured at least 9 mariachi bands, 1 bout of Montezuma's revenge, 1 venue in which you can pee in a trough beneath... Read more →