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Allegory
Season 1 Episode 36
Allegory DC was never supposed to become a 50 Best bar. But when Covid hit, the entire team left, and Deke Dunne found himself the last man standing.…
2 months, 1 week ago
Dante
Season 1 Episode 35
For many, Dante is the bar that put New York’s modern cocktail scene back on the map. After rising to the top of the World’s 50 Best Bars list in jus…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Echo Lake
Season 1 Episode 34
What happens when a celebrated cocktail journalist and one of the country’s foremost rum authorities join forces? The result is Echo Lake. But openin…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Nine Bar
Season 1 Episode 33
Taking over a decades-old family restaurant is daunting enough. Turning it into a cocktail bar in Chicago’s Chinatown — a neighborhood without a high…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Keefer Bar
Season 1 Episode 32
Opened in 2009, The Keefer Bar quickly became one of Vancouver’s essential cocktail destinations. But what happens when a beloved local institution s…
3 months ago
Bitter & Twisted
Season 1 Episode 31
When Ross Simon left London for the States, he set out to make his mark on the American cocktail scene. What he didn’t know was that mark would be ma…
3 months, 1 week ago
Joseph Leonard
Season 1 Episode 30
From the moment Joseph Leonard opened, it was nearly impossible to get a table. The restaurant had an energy from day one that made diners want to sp…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
True Laurel
Season 1 Episode 29
Ask anyone in the cocktail world where the energy is on the West Coast right now, and one name keeps coming up: True Laurel.
On this episode of The Bu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Leyenda
Season 1 Episode 28
What does it mean to mourn a bar? When a place becomes more than a business — a home for its staff, a gathering place for its regulars, and a definin…
4 months ago
Banshee
Season 1 Episode 27
At a time when many new cocktail bars are chasing acclaim with high-tech techniques and elaborate presentations, Jen Murphy went in the opposite dire…
4 months, 1 week ago