Podcast Episodes

Amor y Amargo

Season 1 Episode 26

Amor y Amargo was only supposed to be a six-month pop-up. Instead, it became one of the most influential bars of the modern era—a place with a distin…

4 months, 2 weeks ago

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Kees

Season 1 Episode 25

Jeff Bell may be best known for PDT, but as much as the bar reflects his influence, it wasn’t something he built from the ground up. That bar is Kees…

4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Trick Dog

Season 1 Episode 24

People come up with bar names and cocktail ideas in all kinds of ways, but for Josh Harris, inspiration often comes from memory, art, and whatever ha…

5 months ago

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Bar Goto

Season 1 Episode 23

When Kenta Goto left Pegu Club to open his own place on the Lower East Side, he was stepping into unfamiliar territory. He knew how to run a great ba…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Cure

Season 1 Episode 22

When Cure opened, Neal Bodenheimer had a simple goal: create a great neighborhood bar. He did that—and then some. Over the years, Cure has grown into…

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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Yacht Club

Season 1 Episode 21

What makes Yacht Club one of the most fun bars in America? A lot of it comes down to the energy behind it: owners Mary and McLain are clearly having …

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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De Vie

Season 1 Episode 20

The founders of De Vie met while working at Paris’s legendary Little Red Door, where they began to imagine a bar of their own—one that carried forwar…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Sip & Guzzle

Season 1 Episode 19

Shingo Gokan and Steve Schneider may not seem like an obvious bartending duo at first—but that’s exactly why they work so well together. Shingo is ro…

6 months ago

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Licorería Limantour

Season 1 Episode 18

What started as a bar opened by some of Mexico City’s most famous party promoters has become one of the world’s great cocktail institutions. On today…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Death & Company

Season 1 Episode 17

Death & Company is one of the most influential bars of the modern cocktail era. It helped establish the East Village as a true cocktail destination, …

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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