Podcast Episodes

Attaboy

Season 1 Episode 16

How do you inherit a room as legendary as Milk & Honey—and still make it unmistakably yours? On this episode of The Buildout, Adam sits down with Sam…

6 months, 3 weeks ago

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Pouring Ribbons

Season 1 Episode 15

On this episode of The Buildout, Adam sits down with acclaimed bartender Joaquin Simo to tell the full story of Pouring Ribbons—from the early buildo…

7 months ago

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Shinji's

Season 1 Episode 14

Stepping into Shinji’s feels a bit like tumbling down the rabbit hole.

Drinks arrive inside hollowed-out oranges. A Ramos Gin Fizz appears in seconds …

7 months, 1 week ago

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Clover Club

Season 1 Episode 13

The original idea behind Clover Club was simple: open a great bar closer to home.

What wasn’t simple was the execution. When the bar debuted, no one h…

7 months, 2 weeks ago

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Overstory

Season 1 Episode 12

Perched high above the clouds, Overstory is unlike anything else in Manhattan.

Launching a refined, high-end cocktail bar in the heart of the Financia…

7 months, 3 weeks ago

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Martiny's

Season 1 Episode 11

When Takuma Watanabe left Angel’s Share, he wasn’t just moving on — he was chasing a vision: to build the ultimate Japanese-style cocktail bar in New…

8 months ago

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Clemente Bar

Season 1 Episode 10

Why would one of the most celebrated restaurants in the world — Eleven Madison Park — open a cocktail bar? Turns out the answer isn’t “because they c…

8 months, 1 week ago

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Superbueno

Season 1 Episode 9

Mexico’s bar scene has exploded over the past decade — but bartender and owner Nacho Jimenez set his sights on something different: building a New Yo…

8 months, 2 weeks ago

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Double Chicken Please

Season 1 Episode 8

When GN Chan and Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please, the idea of cocktails that taste like food was still a novelty in New York City. Almost imme…

8 months, 3 weeks ago

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Katana Kitten

Season 1 Episode 7

Masa Urushido will never take credit for the runaway success of Katana Kitten. Despite the awards and global acclaim, he insists the real story is th…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

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