NYC Cocktail Bar Find: The Dead Rabbit
(This article by Jenny Nguyen first appeared in ForbesLife. Click here to read the original) The Dead Rabbit NYC gives you 72 reasons to head down to the Financial District. That’s 72 expertly crafted cocktails (by Jack McGarry who has been named international bartender of the year) and an extensive selection of thoughtfully reinvented classics […]
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NYC Bar Find: Wise Men
Wise Men, a dark and moody watering hole owned by a trio of fashion and restaurant industry pros (who despite what the name suggests are not men) is where to go when you’re on Bowery, need a drink but don’t have the energy to battle the crowds at the bar. There’s plenty of fashion industry […]
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The Curators: A guide to Downtown LA for the aesthetically inclined
1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) It’s a safe bet to say that if you’re reading Melting Butter you’re likely a prolific explorer; traveller and probably to some extent, rather aesthetically inclined. If I’m right, you’re a lot like me so I’m pretty sure this app I’m going to tell you about will make […]
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NYC Cocktail Bar Find: Employees Only
Employees Only is a classic neo-speakeasy bar hidden in the West Village behind a door displaying a deceptive neon “psychic” sign. Inside, deco details and a serious cocktail list take us back to that arousing time during the depraved prohibition era of shrouded debauchery. Having opened in 2004 in a city filled with fickle bar […]
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The Curators: Wallflower’s Xavier Herit on Working for Daniel Boulud & NYC’s Best Cocktail Bars
It’s hard to progress much further when your 15-year career has already been spent working for the very best. But this isn’t so for Xavier Herit, the owner/cocktail guy responsible for Wallflower, the West Village’s latest restaurant darling. Herit undoubtedly boasts an esteemed career having worked as head cocktail consultant at the world’s finest establishments […]
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London Cocktail Bar Find: Talented Mr Fox
Leicester Square is the last place you’d expect to find a secluded and sophisticated cocktail bar. But, if you look hard enough, you may find Talented Mr Fox – a decadent cocktail bar frequented by in-the-know Londoners and design conscious travellers staying at the One Leicester Street Hotel (where the bar is situated). As you […]
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Cocktail Bar Find: Little Branch NYC
Little Branch NYC is a true hidden gem in the West Village. Enter via the most peculiar looking non-descript door on 7th Avenue and descend the stairwell into a low-lit subterranean cocktail den. Inside, the bar staff wear suspenders, the jazz music is peppy and the booths are cozy and intimate. Fortunately, the bar inherits […]
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London Bar Find: Experimental Cocktail Club
EXPERIMENTAL COCKTAIL CLUB, LONDON CHINATOWN Positioned across 3 floors of an old Chinatown townhouse is the London edition of the Experimental Cocktail Club, a prohibition bar offering shi-shi Londoners a sophisticated way to start off (or end) their evenings. The people lingering outside could be mistaken for those waiting in line for Chinese food next […]
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NYC Bar Find: Tooker Alley
TOOKER ALLEY, PROSPECT HEIGHTS This understated, yet quietly quirky artisanal cocktail bar serves up undoubtedly stylish tipples, which they evidently take very seriously. Just take a peek at their multi-page old-timey style menu which offers readers insight into the history of what they’re drinking as well as the bar’s manifesto which is to be “consciously […]
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Bar Find: Clever Little Tailor Adelaide
Downtown Adelaide is in the midst of reforming its nightlife scene and Clever Little Tailor is the boutique drinking den that appears to be leading the way. Walking along the once deserted, now up and coming Peel Street, you’ll notice the city’s laneway culture developing rapidly in the same way we saw Melbourne’s burgeon in […]
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