Category: What I’m Drinking Now
Ilya Romanov and the Small Talk
Ilya Romanov is the beverage manager at Iris, a Japanese-inspired cocktail bar in San Francisco. Every cocktail idea we bring to light and find the courage …
Kira Webster and the Quiet Night Thought
Kira Webster is the beverage director at Indo, a Japanese-Southeast Asian restaurant in St. Louis. I’m currently drinking Quiet Night Thought, a sparkling sake cocktail I …
Jeff Rogers and the Original House Martini
Jeff Rogers is the beverage director for Jester Concepts in Minneapolis. Our teams have tried, tested and played with so many different spirits and cocktail formulas …
Matt Hungerford and the Golden Pineapple
Matt Hungerford is general manager of Dandan Restaurant and beverage director for the JVR Restaurant Group in Milwaukee. The Golden Pineapple is a take on your …
Sophie Burton and the My Offer Is Nothing
Sophie Burton is beverage director of JoJo’s Beloved Cocktail Lounge in Atlanta. The My Offer Is Nothing cocktail is a Godfather riff. Originally just blended Scotch …
Natalie Tapken and Chateau Simone Rosé
Natalie Tapken is lead sommelier/wine and beverage director for Bluepoint Hospitality in Easton, MD. Many people think rosé needs to be consumed at a young age. …
Ervin Machado and the Hibiscus Spiced Margarita
Ervin Machado, CSW, WSET, CMS, is beverage director and sommelier for Florida-based Big Time Restaurant Group, which owns Elisabetta’s in West Palm Beach and Delray Beach; …
Rael Petit and the Painkiller
Rael Petit is the beverage director of Kokomo in Williamsburg, NY. My go-to drink lately is a Painkiller variation that I make at Kokomo, with equal …
Tanya Saxena and the Promise at Dawn
Tanya Saxena is a partner in Civetta Hospitality, which includes Amali and Bar Marseille in New York and Calissa restaurant in Water Mill, NY. At Amali, a …