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Founder April Wachtel Solves Cocktail Problems with Cheeky Cocktails

Chilled Magazine

Cheeky Espresso Syrup is redefining how bartenders approach Espresso Martinis and coffee-based drinks. With a mission to solve cocktail problems, Cheeky simplifies the process of creating bar-quality beverages without compromising on quality or flavor. What would you like bartenders to know about Cheeky Espresso Syrup?

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We’re Recapping Chilled 100 ELEVATE 2024: The Second Golden Age of the American Cocktail with Dale DeGroff and Ted Breaux

Chilled Magazine

and Dale DeGroff, the James Beard award-winning father of mixology who reinvented the bartending profession. The pair discussed the history of the American cocktail and how major U.S. events helped to shape the cocktails of today. was in its disco area, and the high-volume bar concept was introduced.

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The Treacherous, Untold Toll Bartending Takes on the Body

VinePair

Allan Katz loves bartending. His decades-long battle with chronic pain didn’t result from a freak accident or a sports injury; it’s the result of over two decades of bartending in craft cocktail bars across the country. The Occupational Hazards of Mixology Bartending can be glamorous.

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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

VinePair

Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. It felt like the cocktail industry was on the verge of something transformative. It looked more to European traditions for its inspirations, like Charles Schumann’s cocktail bar in Germany, than New York.

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October 2024 Featured Bar: KUDUOWL in Downey, CA

Bartender.com

Nestled on the second floor of a historic building that once housed the Avenue Downey movie theater of the 1950s, Kuduowl emerges as a sanctuary of craft cocktails and culinary delight. Built by bartenders, for bartenders, our mission extends beyond serving exceptional drinks.

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Do Upscale Dives Belong in the Modern Bar Landscape?

VinePair

Their efforts produced a space that can be described as an upscale dive bar: an of-the-moment concept that’s meant to be a step above a sticky-floored dive offering beers and stale pretzels but a notch below a high-volume joint slinging highfalutin $20 cocktails. We as bartenders don’t really have to educate anymore.

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Next Wave Awards Industry Icon of the Year: Clover Club

VinePair

With more than three decades in the bar industry, Reiner and Fedroff built their reputation opening and running landmark New York City bars whose legacies remain touchstones of the modern craft cocktail revival. But a new-look team was formed when general manager Christine Williams officially became a partner in 2014.

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