VinePair

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fancy craft cocktail spot serving $20 Negroni riffs or a seedy dive bar with sticky floors and the faint smell of urine wafting through the air: Shot glasses are always on hand, waiting to be filled. Shots are the bar scene’s greatest equalizer. We call it either the Rum House shot or S&M.”

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VinePair

MAY 13, 2024

They are also the new East Village tastemakers shifting the cocktail bar scene’s vibe to something that infuses modern technique and skill with the casual, punk-rock ethos of the East Village dives of yore — albeit with less graffiti in the bathrooms. The product isn’t the cocktail. It’s not for the cocktail.

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VinePair

MARCH 25, 2025

We see a lot of travelers from [Southern California] so it was a great opportunity to provide locals and visitors to the resort a taste of New Orleans craft cocktail experience, Bodenheimer says. For Schmuck, it was a bit different. That’s not to say it’s a one-way street of knowledge and information, though.

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