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The Cocktail College Podcast: The East India Cocktail

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Here to answer all of those questions is Chicago-based Abe Vucekovich, beverage director at Meadowlark Hospitality. In this episode, well embark on an international history lesson, discuss the interaction between tropical fruit and aged spirits, and consider how to apply some molecular mixology techniques to this drink.

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

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Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. We realized that we had something, that people liked our hospitality. Employees Only (EO) came into the world on Nov. Kosmas: The idea was really for us. It was amazing.

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At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Is That Such a Bad Thing?

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Harrison is the founder of Rachel Harrison Communications, a publicity firm that is prominent in the food, drink, and hospitality world. She believes the rising cost of every aspect of doing business in the post-pandemic hospitality sphere was a wake-up call for many bars, both old and new. “As

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NoMad Is NYC’s Hottest Cocktail Neighborhood — Drinkers Just Don’t Know It Yet

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He strolled into the Bronze Owl, a new cocktail bar on West 33rd Street near Broadway recently opened by the Hospitality Department restaurant and bar group. On a recent night in May, Charles Joly, the noted Chicago bartender, was in New York.