Cocktails News

When you're at a bar, do you have a go-to drink? Do you always start with a beer or go straight to a shot? Maybe you're a cocktail-lover -- do you always gravitate to a reliable favorite or are you always looking for something new? Finding your match in a drink is important.

Advanced Audio Technology of New York recently installed Martin Audio AQ28 loudspeakers throughout the elegant Skylark Lounge in Manhattan to achieve the clarity, punch and presence required by the venue.

Start the day at designer Jamie Pope 's Liz James Designs showroom and get a new look.

Dick's Last Resort: A bar and restaurant where you pay people to be dicks to you.

"If you shake a gin martini, it will bruise the spirit and turn it from clear to cloudy," Sensology's brand ambassador James Wynn- Williams said.

High-profile openings like Carbon Bar, Boots & Bourbon and the recently announced La Carnita in the Beaches have been garnering the east end a lot of attention.

A sudden proliferation of sriracha cocktails promises to drown our sorrows over the impending hot sauce shortage.

And two centuries after the sacred combination of spirit , bitters, sugar and water graced its first glass, it remains a memorable elixir.

The Drunken Vegan , a.k.a. Patrick J. Hurley, is a full-time barman at the Civil Life Brewing Company and cocktail enthusiast about town.

Snake Oil Co. partners Frankie Thaheld and Michael Esposito believe in integrating fresh produce and herbs into their specialty cocktails that they customize for special events, restaurants and San Diego Symphony.

Refreshing and aromatic, cooling and healthful, mint has carved a prominent role for itself in the culinary pages of professional and home chefs alike.

Each city has organised a networking cocktail reception followed by a dinner and a raffle draw for major partners in leisure, corporate, government, airline and royal family segments The Hyatt Round the Gulf is scheduled from April 13 to April 17, 2014 with 18 Hyatt hotels from across the globe trailing five key cities in GCC - starting with ... (more)

The abalone bisque, lower right, is served on the Steinbeck Platter during happy hour at The Sardine Factory in Monterey.

Earth Day is for supporting environmental protection around the world. And from Leonardo DiCaprio to Cate Blanchett, here are a few celebrities that are doing their part.

Bartender JP Caceres is still fighting his immigration battle , but two weeks ago he had a victory: A D.C. judge found him not guilty of simple assault and other charges that had landed him an immigration detention center last December.

With each and every season, Greenwich Village welcomes a batch of new restaurants , but Minetta Tavern will likely always endure.

Looking to give your favorite cocktails a bit of green? This Earth Day , freshen up your drink with something from the garden! Check out some easy to make recipes below, or visit a local NYC bar and ask for a special "green" drink for Earth Day! Pick your favorite flowers and scatter in an ice tray.

The drink reflects two of the town's icons: its name comes from Greenwich Mean Time, while the core ingredient is Cutty Sark whisky.

Blanchette offers a snapshot of France viewed from a rose-tinted prism, with GA©rard Depardieu and Vanessa Paradis playing starring roles, the former grinning over a bubbling stockpot on the cover of his cookbook and the latter staring seductively from the confines of a seven-inch propped up on a vintage dresser.

Justin Noel, owner of Greenwich Village cocktail bar Sweetwater Social, was packing up supplies from a liquor industry event the other day, when he caught sight of an unattended box filled with valuables.