Liqueurs

How to Make a Super Rum Punch from Havana Central

There's no way around it: It's just. Too. Damn. Cold. Sure, you could slurp down soup with the masses, but we'd rather take a trip someone warm, even if it's only in our minds. This week, we're drinking the super rum punch at Havana Central, an energetically kitschy homage that's more reminiscent ... More >>

How to Make the Blonde Manhattan from Lilium

Lady Gaga, Scarlett Johansson, Veronica Lake, Danny Bowien. Recognizable names? Sure. Blond New Yorkers? You bet. (Looks like you're one of us now, Danny.) Lighten up your drink order this holiday with the Blonde Manhattan from Lilium in Union Square. Being served as a tribute to the 79th annivers ... More >>

Emeche Cupcakes Puts Booze in the Buttercream: Taste 'Em This Weekend

How can you make the innocuous cupcake all grown up? You spike it, of course. And besides a simple chocolate high, everyone would surely love a little buzz from their dessert. Emeche Cupcakes ("emeche" meaning tipsy en Français) is a tiny bakery brought to Brooklyn by Chicago native Janell Richmond ... More >>

How To Make Chilean Extra Virgin Olive Oil Martini From Olives

Today's cocktail recipe comes to us from Todd English over at Olives in Union Square. The Chilean Extra Virgin Olive Oil Martini is a specialty cocktail that's one of their more popular drinks. It doesn't have the thick oily feel you might expect. There's a sort of robust freshness that comes along ... More >>

Boozy Empanadas From Havana Central

[See More Booze News: Daily Alcohol Consumption Linked to Breast Cancer | Shape of Wine Glass May Affect Taste of Wine] Taking a shot with its new dessert concept, Havana Central is putting an adult spin on its signature dish: the empanada. Yes, these are alcoholic empanadas. Selections include t ... More >>

Year of the Takeout Day 166: Mixed Drink Suggestions!

Random Beverages from Chinatown Grocery

Bittermens' Janet Glasser on Bitter Liqueurs

After trying Bittermens gentian liqueur in The Shanty's Sauvetage cocktail, we decided to check out Bittermens Spirits, a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in bitter and herbal liqueurs. We found that its products have been embraced by some of the city's top bars like PDT, Amor y Amargo, and D ... More >>

The Curly & the Turk at the Tippler

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. The drink: Curly & the Turk The bar: The Tippler (425 West 15th Street, 212-206-0000) The price: $11 The ingredients: G'Vine gin, blue curacao, lemon juice, hibiscus syrup, chile, Moroccan bitters

Creamy Chocolate Martini at La Lanterna di Vittorio

The drink: Creamy Chocolate Martini The bar: La Lanterna di Vittorio (129 MacDougal Street, 212-981-2731) The price: $13.50 The ingredients: Vodka, creme de cacao, and Baileys

Maison Martini at Maison

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too.The drink: Maison Martini The bar: Maison (1700 Broadway, at 53rd Street, 212-757-2233) The price: $12 The ingredients: Finlandia Lime, Lillet Blanc, Cointreau

We Be Jammin' : NYC Cocktails Made With--Yes--Jam

Erin PhranerCaffe Falai's Radici del Sole does it with marmalade ​ Bartenders around the city are scooping jams, preserves, and marmalades into their cocktails. The resulting brews are sweet yet faintly tart and perfectly ripe for summer boozing. Here are our 13 faves--but keep your eyes peele ... More >>

The Wild and Wacky Flavors of Laboratorio del Gelato

​Beet is one of the stranger new flavors at Laboratorio del Gelato. Now that Laboratorio is in its new digs on Houston Street, steps away from Katz's Deli, we can realize just how wonderful their oddest flavors can be. In the old place on Orchard, maybe there were plenty of off-the-wall sel ... More >>

What to Drink at Weather Up Tribeca: Via Vero

Each week in The Daily Shot, we have ourselves a drink that we think you should try, too. 'The true way' to happiness?​The drink: Via Vero The bar: Weather Up (159 Duane, Tribeca, 212-766-3206) The price: $14 The ingredients: Añejo rum, pear liqueur, Carpano Antica Sweet Vermouth, and Jer ... More >>

Britney Spears' Femme Fatale: Is That a Good Title For Her?

The linked mtv.com piece wonders if Femme Fatale is an apt name for a Britney Spears album, seeing as that's precisely the one they've slapped on her upcoming assortment of suggestive pop songs. Naturally, I'm one of the experts quoted in the item, and I'm rather proud of one of my quotes:

What's Happening This Week: A Winter Cocktail Class; A Fatty Christmas

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Winter Cocktails Class The Brooklyn Kitchen Wednesday, December 15 at 6:30 p.m. Join Tom Chadwick of Dram in Williamsburg and Mayur Subbarro of Mayahuel in the East ... More >>

CALL ME ‘THE DUDE’

Can the real Lebowski please stand up?

Certified Open: Bar Henry in the West Village

​Bar Henry (90 West Houston Street), the purported "American sister" of the West Village's Cafe Henri, opened last night. This wine-centric American bistro, housed in the space formerly occupied by Zinc Bar, is serving up Pat LaFrieda and Niman Ranch-sourced meats prepared by chefs Christian O ... More >>

Jigger of Gin at a New Grand Street Cocktail Lounge

In a pickle at a fashionable Williamsburg cocktail lounge

Mixing Up Bottle Service

The Spirit Tree adds a new level of status to drinking

Tuscan Tribeca

The Eggman Cometh