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Liquid Lunch

A bartender at Dear Irving pours a glass of bubbly. (Photo: Celeste Sloman/For New York Observer)

Liquid Lunch with Lynnette Marrero: ‘Don’t Fear the Champagne’

One of New York's top cocktail consultants explains why savvy drinkers should pop the cork—and not just on New Year's Eve
By Rafi Kohan
What sort of Grinch wouldn't want to unwrap one of these this holiday season?

Liquid Lunch Presents: Your Booze-Fueled (but Bourbon-less) Holiday Gift Guide

A good bottle of booze—especially one intended as a gift—should be a conversation starter, both before and after you take your first sip. Here, a few of our favorites.
By Rafi Kohan
Whatever you do, don't call sake "rice wine." (Photo by: Arman Dzidzovic/New York Observer)

Liquid Lunch with Jamie Graves: Why NYC (and Not Japan) Is the World’s Sake Capital

Welcome to the Rice Age.
By Rafi Kohan
Scott Campbell. (Photos: Emily Assiran/New York Observer.)

Liquid Lunch with Scott Campbell: The Art of Wine

By Rafi Kohan
Darek Bell isn't afraid to experiment on the still.

Liquid Lunch with Corsair’s Darek Bell: Talking Hopped Whiskeys and Wimpy Americans

By Rafi Kohan
“There’s no gin with a higher proof on the planet,” Allen Katz says of Perry’s Tot. (Photo credit: Roxana Azar)

Liquid Lunch with Allen Katz: A Gimlet with a Kick

By Rafi Kohan
The Salty & Sweet at Empire Diner. (Photo credit: Rafi Kohan)

Liquid Lunch with Amanda Freitag: Not Just a Float, More Like a Booze Cruise

By Rafi Kohan
Robert Simonson. (Photo: Daniel Krieger)

Liquid Lunch With Robert Simonson: Call Me Old-Fashioned

By Rafi Kohan
Oleson refers to the company's pot still as their "copper rocket ship."

Liquid Lunch With Vince Oleson: Like Water for Whiskey

By Rafi Kohan
Tim Farrell in the back room at Brooklyn Wine Exchange. (Photo: Sasha Maslov)

Liquid Lunch With Tim Farrell: ‘The New Burgundy’

By Rafi Kohan
The new NoMad bar seeks to achieve what Leo Robitschek calls a "peekaboo" effect.

Liquid Lunch with Leo Robitschek: Beer No Evil

By Rafi Kohan
You can tell much about a bartender by how he makes a daiquiri.

Liquid Lunch with Jim Meehan: “The Most Important White Rum Cocktail”

By Rafi Kohan
Photo by Roxana Azar for New York Observer

Liquid Lunch with Julie Reiner: Herb Is the Word

By Rafi Kohan
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