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Grandpa Richard Highball Cocktail
February 25, 2020
Louis Anderman, founder of Miracle Mile Bitters, used to make Celery Bitters in very limited...
Bar Owl in Niigata City
May 25, 2015
When we mentioned to Mr. Akio Watanabe, owner of Bar EST! in Tokyo that we...
Postcard from Shanghai: Speakeasy Secret
May 22, 2015
*Yoko is in China for 10 days! And with no access to Facebook or Instagram,...
Tokyo JUNKtion: Entering the Womb at Bar Caesarean
May 7, 2015
The name Caesarean derives from all things related to Caesar, the Roman general whose actions...
Akio Watanabe of Bar EST! (Tokyo)
April 2, 2015
Looking back on our trip to Japan in February, the most memorable cocktail was at...
Meet Masako Ikegami of Bar Shake (Ginza)
November 10, 2014
We met the gracious Masako Ikegami in 2010, before we opened our shop in Oakland,...
Adventures in Nakano: Hitomi Bar
April 12, 2014
Male bartenders in Japan are full of themselves. There, I said it. From the few...
Tokyo JUNKtion: Dessert Le Comptoir (Fukasawa)
March 14, 2013
The art of perfection is everywhere in Japan. In its laquerware, electronics and especially in...
Ask a Bartender from Japan: The Art of Cleaning the Bar
March 1, 2013
*We asked our friend, Mr. Tomokazu Kai of Heuga Bar in Gifu City, "What types...
Skankynavia: L'Etoile
October 3, 2012
A new cocktail bar opened in Copenhagen in the spring of 2012. The creation of...
Tokyo-SF Bartender Salon
March 21, 2012
On Sunday 3/11, the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in Northern Japan, Yoko...
Happy Hour: Pusser's v. Painkiller
June 16, 2011
In the past week there's been a lot of buzz in cocktail circles regarding the...