Naren Young
Location: New York
Naren Young is a bartender and writer, best known as the former creative director of Dante, the acclaimed bar in New York's Greenwich Village.
Experience
Naren Young was the creative director at Dante from 2015 to 2020. During his tenure, the bar won numerous awards, including being named the best bar in the world on the 2019 World's 50 Best Bars list. He speaks at many of the world’s biggest bar shows, gives master classes to bar professionals and judges global cocktail competitions.
In addition to his work for Liquor.com, Young's writing has been featured in Condé Nast Traveler, Eater, Epicurious, Food Republic and Imbibe.
About Liquor.com
Liquor.com is dedicated to good drinking and great living. We inspire, entertain and educate anyone—and everyone—interested in what happens in the glass and out of it.
Dotdash is among the largest and fastest growing publishers online, and has won over 50 awards in the last year alone, including Digiday's 2020 Publisher of the Year. Dotdash brands include Verywell, Investopedia, The Balance, The Spruce, Simply Recipes, Serious Eats, Byrdie, Brides, MyDomaine, Lifewire, TripSavvy, Liquor.com, and TreeHugger.
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