Behind the Bar

Snap Shot

Find out about all the new bars around the world and why they matter now. You'll find out what these new places are doing to stand out from the pack and set trends.
Head bartender Stephen Bielawski pours a cocktail at Sunken Harbor Club in Brooklyn, New York
3 Drinks That Show Why Sunken Harbor Club Is NYC’s Best New Escapist Hideaway
The bar at Overstory in New York City
3 Drinks That Show Why Overstory Is NYC’s New Special-Occasion Destination
Kol Mezcaleria in London
These 3 Drinks Show Why London’s Kol Mezcaleria Is a Bar That Matters
Bar director Pietro Collina stirs a cocktail at Side Hustle in London.
These 3 Drinks Show Why London’s Side Hustle Is a Bar That Matters
A Bar with Shapes for a Name
3 Drinks That Show Why A Bar with Shapes for a Name Is a New Bar That Matters
Silver Lyan
These 3 Drinks Show Why Silver Lyan Is the Country’s Most Exciting New Bar
Double Chicken Please Co-Founder GN Chan
These 3 Drinks Show Why Double Chicken Please Is a Bar That Matters
The backbar at 400 Rabbits
Seek the Holy Spirit(s) at This ‘Mezcal Church’
41 Gradus in Georgia
This Georgian Bar Is Going All In on the Country’s Native Spirit
The Renegade Solution to Not Using Cocktail Napkins or Coasters
3 Drinks That Explain Why Super Lyan Is a New Bar That Matters
Showing Off Poitín, Ireland’s Homegrown Spirit, at a New Bar. One That’s All Poitín, All the Time.
This Wedding-Themed Bar Is Like a Pinterest Fantasy Plucked from the Las Vegas Strip
A Viking Bar? In Cleveland? Yes. And More Yes.
3 Great Cocktails from the Most Anticipated Rum Bar Opening of 2019
Kumiko: These Are the 3 Drinks That Define Chicago's Most Anticipated New Bar in Years
New to Distilling, Alaska Makes Up for Lost Time
The Small Seoul Street Where Cocktails Reign Supreme
These 3 Drinks Show Why Oldies Is a New Bar That Matters
These 3 Drinks Explain Why Scotch Lodge Is a New Bar That Matters
A Bar for Bartenders That’s Changing the Way One Country Drinks
Inside the One Important City That’s Influence Was Ignored During the Cocktail Renaissance
Trash Tiki Is Getting Fizz-ical at Its First-Ever Bar
The Legacy of Sasha Petraske Lives On in Upstate New York
Can a Distillery Still Be a Distillery if It’s Always Moving Around?
Can a Booze-Free Bar Thrive in Hard-Drinking Dublin?
Inside the Best Little Jungle Bar in Mexico
Had It with Artificially Colored Booze? This Harlem Bar Is Now Your New Favorite Spot.
Older Is Better When It Comes to How This Peruvian Brewery Is Making Beer
This Dutch Bar Treats Gin for What It Is: A National Treasure
Seattle’s Navy Strength: My Bar in 3 Drinks
Why This Bar Uses Salt in Some of Its Drinks
Inside Xaman, Tulum's Hottest New Shaman Bar
The Recipe for Success Behind LA's Hottest New Bar? Don't Try to Be New York.
The Best Frozen Cocktails in All of the United States? Possible.
In Budapest, a Bar Where Cocktails and Music Play for Each Other
The Floor Plan of Singapore's Over-the-Top Potato Head Folk
Inside the Most Talked About New Tiki Bar in Years
Las Vegas Gets Its First Real Rum Shack. And It's Not on the Strip.
With a View Like This, Who Needs Great Cocktails? You Do.
Want to Become a Mezcal Master? Go Work Here.
Bar Legend Salvatore Calabrese’s New Hong Kong Bar at Maison Eight