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Threesome Tollbooth Is the “Intimate” Speakeasy Experience No One Asked For

Threesome Tollbooth Is the “Intimate” Speakeasy Experience No One Asked For

I got drunk in a closet in the name of grassroots journalism.

How to Make it as a Cartoonist with Jeremy Nguyen

How to Make it as a Cartoonist with Jeremy Nguyen

How to Make It In: Bartending With Dimitri Manousakis

How to Make It In: Bartending With Dimitri Manousakis

The Bad Old Days Shares the Recipe for Their Refreshing Chipotle Paloma

The Bad Old Days Shares the Recipe for Their Refreshing Chipotle Paloma

The bartenders of The Bad Old Days tell us why the Paloma is their favorite make-at-home summer drink!

Darlings, A Pats Bar Sister to Bushwick’s Montana’s Trailhouse and Twin Suns, Opens Today

Darlings, A Pats Bar Sister to Bushwick’s Montana’s Trailhouse and Twin Suns, Opens Today

Study Spanish, Support Local Mexican Business and Drink Tequila: How To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo In Bushwick

Study Spanish, Support Local Mexican Business and Drink Tequila: How To Celebrate Cinco De Mayo In Bushwick

Feliz Cinco De Mayo! Bushwick residents certainly don’t need a reason to celebrate New York City’s Mexican heritage, but it sure doesn’t hurt to have one! In that spirit, here is a list of some of the best ways to observe the holiday in the neighborhood

Brooklyn Kava, Bushwick’s Original Kava Company, Offers A Unique Experience For Kava And Coffee Drinkers

Brooklyn Kava, Bushwick’s Original Kava Company, Offers A Unique Experience For Kava And Coffee Drinkers

Kava is sweeping the neighborhood! As you may have read in a previous post, kava is a ceremonial drink from the Polynesian Islands that has been steadily gaining popularity in the US via kava cafes (perhaps you’ve noticed the arrival of the chain Kavasutra)

Father Knows Best is Bushwick’s Greatest New Cafe/Restaurant/Bar off the Wilson Stop

Father Knows Best is Bushwick’s Greatest New Cafe/Restaurant/Bar off the Wilson Stop

All Photos by Mark Davis for Bushwick Daily Father Knows Best, a cafe by day, bar by night, and restaurant all day, just recently opened up off the Wilson L stop. While greater Bushwick is in no way hurting for joints like this, they’re not so plentiful off the Wilson stop— so for anyone over there who likes to grab […]

At Starliner Bar, Big Booths and a Generous Happy Hour

At Starliner Bar, Big Booths and a Generous Happy Hour

The Starliner, the newest bar located off Myrtle-Wyckoff is about to be your new favorite local bar

Bushwick Mixer: The Last Word from The Left Hand Path

Bushwick Mixer: The Last Word from The Left Hand Path

As fall set in, I ventured out to Left Hand Path on Wyckoff avenue, one of the newest places to open up recently in Bushwick

Bushwick Mixer: Brigg’s Cup from Heavy Woods

Bushwick Mixer: Brigg’s Cup from Heavy Woods

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Bushwick Mixer: The Knickerbocker Hotel from 1 Knickerbocker

Bushwick Mixer: The Knickerbocker Hotel from 1 Knickerbocker

The Knickerbocker Hotel There is no easy or difficult way of making a cocktail. As the book Elements of Style concludes: “The longest way round is usually the shortest way home.” In the case of a cocktail, it’s all about capturing a multifaceted story that is told by the mixture of the ingredients, the establishment […]

Bushwick Mixer: Moscow Mule With A Deadly Kick from The Johnson’s

Bushwick Mixer: Moscow Mule With A Deadly Kick from The Johnson’s

Theoretically, there could an infinite amount of outcomes for a night. This is a thought that pervades my every night, pushing me to explore all the different manifestations of a night. When my cocktail mentor and dear friend Jeff Vitkun asked me to participate in a Bushwick Mixer tasting spree, I was enthused at the […]

Bushwick Mixer: The Word from The Narrows

Bushwick Mixer: The Word from The Narrows

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Bushwick Mixer: Azuro from Mominette

Bushwick Mixer: Azuro from Mominette

All photos taken by Gustavo Ponce for Bushwick Daily A lot of people believe that a cocktail is just a mixture of different spirits. That it’s just a fancy way of drinking a spirit and nothing more. A simple addition of different spirits coated in a fancy-looking glass with a flamboyant color. But no: a […]

Bushwick Mixer: Louisiana Mule from The Morgantown Bar

Bushwick Mixer: Louisiana Mule from The Morgantown Bar

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Bushwick Mixer: Vermont Gin Sparkler from The Northeast Kingdom

Bushwick Mixer: Vermont Gin Sparkler from The Northeast Kingdom

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Bushwick Mixer: The Smoking Jacket from Dear Bushwick

Bushwick Mixer: The Smoking Jacket from Dear Bushwick

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Bushwick Mixer: The Laurel Canyon from Miles

Bushwick Mixer: The Laurel Canyon from Miles

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Bushwick Mixer: Phil Collins from Tandem Bar

Bushwick Mixer: Phil Collins from Tandem Bar

After The Polar Vortex and storm Hercules, we now find ourselves in a period of calm and storm-free weather

Bushwick Mixer: The Randy Lady from The Rookery

Bushwick Mixer: The Randy Lady from The Rookery

Every cocktail acknowledges the history of classic cocktails that have come before it

Bushwick Mixer: East Side from Skytown

Bushwick Mixer: East Side from Skytown

As I mentioned in my previous column, the quest for the perfect cocktail is like searching through a Pete’s Candy store

Bushwick Mixer: Gucci Maine #2 from Pearl’s Social & Billy Club

Bushwick Mixer: Gucci Maine #2 from Pearl’s Social & Billy Club

Surely, one of the most difficult parts of writing a column about cocktails is trying to decide which cocktail to write about

Bushwick Mixer: Overnight Sensation from Bizarre

Bushwick Mixer: Overnight Sensation from Bizarre

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Bushwick Mixer: Pera Humo from Tutu’s

Bushwick Mixer: Pera Humo from Tutu’s

As fall matures, the complexity of tastes evolves

Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete

Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete

It is widely accepted that hangovers are an unpleasant ordeal

Bushwick Mixer: Cherry Lafayette at Heavy Woods

Bushwick Mixer: Cherry Lafayette at Heavy Woods

Halloween is nigh upon us, and thirsty creatures in search of succor would do well to creep or crawl to Heavy Woods, where six new fall cocktails are being unveiled just in time for Bushwick’s scariest holiday

Bushwick Mixer: The Flamingo from Bossa Nova Civic Club

Bushwick Mixer: The Flamingo from Bossa Nova Civic Club

Most of the time, if you tell people that you are going to Bossa Nova Civic Club, they think that you are either going to a cool Bossa Nova trio performance or that you belong to an old-school boys’ club that would require you to wear a suit jacket

Bushwick Mixer: Laura Palmer from Cafe Ghia

Bushwick Mixer: Laura Palmer from Cafe Ghia

There are certain components that have to come together to make a good David Lynch piece

Bushwick Mixer: El Diablo from Tandem Bar Will Posses Your Soul

Bushwick Mixer: El Diablo from Tandem Bar Will Posses Your Soul

Faust gave his soul to the devil for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures, and jazz musicians have been known to broach deals with the devil in exchange for divine skills

CURIOUS WEDNESDAY // Jazz Age

CURIOUS WEDNESDAY // Jazz Age

When I first moved to New York I was excited to discover all the Jazz cafes my former neighbor and jazz musician had told me about