Ardent Spirits e-letter

Volume 10, Issue 14, June 30, 2008
by Gary Regan and Mardee Haidin Regan
© 2008 Reganomics, Inc.


Editorial

This is pretty sneaky, we know, but since we were a week late in bringing you the last newsletter, we wanted to try to make up for it a bit.  Just a bit, you understand.  We're not groveling.  Anyway, this is a special issue of ardent spirits and it contains just one item:  It's a feature that ran in last Friday's San Francisco Chronicle, written by Gary.  It might be a little controversial.  Or it might not be a little controversial.  You decide.

 

In This Issue:


The Cocktailian

The cocktail divide: West Coast and East Coast cocktail cultures couldn't be more different - right?

 

First Published In:
SFChronicle

Like true sons and daughters of the hippie generation, the young bartenders of San Francisco tend toward organic cocktails filled with homegrown this and hand-fed that. Their creative juices are sweetened only with the pure agave nectar.

 

Back east in New York City, the progeny of Wall Streeters hold forth from behind the ivy-covered bars of the Big Apple. They seem to enjoy reinventing drinks that have been with us for a century at the very least, adding a drop of this, a dash of that, changing, perhaps, just one ingredient to bring the drink into the 21st century.

 

You simply can't get a classic cocktail in San Francisco, and if you go to New York you'll find nothing but.

 

Unless I'm wrong, of course ...

 

Follow this Hot Link for the full story

 

World Wide Bartenders Database

BOOZEFLASH:  The Astor Center is offering discounts to members of the WWBD for  their Indi-Spirits Expo on July 8.  Join the database now and read all about it in next week's bulletin.

 

If you haven't joined yet, you won't know about the gigs we're letting our members in on, will you?

You might want to join now so you don't miss the next issue of the Worldwide Bartender Bulletin.

Join the Worldwide Bartender Database

Wanna see where some of our members work? 

 

Here's a look at joints where just a few of our members work

 

Boston: Eastern Standard, Excelsior, The Langham Hotel, The Savant Project.

 

Brooklyn: 12th St. Bar & Grill, 5 Front Restaurant, Applewood, Atlantic Chip Shop, Café Bar & Restaurant, Dressler and Larry Lawrence, Franny's, Jack the Horse Tavern, La Martini Lounge, Lillie's Bar, MiniBar, Sheraton, The Hideout, Zombie Hut.

 

Chicago: Cuatro, Custom House, Excalibur Nightclub, Green Zebra, Moxie, Nacional 27, Pier 37, Piranha Bros., Quartino, Sheraton Chicago, Smallbar, Spring, Drawing Room, The Gage, The Tasting Room.

Glen, New Hampshire:  White Mountain Cider Company.

 

Las Vegas: Allegro Bar @ The Bellagio, Seahorse Lounge, Dino's Lounge, Envy Bar,  La Femme Bar, Luxor Hotel and Casino, MGM Grand, Studio Café, N9NE Steakhouse, Parasol Down @ Wynn, Petrossian Lounge, Picasso @ The Bellagio, Shibuya Restaurant, Silverton Casino, Teatro Bar, The Mirage, Trader Vic's, Tuscany, Wynn Hotel & Casino

 

Los Angeles: Luna Park, Minibar, Republic Restaurant, 7 Grand Whiskey Bar, Sona Restaurant, Water Grill.

 

New Orleans: B Street, Commander's Palace, Herbsaint, Jackson, The Library Lounge at the Ritz Carlton, The Swizzle Stick Bar.

 

New York: 107 West, 21 Club, 44 & X Hell's Kitchen, 5 Ninth, A.O.C., Agave, Aix, Alain Ducasse, Alfama, Aquavit, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Aureole Restaurant, Babbo Ristorante, Balthazar, Barmarche, Bemelmans Bar, Blue Smoke, Bobby Van's, Bolo, Bond 45, Brandy Library, Bridge Café, Bryant Park Grill, Buddha Bar, Café Boulud, Café des Artistes, Campbell Apartment, Chanterelle, Daniel, Death & Co., Devin Tavern, Dylan Prime, Elettaria, Eleven Madison Park, Flatiron Lounge, Freeman's, Gramercy Tavern, Jean Jorges, Le Zinc, Milk & Honey, Nice Matin, Oceana Restaurant, Passerby, Patroon, PDT, Peacock Alley, Pegu Club, Public, Soho/Tribeca Grand Hotels, Sortie,  SushiSamba 7, Taj, The World Bar, Typhoon, Vig Bar

 

Philadelphia: 1601 Café, Monkey Bar, Azure, Chick's Café & Wine Bar, Hotel Sofitel, Ristorante La Buca, Sheraton Hotel, Solaris Grille, Tangier

 

Portland, OR: Andina, , Meriwethers Restaurant, Mint/820, Paragon Restaurant and Bar, Teardrop Lounge,  Typhoon! on Broadway.

 

San Diego:  Addison, Arterra Restaurant,  Confidential Restaurant, JC Resorts, Modus Supper Club, Sheraton Harbor Marina.

 

San Francisco: Absinthe Brasserie, Alembic, Bacar, Balboa Cafe, Bix, Bong Su, Bourbon & Branch, Cantina, Capurro's, Cortez, Elixir, Frisson, Globe, Starlight Room, Jackson Fillmore, Jardinière, Lark Creek, Levende Lounge, Nopa, One Market Restaurant, Oola Restaurant, Palmetto, Perbacco, Ponzu Restaurant, Prana, Presidio Social Club, Range, Restaurant Gary Danko, Rye, Scoma's Restaurant, Solstice Lounge,  Swig, The Orbit Room, The Slanted Door, Tommy's Mexican Restaurant, Tres Agaves.

 

Seattle: Cafe Presse, CHAC Lounge, Liberty, The BalMar, Union, Vessel.

 

Washington D.C.: Bourbon, Central Michel Richard, Corduroy, Kinkeads, Mie-N-Yu, Rock Creek Restaurant, Roof Terrace @ JFK Center for the Performing Arts, Source by Wolfgang Puck, Urbana Wine Bar.

 


Ardent Events Calendar

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June 22 - 23: New York Restaurant Show

July 16 - 20: Tales of the Cocktail

September 17 - 18: Sydney Bar Show

 

 

June 22 - 23: New York Bar Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

This show gets better every year.  Don't miss it in 2008!

 

Details Here

 

Register Here

 

July 16 - 20: Tales of the Cocktail

 

The biggest cocktail event in the country.

 

Gary talked his way into giving a whiskey workshop with LeNell Smothers.  Be Warned.

 

Don't miss this one.

 

Details Here

 

 

 

 

 

September 17 - 18: Sydney Bar Show

 

 

Gary talked his way into talking at this one, too.

 

Naren Young already sent out a warning . . . 

 

Details Here

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