Holiday spirits: The buzz from Cocktails For A Cause 2013
He’s making a drink, he’s shaking it twice. Doing good for goodness’ sake, at Cocktails for a Cause 2013. (Marc Ramirez) Whatever you were up to Sunday night, it was likely nowhere near as fun as the...
View Article2013 tried hard to be mean, but the scene in ’14 still looks keen: DFW’s best...
Charlie Papaceno’s down-home Windmill Lounge: Still among Dallas’ standout craft-cocktail bars. (Marc Ramirez) Oh, 2013. You hater. You tried so hard to suck. In the summer, just days after influential...
View ArticleFollow the bouncing ballers: Bar peeps on the move
Omar, we hardly knew ye: YeeFoon, The 86 Co.’s new Texas state ambassador. The spirits scene is fluid. People move around, and maybe you’ve lost track of a few. Barmoire is here to help you out....
View ArticleAnd so it begins: Tales of the Cocktail 2014 kicks off in New Orleans
Dallas’ Mate Hartai, second from left, and Brian McCullough, second from right, doin’ Texas proud at the Texas Tailgate Party that kicked off Tales of the Cocktail 2013. NEW ORLEANS — It’s that time...
View ArticleAmid the mayhem, camaraderie: Texas weathers the Tales of the Cocktail storm
At Tales of the Cocktail’s opening party, the great Dale DeGroff crooned Sinatra-style standards. NEW ORLEANS — Here in the city that sets the standard for revelry, you never know what you might see: A...
View ArticleEdgy, fun and sexy: LARK on the Park meets The 86 Co., and everybody wins
The 86 Co. spirits line, shown here at New Orleans’ Gravier Street Social. Perhaps you are accustomed to your wine and beer dinners being proper, stately affairs. Perhaps you are given to gatherings...
View ArticleEight things you should know about Parliament, Eddie “Lucky” Campbell’s...
Eddie “Lucky” Campbell, all smiles on opening night. No doubt no one’s happier that Parliament is finally ready to launch than Eddie “Lucky” Campbell, the man who’s spent a good portion of his life...
View ArticleCharlie Papaceno leaves the Windmill Lounge with plans to open a new bar
Esteemed barman Charlie Papaceno: No longer tilting at the Windmill. Charlie Papaceno has officially left the venerable Windmill Lounge to launch a new project, marking an end to one of the...
View ArticleDallas’ craft-cocktail community rallies around ailing elder statesman; you...
Charlie Papaceno, who left the Windmill to start a new bar, faces a new challenge. They call Charlie Papaceno the godfather of Dallas’ craft-cocktail scene. Ten years ago, he and then-wife Louise Owens...
View ArticleSmoke gets in your drink: Mezcal is having its moment and you should enjoy it
Mexican Sugar’s Benito Juarez: A cocktail worthy of the name. In case you hadn’t noticed, mezcal is having a moment. The once misunderstood Mexican spirit has been seeping into the mainstream at a pace...
View ArticleBolting Bolsa: Stalwart bartender Kyle Hilla departs for parts north
Seven-year itch? The longtime face of Bolsa’s bar program is headed to NorthPark. Bartenders are a mobile bunch, so it’s rare that a name becomes as synonymous as a place as Kyle Hilla’s did at Bolsa....
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