Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Now that New York bartender extraordinaire Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club has teamed with Mark Peel and Jay Perrin of Campanile to open the Tar Pit, what's in store? Cocktail flights, food-and-drink pairings, Sunday brunch, housemade sodas and more. And...
Eater LA (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The cocktail revolution is moving west. Sasha Petraske opened The Varnish earlier this year with Eric Alperin and Cedd Moses, now another top NYC mixologist Audrey Saunders owner of Pegu Club has paired up with Mark Peel to open the...
Diner's journal by Frank Bruni (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
A new watering hole, the Tar Pit, is scheduled to open in December on LaBrea Avenue, with food from Mark Peel of Campanile and drinks from Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club.
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Off The Presses (Free subscription) | yesterday
I love Tommy Rowles, the bartender at Bemelmans Bar on the Upper East Side. With 51 years of experience, he a living repository of New York drinking history. But I can't fathom his seeming lack of interest in what he does or makes. Half a century making mixed drinks, serving the elite and at one celebrated moment working alongside Audrey Saunders, and he still things Heineken is a good...
Eater LA (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
If you've been wondering, like us, about the soon-to-be cocktail culture coming to Mark Peel and Audrey Saunders' The Tar Pit, The NY Times sheds some light on the topic. "Rum is getting a second look" and according to Saunders,...
Eater LA (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
He appeared on season one of Top Chef Masters , recently released a cookbook, now chef Mark Peel is about to add non-speakeasy as his second property venture. Below he discusses The Tar Pit's new projected opening date, how he courted Audrey Saunders, and his highfalutin ice. Head here for recent photos of The Tar Pit including the almost finished bar. 1. You originally said The Tar Pit...
Grub Street - New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant... (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
from Grub Street Los Angeles It looks like Mark Peel and Jay Perrin's throwback cocktail bar The Tar Pit is soon to start muddling in Hollywood, with an opening planned for late November. Los Angeles has photos of the space and lets us know that bar duties are being put in very good hands. Audrey Saunders, "the godmother of the New York cocktail scene" and founder of Manhattan's...
EAT.DRINK.THINK. (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
... wheels for Campari " due it's slightly sweeter, less bitter flavor. This drink, concocted by Audrey Saunders of New York's Pegu Club , while probably not a classic, is an absolutely delicious, lighter weight drink, a perfect starter cocktail for a night of indulgence! *** *** *** *** *** Intro to Aperol From Washington Post/Jason Wilson Wilson: "It's a rare cocktail in which...
Eater (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
... back of the modest dining room." [EaterWire] LA — Pete Wells writes on Diner's Journal that Audrey Saunders of Pegu Club is opening a bar/supper club in LA called The Tar Pit with chef Mark Peel : "Ms. Saunders is developing the drinks with Chad Solomon and Christy Pope, who are also partners in the bar, along with Mr. Peel and the general manager of his restaurant Campanile,...
Serious Eats (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
"Secret passwords and exclusive policies be damned." [Photograph: Robyn Lee] In yesterday's Diner's Journal, Pete Wells writes that Pegu Club co-owner and bartender extraordinaire Audrey Saunders is opening a new place, the Tar Pit, with chef Mark Peel in Los Angeles next month. With this move, Saunders—one of the most talented and influential bartenders in the...
Eater LA (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
... sneak peek inside The Tar Pit , then last week the NYT broke the exciting news that Pegu Club's Audrey Saunders was on board with Mark Peel on the venture. Now LAW offers some updated photos and additional info that includes the December 7 opening date , plus Craig Russell as chef de cuisine and Marcos Tello as head bartender. [LAW] [Photo: A.Scattergood/ LAW ]
