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Serious Cocktails: Are the Speakeasy Bars Getting Old?

... renaissance—becomes the latest New York bartender to spread the craft west of Weehawken. Sasha Petraske, whose New York bars Milk & Honey and Little Branch (among others) helped spur the trend of the now ubiquitous speakeasy-style cocktail bars, played a hand in opening The Varnish in Los Angeles earlier this year, as well as taking his skills to the nation's capitol, working...

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News in Booze: Audrey Saunders Crafting Libations For Mark Peel's '40s Style Cocktail Abode, The Tar Pit

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...

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‘No Problem,’ ‘Working on That,’ and Other Things Waiters Should Never Say

... bands, or big bands that feature brass, except a muted flugelhorn.” Ha! Tell that to Sasha Petraske! And: “Do not play an entire CD of any artist.” Ha again! Dude must’ve read our pointer to his first list , in which we recalled Babbo playing Axl Rose’s entire opus (not that we minded). The rule we love here, though, is “Do not ask, ‘Are you...