As Cihan Anadoglu reported over at the Bartender's Laboratory a new bar will be opening in New York soon. "Dutch Kills" (the name refers to the Dutch roots of a New York district) will welcome its first customers in the begining of April and is a project by Milk & Honey entrepreneurs Richard Boccato and Sasha Petraske. The American blog Gothamist has more details: [more ...]

"The atmosphere of a great bar will affect most cultured men and women in approximately the same way. It will conjure relaxation, it will invite depth and savor to fellowship. It will encourage reflection. In short a great bar is a place of high purpose. A great bar is a way of life."

Esquire, 1954

Nice quote taken from the new cocktail menu of London's Match bars, that I got sent by owner Jonathan Downey a couple of days ago.  

We organized Bar Tours Berlin for the first time last year to accompany our trade event Bar Convent Berlin. As the response to this was very enthusiastic, we've decided, together with the participating cocktail bars, to make this event even bigger this year. While the Bar Convent is for trade visitors only, the Bar Tours are for literally everyone: the Berlin public, the visiting bartenders from abroad, the tourists....etc.

The American edition of  GQ Magazine has published a list of the 20 best cocktail bars in the United States. Camper English of Alcademics offers to add more consistency to the concept though. 

Link:

http://men.style.com/gq

David Spanton from the Australian Bartender magazine recently asked me to join their jury in the quest for the top 20 bars in the world. Now we got the results. The two Milk & Honeys still seem to have the biggest fan club among the bar experts. They took first and second. GSA bars didn't do bad at all. Widder Bar from Zurich got an honourable mention and Le Lion from Hamburg in its first year already scored fifth. This is the complete list of the results: