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Double Chicken Please: Is it Really Top 10 In the World?

December 12, 2022 by Sean 1 Comment

The "Backroom" bar at Double Chicken Please.

In 2014 I set out on a quest to go to the top 100 bars in the world. By the middle of 2019, I’d been to 59/100. Not bad. Then COVID hit. Then my wife got pregnant. Now our daughter is almost two, and I haven’t been to a new top 100 bar since, well, […]

Islay Scotch: The Ultimate Guide to Visiting Islay, Scotland

December 10, 2022 by Sean 12 Comments

The Bowmore "Nomadic Rebel"

Updated December 2022 to make sure all accommodations, distilleries, and restaurants were still open and accurate. For the last decade, I’ve been a huge fan of Islay scotch. Like, the “I’m not an alcoholic, but if you look at my whiskey shelf at home you’d think I was” kind of fan. And ever since I first […]

The Dead Rabbit: Is It NYC’s Best Cocktail Bar? It Might Be.

November 17, 2022 by Sean 1 Comment

Dead Rabbit NYC

There’s a good chance this website wouldn’t exist were it not for The Dead Rabbit. It all started on a rainy night in October of 2014. I was in NYC with my friend Dan and we were having a lazy Sunday night hanging out at his apartment in Chelsea – when I stumbled across an […]

Atlas Bar Singapore Review: The Largest Gin Collection in the World

October 30, 2022 by Sean Leave a Comment

Atlas Bar Singapore

Of all the bars we were planning to visit in Singapore, Atlas may have been the one I was most excited for. Grand in every sense of the word, Atlas is an art deco masterpiece, boasts the world’s largest gin collection, and features cocktails you simply won’t find anywhere else in the world. When we […]

15 Best Hotel Bars in the World (These Places are Insane)

October 11, 2021 by Sean 1 Comment

Rock Bar Bali

There’s a good chance when you hear the words “hotel bar” you have visions of a business traveler in middle-America, drinking a Coors Light in a bar completely devoid of ambiance.  Let’s be real: most hotel bars suck. But, if you’re willing to go out of your way to find them, there are a handful […]

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