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, […]
Bar Reviews
Bar Benfiddich Review Tokyo: The Best Bar in Tokyo (or the World?)
There are very few bars in the world that compare with Bar Benfiddich in Tokyo. Everything about the experience is world class, unique and memorable. You don’t leave Ben Fiddich without an interesting story to tell. Check out the review to see what I mean.
Islay Scotch: The Ultimate Guide to Visiting Islay, Scotland
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.
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
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 […]