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6 Highly Specific Wine Bar Recommendations in NYC (opens the original)
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It’s nearly impossible to be asked about your one singular favorite—favorite friend, favorite food, favorite color. Everything is dictated by your mood on any given night, seasonality, and personal feeling. So, a nearly impossible question for me to answer is “what’s your favorite wine bar?”I have many favorites, many likes, many loves. It’s easier to list my favorites by a selective set of criteria that’s always subject to change.Favorite wine bar to read alone. Favorite wine bar to people-watc
The first bar that felt like home (opens the original)
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I recently rewatched an episode of Bourdain’s A Cook’s Tour. It was about the “elements that make up a great bar”. It’s early 2000’s in its nostalgic splendor: shot in what appears to be 480p, with unflattering angles, frenetic cuts, and alternating slow-mos and fast-paced transitions. Only Bourdain can turn drinking into an action-packed thriller.The elements, he mentions, are the following:someplace close by: where they know your name and what you like to
Beautiful summer white wines from Spain and Portugal (opens the original)
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I’ve been yearning for a Hot Euro Summer. Carefree indulgence. Alternating between sips of robust espressos and a finely tuned bottle of wine. The feeling of jumping into shimmering waters and paddling around leisurely, gazing idly into the sea. Now that it’s already mid-summer and I’m yet to pull the trigger, I fear I might’ve missed the boat.My friends went to Spain, my partner went to Italy, even my parents went to Portugal. As a reasonable request to reduce FOMO, all I wanted in return was a
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