For Los Angeles resident Michael Burns, ordering a beer-and-shot combo is synonymous with going out to the bar, a hallmark of his “prime young drinking years” in Baltimore and Chicago. But since having a kid almost two years ago, he mostly steers clear of boilermakers, which he knows he’ll feel the next day. Instead, the…
At a recent Saturday night at Café Mars, a self-described “unusual Italian restaurant” in Brooklyn, I had a drink that’s stuck with me like an earworm: the Mad World. Devised by Jake Riley, the restaurant’s head bartender, it’s a nonalcoholic combination of Ghia aperitif, carrot juice, lime juice, soda water and a syrup infused with…
No longer just limited to the age-old debate over Coke versus Pepsi, the soda aisle is now exploding with options making all sorts of promises. Whether brands are insisting that they’ll improve your health or approximate your favorite cocktail without the booze, this new generation of sodas is decidedly more complex in just about every…
