Spirits

Have a sip—it’s on us.

Lindy Brown was 9 years old when she first snuck a drink from her mother’s glass of wine. Instead of uttering the ewww her mom expected, Brown started rattling off tasting notes like a schoolkid savant, early evidence of a discriminating palate that would become her professional calling card. She went on to work full-time […]

A large stone fireplace anchors the center of the barroom, with exposed wooden joists and coal-mine lighting fixtures above

Since the Super Bowl, you may have noticed that some of the city’s wine-and-beer–only restaurants now stash small selections of brown and white liquor bottles behind their bars. A lucky group of restaurateurs had the chance to upgrade their liquor licenses for a steal, and it is making us rather thirsty.