About this podcast
Every great bar has a story. We’re going behind the scenes with the people who built them: the founders, dreamers, and industry legends shaping the world’s most inspiring drinking destinations. From Maison Premiere to The Dead Rabbit, Long Island Bar, Schmuck, and beyond — this is how the world’s best bars get built. Hosted by VinePair Co-Founder Adam Teeter
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Episodes
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- Rick Bayless · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 50Rick Bayless is one of America's most celebrated chefs, known as much for championing local farmers and purveyors as he is for transforming the way Americans understand Mexican…
- Corima · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 49Corima is the result of one chef’s determination to place the food of Northern Mexico in the same culinary conversation as the French cuisine he first learned to cook. Fidel…
- Jewel of the South · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 48Believe it or not, one of New Orleans’ most celebrated cocktail bars was never supposed to be a bar at all. But an annual Halloween party, a shared passion for historic…
- Capitaine · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 47When Cody Pruitt opened Libertine, the acclaim was immediate. The restaurant became one of the hardest reservations in New York, while its saucisse-purée quickly took on a life…
- Mírate · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 46From the first time Max Reis visited Mexico, he was hooked. What began as an obsession grew into a deep passion for agave and Mexican spirits, eventually making Reis one of the…
- Andrew Carmellini · 1 h 11 min · Season 1 Episode 45Andrew Carmellini has spent the past decade building one of New York’s most successful restaurant groups. From the breakout success of Locanda Verde, opened with Robert De Niro…
- Bar Bambi · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 44Katie Renshaw simply loves being behind the bar. That passion has helped make her one of the best bartenders in the country, from winning World Class in 2019 to leading some of…
- Popina · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 43How did James O’Brien build the restaurant where seemingly every sommelier in New York wants to drink wine on their night off? The prices are certainly part of the appeal, but…
- The Violet Hour · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 42Toby Maloney is one of the country’s most respected cocktail creators, responsible not only for multiple modern classics, but also for some of drinkers’ favorite bars across the…
- Kidilum · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 41Building a celebrated restaurant group in New Jersey is already an accomplishment. Bringing that success across the Hudson to New York City is another challenge entirely—one many…
- New York Distilling · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 40New York Distilling Company was born out of New York’s cocktail renaissance. Founded by Allen Katz, an entrepreneur obsessed with cocktails and the bars creating them, the…
- Oriana · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 39Opening a restaurant in New York is difficult, even when the people behind it come from one of the best restaurants in the world. When Cedric Nicaise and chef Andy Quinn set out…
- Handshake Speakeasy · 55 min · Season 1 Episode 38Handshake Speakeasy seems to be everywhere these days, from starring in commercials for 1800 Tequila to being named the number one bar in the world. For anyone visiting Mexico…
- Claud · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 37Chase Sinzer knew from an early age that he wanted to own a restaurant, pursuing that dream through high school and college before making his way to New York City to work for…
- Allegory · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 36Allegory DC was never supposed to become a 50 Best bar. But when Covid hit, the entire team left, and Deke Dunne found himself the last man standing. What followed was a complete…
- Dante · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 35For many, Dante is the bar that put New York’s modern cocktail scene back on the map. After rising to the top of the World’s 50 Best Bars list in just a few short years, it…
- Echo Lake · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 34What happens when a celebrated cocktail journalist and one of the country’s foremost rum authorities join forces? The result is Echo Lake. But opening the bar proved more…
- Nine Bar · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 33Taking over a decades-old family restaurant is daunting enough. Turning it into a cocktail bar in Chicago’s Chinatown — a neighborhood without a high-end cocktail destination —…
- The Keefer Bar · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 32Opened in 2009, The Keefer Bar quickly became one of Vancouver’s essential cocktail destinations. But what happens when a beloved local institution suddenly finds itself on the…
- Bitter & Twisted · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 31When Ross Simon left London for the States, he set out to make his mark on the American cocktail scene. What he didn’t know was that mark would be made in Phoenix, Arizona — a…
