Christopher Friedmann

  • Sherry Butt

    Sherry Butt

    Sherry Butt feels miles away from its fashionable Marais address. Warm wood fills the space. The menu is scrawled across a chalkboard behind the bar. Low chairs cover the lounge area, creating a living room-type…

  • La Mezcaleria

    La Mezcaleria

    Hidden behind the kitchen of Hotel 1K’s Peruvian restaurant, INKA, La Mezcaleria brings Mexican-inspired food and drinks to Paris’s always fashionable Le Marais. The speakeasy style bar’s namesake spirit sits centerstage, but the food and…

  • A Proper British Pub Is Coming To Los Angeles’s Original Farmers Market

    In early 2020, a proper British pub is coming to Los Angeles’s Original Farmers Market. Dubbed Market Tavern, the bar and eatery will bring pints and English grub to the 84-year-old landmark. Two British expats,…

  • Le Mary Celeste

    Le Mary Celeste

    It is no surprise that Le Mary Celeste serves some of Paris’s best cocktails. The bar and eatery comes from Quixotic Projects, the same team that developed two of the French capital’s longstanding top drink…

  • Candelaria

    Candelaria

    Candelaria is not visible from the street. Even once you’re inside the small taqueria that occupies the front of part of the address, there’s a good chance you won’t know there’s a high-end cocktail bar…

  • Little Red Door

    Little Red Door

    Every year, Paris cocktail bar Little Red Door launches a new menu based on a conceptual idea. In 2018, the menu was conceived around “Universal Values.” In 2019, the menu was inspired by words that…

  • Kate Hudson Launches Gluten-Free King St. Vodka

    Kate Hudson has entered the celebrity-backed alcoholic drinks game via a gluten-free Vodka. Dubbed King St. after the New York street where Hudson once lived and entertained friends, the new spirit brand is distilled seven…

  • Bisou

    Bisou

    Dressed in pale pink and sitting underneath an awning in Paris’s fashionable Marais district, Bisou does not have a cocktail menu. Instead, the bar crafts every drink toward visitors’ preferences. The concept creates an environment…

  • BOP

    BOP

    Cozied into the ground floor of an office building in Porto’s Baixa neighborhood, BOP provides hot coffee, American-inspired eats, and strong cocktails to go along with its impressive record collection. The whole thing feels a…

  • This Carbon-Negative Vodka Removes A Pound Of CO2 For Every Bottle Produced

    Can drinking Vodka help combat harmful carbon emissions? Finally, the answer is Yes. A startup called Air Co. is making a new brand of carbon-negative Vodka that is made from captured CO2 instead of yeast.…