Category: Bars

Tiki Loco

Tiki Loco Probably the best cocktails on the island of Curacao I had.  They are very much in tune with craft mixology. ©  (MMXXVI)...

Mountain View Winery

Mountain View Winery mountainviewvineyard.com This vineyard is also a winery, distillery, brewery and restaurant. On this beautiful fall...

Cloverleaf Tavern

Cloverleaf Tavern Cloverleaf Tavern opened up the day Prohibition ended in 1933, which leads me to believe it was a speakeasy.  It is now on its...

Sunken Harbor Club

Sunken Harbor Club Sunken Harbor Club, headed up by Garret Richard, is consistently named one of Brooklyn’s best Cocktail Bars.  It has the...

Michael Ruhlman

Michael Ruhlman Author of many cookbooks including The Book of Cocktail Ratios. © COPYRIGHT (MMXXV) 2026 JRCX.COM

Otto’s Shrunken Head

Otto's Shrunken Head When (then) NYC real estate developer Donal Trump decided to get rid of Trader Vic’s at the Plaza Hotel because it did not...

Mother of Pearl

Mother of Pearl One of the coolest open space tiki bars with by far the best drinks I’ve ever had. Located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan,...

Mondo Exotica

Mondo Exotica Leave it to a boy from Brooklyn to make a killer nightspot Tiki bar in the Caribbean. Along with his Colombian Partner and wife,...