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50+ HOTEL BARS TO ADD TO YOUR TRAVEL ITINERARY. Photos this spread: Elliott Clark Elliott spread: this Photos e’re no strangers to life on the road, and hotel bars give us reasons to look forward to the next trip. A good hotel can be a perfect oasis in a traveler’s life, a place to kick back on vacation or unwind at the end of a busy day. Whether your next journey is for business or pleasure, here are more than 50 hotel bars around the world worth checking into during your stay.

CHARLES H. MIDNIGHT CADIER BAR POOL BAR FOUR SEASONS RAMBLER GRAND HÔTEL HOTEL SAN HOTEL JOULE HOTEL Stockholm CRISTÓBAL Seoul Dallas The Grand Hôtel has Baja California Sur, Though open only since Cuffs & Buttons proprietors been a facet of central Mexico late 2015, The Four Chad Solomon and Christy Stockholm since 1874, If the region’s growing Seasons basement bar Pope took inspiration from even hosting the first scene wasn’t reason Charles H. (named for the moody allure of rock ’n Nobel Prize banquet. The enough to get to Baja writer and bon vivant roll when dreaming up the ornate Cadier Bar—named California Peninsula, here’s Charles H. Baker Jr.) is glamorous subterranean in honor of the hotel’s another—the stunning often credited as the craft bar Midnight Rambler. A founder, French chef Régis Pacific-rimmed boutique pioneer in Seoul. swanky vibe sets the right Cadier—takes a modern Hotel San Cristóbal, where The bar program highlights tone for ambitious drinks, approach to both natural and man- thoughtful originals like and while many cocktails (incorporating traditional made beauty abounds and the bar’s current signature are made using progressive Nordic ingredients like the bar slants toward laid- drink Ellis Island, a techniques, the easy-to- cloudberries), back poolside drinking. A combination of aged rum, read menu leaves most of small menu of cocktails

making this historic hotel Simonite Nick bottom: Thunander; Top:David Campari, passion fruit, the fuss behind the scenes. comfortably at home in the hits all the proper notes, stout, figs and lime. This humility, combined 21st century. from mezcal and cilantro to fourseasons.com/seoul with razor-sharp mixing, grandhotel.se hibiscus-infused , while keeps the bar at the top from Mexican craft of Dallas’ must-visit list. brewers like Los Cuentos midnightramblerbar.com are served alongside cooling bottles of Pacifico. sancristobalbaja.com

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Above: Cadier Bar in the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm. This photo: The Pool Bar at Hotel San Cristóbal in Baja California Sur.

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COCKTAIL BAR THE MERCHANT HOTEL Belfast Savvy guests know to make a bee- line for the simply titled Cocktail Bar upon arrival at The Merchant Hotel in Belfast. An opulent atmosphere and impressive selection of rare booze and vintage bubbly sets the program apart, and with alumni like Dead Rabbit owners Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry, it’s easy to see why the bar continues to hold a place among the world’s best. themerchanthotel.com

72 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 THE ELYSIAN BAR BAR INGLÉS HOTEL PETER COUNTRY CLUB AND PAUL LIMA HOTEL New Orleans Lima Given New Orleans’ Constructed in 1927, the penchant for the historic, Country Club Lima Hotel it’s not surprising to see is a national monument in the newly opened Hotel Peru, and Bar Inglés, or Peter and Paul housed in “English Bar,” is an institu- a former Catholic church. tion in its own right, having The Elysian Bar is located in hosted the likes of Nel- the rectory, with a beverage son Rockefeller and John program created by the Wayne. The cocktail menu local wine hub Bacchanal also features a half dozen that features classic and iterations of the country’s aperitivo cocktails as well national drink, the Pisco as a solid selection of Sour, alongside cocktails domestic . such as the Capitán, with theelysianbar.com pisco and sweet vermouth, and the Chicha Sour, with pisco and the purple corn– THE AVIARY based chicha morada. MANDARIN countryclublimahotel.com ORIENTAL HOTEL New York City the merchant hotel’s When The Aviary moved THE MODERN into its New York City BAR th Dark ‘n’ Stormy location on the 35 floor of THE MODERN the Mandarin Oriental, it HOTEL AND BAR Fresh-extracted ginger and falernum brought with it the modern Boise, Idaho brighten up this spin on a classic. dazzle that its Chicago In a rehabbed motor lodge flagship had become 1½ oz. dark rum (The Merchant Hotel uses in Boise’s bustling Linen famous for, with elaborately Goslings Black Seal) District, The Modern Hotel over-the-top cocktails ¾ oz. fresh lime juice is an eclectic, 39-room (think clouds of smoke oz. simple (1:1) boutique hotel, with the ¼ oz. ginger extract emitted from ingredients Modern Bar serving as a ¼ oz. falernum quick-frozen with liquid gathering spot for visi- Chilled soda water nitrogen, siphon-produced tors and locals alike. The infusions and drinks seasonal drinks program Tools: shaker, strainer This page: Studio Kin; facing page: Rob Durston Rob page: facing Kin; Studio page: This encased in translucent features mostly originals Glass: pillows of fragrant air). like their Thai-influenced Garnish: lime wedge While the bird’s-eye view of (made with Central Park might be nice, Shake the first 5 ingredients with ice, then strain sriracha and fish the real view here is the into an ice-filled glass and top with soda. Garnish. sauce) and the Due Dili- cocktail wizardry happening gence, with Old Tom gin, behind the glass wall of the Ginger Extract: Press fresh ginger through an elec- Averna and hyssop. tric juicer, then strain the liquid; use immediately. drink kitchen. themodernhotel.com aviarynyc.com COCKTAIL BAR THE MERCHANT HOTEL BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND

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Cyrano All photos: Death & Co Denver. Two types of rum and a touch of pineapple play against a rich Italian amaro.

1 oz. aged rhum agricole (Death & Co uses Rhum JM VSOP) ¾ oz. Cynar ¼ oz. Plantation Pineapple Rum Stiggins’ Fancy 1 tsp. pineapple syrup 1 dash Angostura bitters 1 lime

Tools: , knife, barspoon Glass: Garnish: mint sprig

Using a small knife, cut a coin-size piece of peel from the lime, cutting deep enough to include a small amount of flesh with the peel. Muddle the lime piece in an , then add the remaining ingredients. Fill the glass with cracked ice and briefly stir the drink, then garnish.

JONNIE LONG DEATH & CO THE RAMBLE HOTEL, DENVER

74 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 DEATH & CO THE RAMBLE HOTEL Denver This new outpost of the acclaimed New York cocktail bar is the stylistic oppo- site of the original. Spanning the main lobby of the boutique Ramble Hotel and outfitted with elegant furnishings bathed in natural light, Death & Co Denver opened in summer of 2018. In addition to the main bar, the team orchestrates café DC/AM, The Garden and Suite 6A in the hotel, keeping the excellence level high from morning coffee to the evening’s final nightcap. deathandcompany. com/denver

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Salt & Vinegar Martini Like a Dirty Martini? Try this extra-briny spin from The Spare Room.

2 oz. (potato-based recommended) 1 oz. dill pickle brine (The Spare Room uses pickled carrot brine) A RAKE’S BAR THE LOUNGE ¾ oz. dry vermouth LINE HOTEL THE DRAKE HOTEL 2 dashes celery bitters 1 pinch of salt Washington, D.C. Toronto Housed within a 110-year- Since its opening on Val- Tools: barspoon, strainer old church, the LINE entine’s Day 15 years ago, Glass: cocktail DC offers great options Toronto’s Drake Hotel has Garnish: pickled carrot, potato chips for thirsty travelers. At proven itself to be a center A Rake’s Bar, beverage for cultural happenings. Stir all the ingredients with ice, then director Corey Polyoka collaborate on strain into a chilled glass. Garnish with draws deep on D.C. the bar approach for The a pickled carrot and serve with potato connections, looking to Lounge, resulting in drinks chips on the side. local distillers to create like The Departed (rum, far-reaching cocktails like Campari, Averna, mezcal YAEL VENGROFF the Head Up, made with and bitters) and the alcohol- THE SPARE ROOM THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL gold rum, sorghum, sumac free Wanderlust (grapefruit, LOS ANGELES bitters and yuzu oil. cucumber, mint, cranberry, thelinehotel.com/dc lemon and seltzer). thedrake.ca

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THE LOUNGE AMAN TOKYO Tokyo Occupying the top six floors of the Otema- chi Tower in Tokyo’s financial district, LONG BAR THE SPARE ROOM THE STANDARD Aman Tokyo offers RAFFLES HOTEL THE HOLLYWOOD BIERGARTEN a calming, natural light–filled sanctu- Singapore ROOSEVELT HOTEL THE STANDARD ary. Detached from Inside the colonial-era Los Angeles New York City the 98-foot-ceiling Raffles Hotel, the Long Bar Booze and games are a Beneath the trestles of lobby, The Lounge made its claim to cocktail natural match, and The the High Line Park, The serves signature fame with the supposed Spare Room has everything Standard Biergarten isn’t drinks influenced creation of the Singapore from Jenga to a two-lane your standard hotel bar. by regional flavors. Sling in 1915. The bar still bowling alley. Even more The open-air, street-level The space offers an cranks them out (more fun than crushing your features exceptional after- than 500 per day), but co-workers at Monopoly? German fare in two bars, noon tea service, a recent full renovation Drinking through the one pouring classic German pairing small bites restored the bar’s original inventive cocktail menu beers on draft, the other like a kumquat and luster, while the addition by beverage director Yael serving cocktails like the yuzu tart with a tea of Priscilla Leong as head Vengroff. Try her signature Leckerbissen (gin, ginger, collection from The bartender promises to Salt & Vinegar Martini prickly pear, cinnamon Ronnefeldt Company give the cocktails a fresh (potato chips on the side), and lime). During summer, and views stretch- polish, too. or a playful original like the beer can be poured directly ing to the summit of rafes.com/singapore Glitter Freeze, with sherry, from taps built into the Mount Fuji. vodka, bergamot, frozen stammtisch tables and Ping- blackberry and peach Pong is played year-round. aman.com/resorts/ bitters. standardhotels.com/new-york aman-tokyo spareroomhollywood.com

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otel bars have long been integral to London’s cocktail pedigree. The Savoy H hotel has a cocktail history stretching back more than a century, and the American Bar at The Savoy (now headed by Philippa Guy, the first female senior bartender at the hotel since Ada Coleman took that role in 1903) continues to earn accolades as among the world’s best. White-jacketed bartenders dip into The Savoy’s cocktail history while also serving adventurous originals, such as the Life and Times, a combination of rum, umeshu, white port, rosemary honey water and tonic. The Connaught hotel’s eponymous bar similarly has a global following, with travelers stopping into the room adorned with textured platinum silver-leaf walls for Agostino Perrone’s concept-bending cocktails like the Set in Stone, with gin, genever, sherry, elicriso oil and Italicus. At The London EDITION Hotel in Fitzrovia, the reservations-only Punch Room evokes London’s private clubs, with a wood-paneled interior, soul and blues on the sound system, and a selection of 30 specialty punches. Scarfes Bar at the Rosewood London aims for a similar drawing-room dynamic, with more than 1,000 books selected by a Portobello antiques dealer on display, and a rotating themed menu covering subjects like modern British personalities with drinks such as the Richard Branson–inspired Neck It, a blend of rum, Irish whiskey, banana wine, fig leaf, marzipan and citrus. Last year, London bar stars Sager + Wilde turned their attention to the Bassoon bar at the Corinthia Hotel, revamping the approach at this art deco cocktail and Champagne bar to feature drinks such as the Miso Milk Punch, in which scotch and miso caramel are matched with licorice, clarified milk, lemon and shaved truffles. thesavoylondon.com; the-connaught. co.uk; editionhotels.com/london; rosewoodhotels. com; corinthia.com/en/hotels/london

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Clockwise from this photo: Scarfes Bar at the Rosewood London; bartenders prepping drinks at the Connaught bar; the White Nights cocktail at the American Bar; Agostino Perrone at the bar in the Connaught; the Sting Like a Bee cocktail at the Connaught bar.

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Le Sirenuse Miami Champagne Bar in the Four Seasons Hotel at the Surf Club. This page: Christian Horan; facing page: courtesy of Eichardt’s Bar Eichardt’s of courtesy page: facing Horan; Christian page: This

80 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 LE SIRENUSE DEL REY MIAMI VILLA ROYALE CHAMPAGNE BAR Palm Springs, FOUR SEASONS California HOTEL AT THE With more than a half SURF CLUB dozen bars already under Miami their belt in Portland, Italian import Le Sirenuse Oregon, the Lightning brought elegant design to Bar Collective partnered an architectural gem when with Provenance Hotels it opened in the former to collaborate on all ballroom space of Miami’s elements of the newly historic Surf Club in 2017. In opened Villa Royale. The addition to a daily aperitivo bar, Del Rey, features an hour, the current cocktail eclectic wine selection menu from head bartender and playful cocktails like Valentino Longo is an hom- the Baby Sledge (mezcal, age to the coastal town of Aperol, Strega and lime), Positano, with drinks like made for poolside sipping. the Limoni (, coco- villaroyale.com nut-infused bitter , infused vermouth and lemon sherbet). You can also keep EICHARDT’S BAR it simple and order Cham- EICHARDT’S pagne from the largest PRIVATE HOTEL selection in Miami, because Queenstown, New eichardt’s … well, it’s Champagne. Zealand sirenusemiami.com It doesn’t matter if you’re traveling for business Bloody Mary or pleasure—if you’re At Eichardt’s Bar, the familiar brunch drink gets a boost of OFF THE RECORD heading all the way to the fresh basil and tawny port. antipodes, there’d bet- THE HAY-ADAMS 3 oz. tomato juice In a mixing glass, ter be an excellent drink Washington, D.C. 2 oz. vodka muddle half a cherry Steps away from the awaiting you when you get 1 oz. fresh lemon juice tomato with the vodka, White House, The Hay- there. They’ve definitely ½ oz. Worcestershire sauce pepper and celery salt. Adams basement bar, Off got that at Eichardt’s—go 3 dashes hot sauce Slap the basil leaves to the Record, has hosted with a Pinot Noir from the 4 grinds black pepper release their oils, then politicians, lobbyists, surrounding Central Otago 1 pinch celery salt add them to the mixing journalists (and the region, or aim for a cock- 2 cherry tomatoes, halved glass along with the occasional tourist) since tail like the Treacle Cherry 1 tsp. horseradish remaining ingredients 5 basil leaves except the port. Add opening in the historic Smoke, with date-infused oz. tawny port several ice cubes and hotel in the 1980s. The rye whiskey, smoky scotch, maraschino liqueur and use another mixing red velvet décor hasn’t Tools: muddler, strainer glass to gently roll black walnut bitters. aged a bit, and tight- Glass: highball the mixture back and lipped bartenders have When they’re sipped from Garnish: fresh basil, lemon wedge forth between the two kept secrets close to the a leather armchair next and halved cherry tomato, glasses. Strain into an chest since day one. Don’t to the fire while you’re speared and dusted with celery ice-filled glass, then worry about overhearing watching the sun set salt and black pepper drizzle port atop the too much, though—reliably behind the snow-covered drink and garnish. stiff Martinis will help wash Wakatipu peaks, airports and inflight hassles will away recollections from EICHARDT’S BAR whispering politicos. seem a world away. EICHARDT’S PRIVATE HOTEL hayadams.com eichardts.com QUEENSTOWN, NEW ZEALAND

march/april 2019 ~ imbibemagazine.com 81 UPSTAIRS BAR stunning skyline views at ACE HOTEL the Rooftop Bar, complete with plenty of comfy outside Los Angeles seating and seasonal drinks, For views of the L.A. skyline like toddies in the winter and relaxing poolside vibes, and frozen cocktails in the head to the roof of the Ace warmer months. Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, where the Upstairs hotelclermont.com Bar serves ice-cold beers, frozen cocktails and pitcher punches that’ll get you in a THE WILLASTON vacation mindset, whether BAR you’re a tourist or a local. THE SILO HOTEL acehotel.com/losangeles Cape Town, South Africa In 2017, the bones of a historic 1924 grain elevator SABLE KITCHEN along the Victoria & Alfred & BAR Waterfront was transformed KIMPTON PALOMAR into the sleek Silo Hotel. The hotel’s Willaston Bar Chicago offers guests stellar views of One of the cornerstones of Cape Town’s cityscape and Chicago’s cocktail scene legendary Table Mountain, since opening in 2010, Sable complemented by a cocktail remains a timeless hotel menu from beverage bar, and alumni like Mike manager Juliet Urquhart. Ryan (now director of bars for Kimpton Hotels) have theroyalportfolio.com/the-silo gone on to run notable The Wrangler bar programs around the United States. Explore the HOTEL Sherry and orgeat give this low-ABV BEL-AIR BAR long drink an extra-nutty flavor. geography of the bar’s extensive whiskey selection HOTEL BEL-AIR 2 oz. Lustau East India sherry or order a seasonal cocktail Los Angeles ¾ oz. orgeat to get a taste of the true Hollywood’s Golden Age ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice mettle the Windy City’s best lives on at the Hotel Bel- Chilled soda water and brightest have to offer. Air, first opened in 1946 sablechicago.com on the outskirts of Beverly Tools: shaker, strainer Hills. Once filled with stars Glass: Collins like Grace Kelly, Lauren Garnish: lemon peel, grated nutmeg LOBBY BAR & Bacall and Marilyn Monroe, the hotel’s bar continues Shake the first 3 ingredients with ice, ROOFTOP BAR to serve Old Hollywood then strain into an ice-filled glass and HOTEL CLERMONT glamour, showcased in

top with chilled soda. Grate nutmeg Moss Asher page: facing Janzen; Emma page: This Atlanta cocktails like the Lust and over the surface and garnish with a Atlanta’s never been known Vengeance (gin, lemon, lemon peel. for its rooftop bars, but Cointreau, rhubarb bitters that’s changing with the and Champagne). Visit to MIKE JONES opening of Hotel Clermont’s relive a bygone era, only SABLE KITCHEN & BAR newest drinking spot. with improved drinking, KIMPTON PALOMAR Located in the Poncey- influenced early on by CHICAGO Highland neighborhood, the Dale DeGroff, who once hotel, which opened last worked behind the bar. year, was already home to For more recipes from Sable Kitchen dorchestercollection.com/en/ a beautiful Lobby Bar, but & Bar go to imbibemagazine.com. los-angeles/hotel-bel-air now visitors can soak up

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Above: The Lobby Bar at the Hotel Clermont in Atlanta. Below: Hotel Clermont's Rooftop Bar.

march/april 2019 ~ imbibemagazine.com 83 Hotel Bars Benoit Linero Benoit Leo Robitschek behind the bar at The NoMad Las Vegas. Las Vegas ome to more than a dozen of the world’s Cocktails are also the star at The Dorsey in The largest hotels, Vegas is an easy spot to find Venetian, which opened in 2016 under the guidance H an excellent drink, and the focus today is of Sam Ross of Milk & Honey and Attaboy in New on substance as much as style. “Las Vegas is a city York City. Today, lead bartender Juyoung Kang where people go for indulgence and an escape from continues to mix an extensive menu of originals their day-to-day,” says Leo Robitschek, bar director like the Mr. Brightside (rhum agricole, pear, lemon, at the NoMad. “They expect to be blown away with banana and soda). And while Cosmopolitan’s Vesper over-the-top offerings.” Bar is as glitzy as a showgirl, shimmering in floor-to- Robitschek, whose program at New York’s ceiling silver, chief mixologist Mariena Mercer Boarini NoMad won a James Beard award, brings that same backs it up with well-executed classics alongside sensibility to the hotel’s new location on the Strip. creative originals. Finally, swing by longtime favorite Surprisingly subdued, the bar’s interior embraces Bound in The Cromwell for a Breakfast Martini (gin, Golden Age glamour with dark wood and Bordeaux- Cointreau, lemon juice and orange marmalade, hued velvet seats, but the menu is thoroughly created by London bartender Salvatore Calabrese, modern. Classics like a silky Amaretto Sour or a Blue who collaborated on Bound’s opening bar program), Hawaiian with an herbal complement originals and call it a night (or morning). like the slightly savory Ma Chérie (sherry, falernum, thenomadhotel.com/las-vegas; venetian.com; Chartreuse, lime, celery and cucumber). cosmopolitanlasvegas.com; caesars.com/cromwell

84 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 PROOF ON MAIN 21C MUSEUM HOTEL Louisville, Courtesy of 21c Museum Hotels Museum 21c of Courtesy Kentucky If Randy—the enormous bronze satyr perched at one end of the bar— doesn’t entice you into a second round at this art-imbued bar, then the shelves STRAVINSKIJ BAR LEHUA LOUNGE BETTER SORTS featuring one of the HOTEL DE RUSSIE ANDAZ MAUI AT SOCIAL CLUB city’s best bourbon Rome WAILEA RESORT KIMPTON selections, and the A private piazza near the Maui NINE ZERO menu offering some Spanish Steps; the sun Upon opening in 2013, Boston of Louisville’s best overhead; an aperitivo the Andaz Maui tapped The bar at Boston’s cocktails, definitely in hand—Rome. In a Hawaii-born bartender Kimpton Nine Zero got a will. Aim for country that specializes in Julie Reiner (owner of serious revamp last fall, something with the pleasant places to while bars including Clover Club re-opening as the wood- local spirit, like the away an afternoon, the in ) to develop a walled Better Sorts Social whiskey-based Stravinskij Bar manages dynamic drinks program. Club. Head bartender Smoke Rings to excel. Sit in the piazza The results shine at the Naomi Levy displays her (bourbon, Lapsang or choose the cool tones hotel’s two poolside bars, decade of experience on souchong tea, of the club-like interior, Bumbye Beach Bar and the rotating cocktail menu, curaçao and amaro), and sip a simple beauty of Lehua Lounge, in drinks which spans classics or go for bourbon an Italian cocktail like a like the Silversword, like the Mr. Bali Hai to country’s best via a Milano Torino (vermouth combining mezcal, contemporary creations, pour of one of Proof and Campari) or the hotel’s vermouth, pineapple, such as The Tide Is High on Main’s private Stravinskij Spritz, a mix lemon and molé bitters. (rum, kale, crème de barrel selections of prosecco, wild berries, maui.andaz.hyatt.com banana, lime), within the from Buffalo Trace, saffron flowers, passion moody space. Four Roses or Old fruit, citrus oils and spices. bettersortsboston.com Forester. roccofortehotels.com/ proofonmain.com hotel-de-russie

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MATILDA MIDNIGHT THE DWELL HOTEL Chattanooga, Tennessee Looking to explore the South? One THE BAMBOO NEW YORK BAR CARPENTERS route to take is from BAR PARK HYATT HALL Asheville to Nashville, MANDARIN Tokyo THE CARPENTER because right in ORIENTAL HOTEL If you were to crave a taste HOTEL between you’ll find Bangkok of the Big Apple in Tokyo, Austin Chattanooga and The Sure, there’s bamboo in the there’s no better place This bar inside the Mighty Dwell Hotel. Located Bamboo Bar, but there’s than the Park Hyatt’s New Union’s latest hotel casts downtown, this also a star bar team led by York Bar, set 52 stories a fresh gaze on “old beautiful boutique Jamie Rhind and Pinsuda above Tokyo’s Shinjuku Texas.” The beverage hotel features (Ann) Pongprom, and a district. Famous for its role approach was designed by spacious, sun-soaked lively cocktail menu pulling in Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Sean Hoard (formerly of rooms as well as from Thailand’s bounty of Translation, the bar offers Portland, Oregon’s Teardrop Chattanooga’s best ingredients like cardamom, skyscraper views, live jazz Lounge), and it features bar, Matilda Midnight, lemongrass and tamarind. and a creative cocktail list seasonal cocktails and where you can settle Originally opened in bolstered by an impressive low-intervention wines. into a luxurious 1953, the bar received a Japanese selection. Situated inside the window- booth with nightcaps recent update but retains tokyo.park.hyatt.com filled Carpenters like the Chalice, a its historic feel; live jazz Hall, the bar delivers combo of espresso- bands entertain travelers easy drinking, like the infused bourbon, sipping storied classics and First Rodeo (gin, Pimm’s, chicory liqueur, signature drinks. cucumber, ginger, lemon cream and egg white. mandarinoriental.com/ and soda), bright enough for matildamidnight.com bangkok a hot Texas afternoon. carpenterhotel.com

86 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 BAR HEMINGWAY HÔTEL RITZ PARIS Paris If your bar’s counted past regulars like Cole Porter and F. Scott Fitzgerald—and, of course, its namesake author, who as an embedded war correspondent purportedly “liberated” the bar as Allied armies pushed Wehrmacht troops from the city in 1944—then you probably merit the accolades you’ve racked up over the decades. But this intimate spot on Place Vendôme isn’t resting on its proverbial laurels— under the longtime helm of Colin Field, Bar Hemingway continues to earn its place as one of the world’s most impressive rooms to raise a great cocktail. ritzparis.com

ELEPHANT BAR The Fool NOMAD HOTEL From the bar’s tarot-themed cocktail sealable container and fill with gin; New York City menu, this drink, named for the card seal the container and place in the A great hotel bar should representing beginner’s luck, matches refrigerator for 1-3 weeks, tasting the remind you that you’re pineapple and rhubarb with the gentle gin periodically until the desired flavor someplace special, and the bitterness of an Italian aperitivo and is reached. Strain the liquid well and the frothiness of egg white. rebottle for use; keep refrigerated for Elephant Bar is special, up to 3 weeks. indeed. Dimly lit and imbued 2 oz. pineapple-infused gin with the kind of gravitas ¾ oz. Cappelletti Aperitivo Americano Rhubarb Cordial: In a medium sauce- that can only come from a ¾ oz. rhubarb cordial pan, combine 1½ lbs. of fresh, sliced 24-foot mahogany bar, the 2 dashes cardamom bitters rhubarb stalks (taking care to avoid Elephant Bar isn’t just an 1 fresh egg white (pasteurized if the poisonous leaves), 2 oz. of fresh impressive place to drink— you like) lemon juice, 3 dashes of Peychaud’s with a drinks selection bitters and 1½ cups of water. Bring the overseen by Leo Robitschek, Tools: shaker, strainer, fine strainer mixture to a boil, then reduce heat and it’s also pouring some of Glass: cocktail or coupe simmer for around 30 minutes, until the best cocktails anywhere, Garnish: lime peel, star anise the rhubarb has become translucent. Strain out the solids, then add 1½ cups such as the Longfellow, with Shake all the ingredients without ice of white sugar and 1 oz. of , stir- horseradish-infused gin, until frothy, then shake again with ice ring until the sugar has fully dissolved. apple and pear , to chill. Double strain into a chilled Keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. honey, lemon and cinnamon. glass and garnish. thenomadhotel.com/new-york JUSTIN STAMPER Pineapple-Infused Gin: Remove the MATILDA MIDNIGHT skin and core from 1 ripe pineapple, THE DWELL HOTEL then slice the fruit. Add the fruit to a CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

march/april 2019 ~ imbibemagazine.com 87 Above: Ryan Casey helms the Living Room Bar BEMELMANS BAR LIVING in The Dewberry in Charleston. This photo: THE CARLYLE ROOM BAR Bemelmans Bar in The Carlyle in New York City. New York City THE DEWBERRY It takes a special something Charleston, to outshine a 24-karat gold- South Carolina leaf ceiling, but Bemelmans Travel can make life Bar manages to do exactly complicated, which is why that. Between its large- the seemingly effortless scale murals by Ludwig simplicity of a drink at

Bemelmans (familiar to the Living Room Bar Hotel Rosewood a Carlyle, The of courtesy bottom: Williams; Top:Matthew millions from his “Madeline” can be such a welcome series of children’s books), balm for the frazzled its black granite bar and traveler. Relax on one of its menu peppered with the midcentury-styled contemporary classics like couches or grab a seat at the Old Cuban and Gin- the bar to sip impeccable Gin Mule—many created fuss-free cocktails such by Audrey Saunders, who as a classic Champs- headed the bar for several Élysées or originals like years before opening Pegu the Dewberry Daiquiri, with Club in 2005—Bemelmans pineapple rum, sherry and makes this already super- Peychaud’s bitters. suave Upper East Side thedewberrycharleston.com landmark hotel even cooler. rosewoodhotels.com/en/ the-carlyle-new-york

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CAROUSEL BAR & LOUNGE Rush Jagoe Rush HOTEL MONTELEONE New Orleans No trip to New Orleans would be alcohol-free options like the Robyn Gray underscores SKAI BAR complete without Stargaze (Seedlip, hibiscus, this status in one of the SWISSÔTEL at least one burdock and strawberry city’s most stylish bars. THE STAMFORD spin around the shrub)—hitting the rain Skew classic with the Singapore Carousel Bar. And forest, high desert and Hotel Georgia cocktail (the Though situated a dizzying we mean literally, alpine heights in between. recipe, like the hotel, dates 70 floors above Singapore’s as the 25-seat bar skai.sg to the first half of the 20th streets, the recently was built on steel century), made with gin, opened SKAI Bar installed rollers to create orgeat, lemon juice and floor-to-ceiling windows a slow-motion orange flower water, or to ensure visitors don’t PROHIBITION merry-go-round aim contemporary with an miss a beat from beneath. HOTEL GEORGIA effect. With a Elvis Presley, with peanut- Referencing the earth’s Vancouver, or Vieux infused bourbon, amaro, ecosystems, head bartender British Columbia Carré in hand, chicory, banana and Lillet. Rusty Cerven steers the Vancouver’s long been a every 15-minute rosewoodhotels.com/en/ cocktail list, from ocean- leader in Canadian cocktail rotation is another hotel-georgia-vancouver inspired drinks like the Nori culture, and at Prohibition opportunity to let Highball (seaweed-infused in Vancouver’s Hotel the good times roll. manzanilla sherry) to Georgia, head bartender hotelmonteleone.com

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Above: Studio in the Freehand Hotel New York. This photo: Sternewirth in the Hotel Emma in San Antonio.

90 imbibemagazine.com ~ march/april 2019 From top: The lobby bar at the Ace Hotel New Orleans; Alto, the Ace's rooftop bar; the George Washington in-house Bar in the Freehand Hotel New York. Bar Crawls h, to be a fly on the wall the first time a hotelier raised the question, “What if guests could bar- hop right here, without ever leaving the hotel?” Bar crawling has never been easier (or more fun) than at places like Hotel Emma in San Antonio, where Sternewirth and Supper offer a one-two punch, or in Providence, Rhode Island, where the Dean Hotel contrasts sultry basement bar The Magdalenae Room with Boombox, a karaoke lounge. At the Hotel Commonwealth in Boston, Eastern Standard and the Hawthorne deliver two outstanding opportunities for in-house cocktails. At the Ace Hotel in New Orleans, Josephine Estelle and a casual lobby bar offer daytime tipples, and as dusk approaches, a full menu rolls out at Three Keys, the hotel’s on-site music venue. On the roof, frozen drinks flow freely from Alto, and a few doors down the street, cozy nautical nook Seaworthy also functions under the hotel’s purview. The Chicago Athletic Association Hotel agenda begins with slushies and shuffleboard at the aptly named Game Room, followed by aperitifs overlooking Millennium Park at rooftop bar Cindy’s. Austere classics steal the show at Cherry Circle Room, and after dinner, seek the rare and vintage selection at The Milk Room. In New York City, start the day at the new Freehand Hotel with brunch cocktails at Studio, the second-floor all-day café, then head for at the George Washington Bar before dinner and drinks at Simon & The Whale on the lobby level, then indulge in the hip tropical concoctions at the buzzing Broken Shaker at the top of the hotel. Just remember to change out of your hotel slippers before leaving the room. thehotelemma.com; thedeanhotel.com; hotelcommonwealth.com; acehotel.com/neworleans; chicagoathletichotel.com; freehandhotels.com/new-york

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march/april 2019 ~ imbibemagazine.com 91 CLYDE COMMON GALLERY BAR ACE HOTEL HOTEL NACIONAL Portland, Oregon DE CUBA For more than a decade, Havana travelers and locals have Between the tropical been flocking to Clyde temps and the densely Common in Portland’s clustered Hall of Fame downtown Ace Hotel. photos of high-profile Opened in 2007 and helmed international guests, one by Jeffrey Morgenthaler, thing’s clear about the the award-winning bar Hotel Nacional: you’re offered barrel-aged and not in Kansas anymore. bottled cocktails before This Havana landmark the storm and continues may lend its name to a to weather trends with celebrated cocktail, but the original creations like the bar specializes in Cuban Southbound Suarez (tequila, classics like and lime, Becherovka and Cuba Libres, best sipped horchata). Downstairs at the while relaxing in a room subterranean Pépé Le Moko, that’s hosted more history Morgenthaler highlights than most bars ever will. kitchy classics like the Blue hotelnacionaldecuba.com Hawaiian and Grasshopper. clydecommon.com THE BOILERMAN BAR ATELIER 25HOURS HOTEL COCKTAIL BAR EPPENDORF Track & Field BOHEMIA SUITES Hamburg Grapefruit and pink peppercorns make this Clyde & SPA Jörg Meyer put Hamburg Common cocktail earthy and aromatic. Canary Islands on the cocktail map with If the panoramic view of his immaculately stylish 1 oz. gin Gran Canaria’s sprawling Le Lion, but he aimed ½ oz. aquavit (Clyde Common uses Krogstad) in a completely different 1½ oz. grapefruit & pink peppercorn cordial beaches from Atelier’s 8th-floor perch doesn’t direction for his second Tools: shaker, strainer, fine strainer impress, the outlandish bar at the 25hours Hotel Glass: cocktail cocktails will. The drinks Eppendorf. rule are each accompanied by a the menu at the casual bar, Shake all the ingredients with ice, then double miniature tableau setting. from a basic Scotch & Soda strain into a chilled glass. The Yankee (peanut butter, to more complex mixes like bourbon, maple syrup and the Highball de Santiago, Grapefruit & Pink Peppercorn Cordial: In a BBQ bitters) gets a palm- with rum, Chartreuse, lime , combine 250 grams (about 8¾ oz.) of sized fire pit and skewered and ginger ale. A second white sugar, 8 oz. of hot water, 1½ oz. of grapefruit marshmallows, while the Boilerman opened near the juice, 20 grams (about ¾ oz.) of grapefruit zest, harbor in 25hours HafenCity 1 oz. of citric acid and 2 tsp. of pink peppercorns, Gala (hibiscus-infused then blend at high speed until thoroughly grappa, beet shrub, port, Hamburg hotel, and another homogenized. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer lemon, egg white and offshoot in the Boilerman and keep refrigerated for up to 2 weeks. Champagne) comes with a empire recently opened at tiny easel and set of paints. 25hours in . BANJO AMBERG bohemia-grancanaria.com boilermanbar.net CLYDE COMMON ACE HOTEL PORTLAND, OREGON

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Clyde Common in Portland's Ace Hotel.

march/april 2019 ~ imbibemagazine.com 93 FIFTY MILS FOUR SEASONS HOTEL Mexico City Bartenders aim for the stars at Fifty Mils in Mexico City, where guests can expect the unexpected in cocktails like the Ant Man, which blends magic and whimsy via a mix of mezcal, avocado-ant mix, egg white, bitters, lemongrass and soda water, delivered in a glass prism. It’s not all smoke and mirrors, though—others keep it simpler while still tapping This photo: The courtyard at the into local ingredients as a Fifty Mils Four Seasons in Mexico City. Above: Drinks at Fifty Mils. nod to the region. fftymils.com

THE NORMANDIE CLUB HOTEL NORMANDIE Los Angeles The Normandie Club is

sort of like a regular hotel Baks Sander page: Facing Horan. Christian City, Mexico Hotel Seasons Four courtesy top: from page, This bar in the same way that the menu’s (It’s Sort of Like an) Old Fashioned— with coconut-infused bourbon, apple brandy, spiced almond demerara syrup and Angostura bitters—compares to the standard version: familiar and comforting, but with something extra that makes it stand out. Introduced by the team behind Death & Co in New York City and headed by Devon Tarby, this dark, stylish cocktail den brings the cocktail curious to LA’s Koreatown. thenormandieclub.com

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PULTIZER’S BAR HOTEL TONGA ROOM & RIDER SAZERAC BAR PULITZER BAR HOTEL THEODORE THE ROOSEVELT Amsterdam FAIRMONT HOTEL Seattle HOTEL Located within San Francisco Seattle’s downtown is New Orleans the hotel’s 25 A handful of relics remain bristling with new and Between the art deco interconnected from the golden age of tiki, newly refurbished hotels, design and the sweeping historic row houses and none is more elegant and Rider, at the Hotel social realism murals that line the canal, than the Tonga Room, atop Theodore, is staking painted in the 1930s by Pulitzer’s Bar San Francisco’s Nob Hill. a claim as one of the Paul Ninas, the Sazerac embodies classic Designed around what had city’s more notable hotel Bar wears its age with glamour and modern been the hotel’s 75-foot and bars. grace. Long a classic sensibility. The indoor pool, the restaurant With a drinks program New Orleans bar, the current Hemingway- and bar first opened in developed by bar manager Sazerac relocated to The inspired menu offers 1945, and still serves Mai Ariana Vitale, Rider Roosevelt Hotel in 1949, contemporary twists Tais and pupu platters to features drinks ranging and in the years since, on classics, like the guests arrayed around the from the bright Mole Spritz it’s served its eponymous Cuba Libre Fizz (a water (musicians play from (tequila, vermouth, amaro, cocktail (alongside other velvety interpretation a floating stage), while bitters and cava) to the rich New Orleans classics) to served up) and taking shelter from the Grande Rosso (Calvados, everyone ranging from the Expat Sazerac theatrical tropical show- chinato and sherry). celebrities and politicians (pistachio-infused ers (thunder! lightning!) riderseattle.com to Mardi Gras revelers and scotch, cachaça, that rain down around the everyday parched travelers. salted caramel syrup and ). impromptu lagoon. therooseveltneworleans.com tongaroom.com pulitzersbar.nl

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