The Quintessential Guide to Imbibing in New York City
New York is quite possibly the easiest city for cocktail aficionados to be lured into tourist traps for drinks. If youre a visitor, chances are youve got tickets to Hamilton and are looking for a good pre- or post-musical drink and most of your choices in the Theater Districts immediate vicinity are watering holes with the highest prices for the lowest quality.
And if youre a local, you may have fallen into the routine of sipping at the same-old, same-old and allowed comfort to get in the way of exploration. Thats where The Not For Tourists New York City Cocktail Companion comes in. This comprehensive book traverses all five boroughs (yes, even Staten Island) as well as a couple of honorary enclaves across the river, to detail the most authentically New York spots crafting the freshest, most flavor-forward and cutting-edge cocktails.
Additionally, the book includes recipes for sixty such concoctions from many of those venues, for you to always have a neighborhood-by-neighborhood taste of Gotham in your home, apartment, or hotel when you dont feel like going out.
Jeff Ciolettis tenure in liquid literacy has exposed him to some of the best libations the world has to offer and given him access to the producers and purveyors of such fine refreshments. He combines his love of drink with a passion for travel and one usually involves the other. He is the editor in chief of Craft Spirits magazine, a publication of the American Craft Spirits Association. Before that he served for fourteen years as an editor at Beverage World magazine, including eight years as editor in chief. Hes also the author of the books Imbibing for Introverts, Drink Like a Geek, SakePedia, The Drinkable Globe, The Year of Drinking Adventurously, and Beer FAQ. Jeff is also the founder of DrinkableGlobe.com and host of The Drinkable Globe Podcast and has been a frequent contributor to a variety of publications including Beverage Media, BevNet, Beverage Industry, The Takeout, SevenFifty Daily and CraftBeer.com. Additionally, hes achieved Level 2 in Spirits Certification from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, is certified as an International Kikisake-shi (sake sommelier) by Sake Service Institute International, and is the winner of four North American Guild of Beer Writers awards. He lives in Alexandria, Virgina.
