When Superstorm Sandy gave Red Hook a brackish bashing, Fort Defiance took it on the chin.
Print Issue: Winter 2013: Issue No. 28
Meet Del Pedro- he’ll be the 50-something goateed guy in a tiny tie, should you go- a 30-year scion of the city’s drinking scene whose first bartending gig was pouring Rock and Rye for day drinkers in an Uptown dive.
How can something so delicate and nuanced bear such a revolting image?
Save the Nook for the knapsack or nightstand, and hit the kitchen with these cookbooks until their pages are splattered and seasoned.
You can’t live here and not make them. It’s against The Rules.
Peter Becraft’s first crush.
A young crew puts a new kick in an old-world quaff.
A chef’s farewell toast to the pleasures of the cup.
Redefining bean-to-bar.
Jackie Summers is taking his ancestral liqueur to the mainstream American market.
A Wall Street veteran puts her chips on Bushwick rum.
An upstate orchard bears fruit—in the form of hard cider.












