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Sunday, December 22, 2024

Drinking Local: Spring Spirits

Patio Season Regardless

From the Vine to Holly Wine

Brewed Up

Clubs

Clubs

Bar 10Ten’s Smoke & Nitro

Downtown is plush with hotel bars such as Whiskey and Rye at the Omni and the WXYZ Bar at the Aloft, both of which...

Whiskey Business

I’m not a whiskey girl. You know that badass chick in movies who takes her liquor neat and makes smoking look like performance art? That’s...

A Lesson in Crime

A few weeks ago, this column welcomed to town the new Aloft Hotel’s ground-level bar, WXYZ. It occurred to me that some of the...

Food + Wine + Whiskey

The evening commenced with an anxiety-inducing golf cart ride, the wind whipping my hair back and forth Willow Smith-style as we zipped toward the...

Diving In Downtown

My friends and I never really drink downtown. Sure, I take all out-of-town and overseas visitors for an al fresco craft beer or cocktail...

WXYZ’s Alpha-bar Soup

The pungent odor of nail polish lingered as my party and I exited the parking garage. Our sights set on WXYZ Bar, we stepped...

Diving In the Stockyards

A couple of friends visiting from Europe wanted the tourist experience, so we visited the usual Stockyards places, such as Leddy’s for hats and...

Ampersand: Party in the Back

In early February, I whiled away a sunny afternoon quaffing liquor-infused coffee drinks on the patio of Ampersand, a coffee shop at the edge...

Funkytown Fermatorium Arrives

Some bar openings feel a bit like an arranged marriage. Yes, we knew it was only a matter of time before a brewery from...

The Blind Tiger of Panther City

“May I see your IDs?”  A misty rain fell as we were greeted by a bouncer with bulky arms and a wide grin just outside...