"Destination: Cocktails" is the next book project from author James Teitelbaum.
It will be published by Santa Monica Press in spring, 2012.

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Destination: Cocktails will be an in-depth travel guide profiling nearly two hundred of the very best craft cocktail bars in over forty cities world-wide.  Shorter write ups will be included for a further hundred bars.

These profiles will guide the traveler towards superior cocktail destination on four continents.


Destination: Cocktails does not aim to be a recipe book nor a bartender’s manual.
Rather, the book will serve as a traveler’s handbook to the best places to find a top-tier drink, and an introduction to the people who move and (in particular) shake this community.


Destination: Cocktails will also spotlight local distillers in each city, giving a profile of the locally made spirits available to travelers.   When possible, synergies between the listed bars and their local distillery counterparts will be highlighted. 

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Signed copies of the book will be available directly from James in Spring of 2012. 
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Here is a list of the included locations.
This list is 90% complete; a few entries may be dropped, a few may be added, but it is close...
NEW YORK

1534
Angel’s Share
Brandy Library
Clover Club
Death & Co
Dram
Dutch Kills
Elsa
Employees Only
Flatiron Lounge
Lani Kai
Little Branch
Maison Premeire
Mayahuel
Milk and Honey
Pegu Club
PKNY (formerly Painkiller)
Please Don't Tell
The Raine's Law Room
Bemelmans Bar
The Breslin
Eleven Madison Park
Gramercy Tavern
Macao Trading Co.
Momfuku Ssäm Bar
Randolph at Broome
The Rusty Knot
Vandaag
Weather Up TriBeCa
Weather Up

BOSTON

Drink
No. 9 Park
Brick & Mortar
Green Street Grill
Craigie on Main
Rendezvous
Eastern Standard
Hawthorne

MIAMI / FORT LAUDERDALE

The Bar at Sra. Martinez
Michael's Genuine Food & Drink
Mai Kai

ATLANTA

Prohibition

NEW ORLEANS

Arnaud's French 75 Bar
Bar Tonique
Bar UnCommon
Cure
Iris
Carousel Bar
Napoleon House
Old Absinthe House
Sazerac Bar
Tujague's
Bourbon House
Brennan’s
Cochon
Butcher
Herbsaint
Green Goddess
Loa
Lüke

NASHVILLE

Holland House Bar and Refuge
Patterson House

WASHINGTON DC

Columbia Room
The Passenger
The Gibson
PS7's
PX

PHILADELPHIA

The Farmers’ Cabinet
The Bookstore
The Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co.
Southwark Restaurant

ST. LOUIS

Sanctuaria
CHICAGO

Bar DeVille
Boka
Girl & the Goat
GT Fish & Oyster
Drawing Room
In Fine Spirits
The Hopleaf
Sable
The Violet Hour
Big Star
Weegee's Lounge
The Whistler
Longman and Eagle
Nacional 27
Blackbird
Sepia
Tiny Lounge
Duchamp
The Exchange
Gilt Bar
Curio Bar
Hubbard Inn
Maude’s Liquor Bar
The Aviary
Tribute
Maria’s Packaged Goods & Community Bar
Barrelhouse Flat

CLEVELAND

Velvet Tango Room
Cave du Vin
Nighttown
McNulty's Bier Markt and Speakeasy
Flying Fig
Dragonfly

MILWAUKEE

Beta
Bryant's
At Random
The Hamilton
Iron Horse Hotel
Branded
BYO Studio Lounge
Distil

LOUISVILLE

Proof on Main

AUSTIN

Bar Congress
The Belmont

HOUSTON

Anvil Bar & Refuge
Backstreet Café
Beaver's

DENVER

Beatrice and Woodsley
Colt & Gray
Root Down
Squeaky Bean
Steuben's Food Service
Williams & Graham
Z Cuisine Bistrot & A' Côté Bar à Absinthe
The Crusie Room

RENO

Chapel Tavern

ANCHORAGE

Corsair Restaurant

SEATTLE / TACOMA

1022 South
Liberty
Rob Roy
Sambar
Sun Liquor
Sun Liquor Distillery
Tavern Law
Zig Zag Cafe

SAN DIEGO

Noble Experiment
Prohibition Liquor Bar
PORTLAND

Beaker and Flask
Clyde Commons
June
Laurelhurst Market
Park Kitchen
Teardrop Cocktail Lounge
Thatch Tiki Bar

SAN FRANCISCO / BAY AREA

Absinthe
Alembic
Bar Agricole
BarCeluna
Beretta
Bourbon and Branch
The Burritt Room
Cask
Cantina
Camino
Comstock
Forbidden Island
Flora
Heaven’s Dog
Jardiniere
Rickhouse
Smuggler’s Cove
Trader Vic's
E&O Trading Company
Harry Denton's Starlight Room
Parrish bar
Palace Hotel

LOS ANGELES

Caña Rum Bar
Comme Ça
Copa D’oro
Don the Beachcomber
La Descarga
Harvard & Stone
Library Bar
Musso & Frank Grill
Providence
Roger Room
Seven Grand
Thirsty Crow
Tiki Ti
The Varnish

PARIS

Bar Le Forum / Forvm Bar
Candelaria
Curio Parlor
L’Experimental Cocktail Club
La Famille
Grazie 
Harry's New York Bar
The Bar Hemingway
Le Meurice

AMSTERDAM

Door 74
Feijoa
House of Bols
Harry’s Bar

BARCELONA

Bar Marsella
Boada's bar
Dry Martini
Las Cuevas del Sorte

BERLIN

Beckett Kopf
Big Market
Reingold
Green Door
Lebensstern
Rum Trader
Stagger Lee
Windhorst

HAMBURG

Absinth
Christiansen’s
Le Lion
Jahreszeiten Bar (Seasons Bar)

VIENNA

Austrotel Hotel Fürst Metternich
MUNICH

American Bar Negroni
Pacific Times
Schumann’s American Bar
Tabacco

STOCKHOLM

f/l Cocktailbar

COPENHAGEN

Ruby

ZURICH

The Widder Bar

LONDON

69 Colebrooke Row
Artesian at The Langham
Connaught Bar
Dukes Bar
Experimental Cocktail Club
Hawksmoor Seven Dials
Hix
Academy
The Lonsdale
Milk & Honey
Montgomery Place
Quo Vadis
Salvatore at Playboy Club
Trailer Happiness

SCOTLAND

Bramble

IRELAND

The Bar

TOKYO

Bar High Five
Bar Ishinohana
Bar Rage
Doulton Bar
Higashiya
Bar King Rum "Kinguramu”
Bar Orange
Kuroitsuki (Black Moon)
Old Imperial Bar
Star Bar Ginza
Tender Bar
Y&M Kisling

HAVANA

La Floridita
Bar dos Hermanos (Two Brothers Bar)
La Bodeguita del Medio


MELBOURNE

Der Raum

SYDNEY

Eau de Vie
Rockpool Bar & Grill

WELLINGTON

Matterhorn

VANCOUVER

Boneta
Clive's Classic Lounge
Chambar Restaurant
The Diamond
The Refinery
West

BEIJING

Apothecary

SHANGHAI

Alchemist Cocktail Kitchen
Apothecary
Constellation I
Constellation II
el Coctel
Rhumerie Bounty
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