cocktails
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Bar Bayeux—a long, narrow club in Brooklyn, N.Y., that names cocktails for revered jazz musicians such as Herbie Nichols and Shirley Horn and frequently hosts first-rate bands—was packed one mid-September Saturday night.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
On Friday evenings, hundreds of people gather at Ponysaurus Brewing Co., a trendy spot in Durham, North Carolina, to savor its craft beers and cocktails, hardly the place you’d expect a school to open.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
The grill leans into comfort foods and Americana with crab cakes, spinach artichoke dip, a Lucas-favorite chopped salad, jumbo-prawn cocktails, mac and cheese, and pigs in a blanket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
CleanCo reformulated its alcohol-free cocktails and spirits to hit an absolute 0.0% ABV after its market testing revealed shoppers were confused by trace amounts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
“I rang the British Council in Enugu and I can’t believe our people there are still going off to play water polo and have cocktails at the Hotel Presidential! There’s a bloody war going on.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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