Downtown’s new swinging cocktail lair Birds & Bees may have a hidden entrance and a subterranean location, but it’s more midcentury rumpus room than 1920s speakeasy. Descending here for drinks might ...

Demerara Syrup: Making simple syrup using demerara syrup instead of regular sugar adds depth and bridges the gap between the tart, bright pineapple and lime and the dark rum and bitter Campari. Feel ...

Tip Top Proper Cocktails’ Jungle Bird is BACK! Utilizing four simple ingredients – rum, lime, pineapple, and red bitters – the Jungle Bird is perfect for these long, hot summer days. In timely news, ...

In wilderness settings (read: bar patios), I’m a subpar birdwatcher. I can spot a male cardinal, and I can point out other members of the genus and identify them as “birds.” “Look, a bird!” I will say ...

Sunday Cocktail Corner is a series dedicated to finding just the right libation for the situation. I could hardly blame you if, among some of the week’s other stupid headlines, such as Donald Trump ...

The bar gets its name from a cocktail invented in Malaysia in 1978. Photo: Melissa Hom There may be no drink that sums up New York’s current bar scene better than the Jungle Bird, a delicate, tropical ...

“What should I drink?” you ask. You’re at a cocktail bar, trying to look over the menu, but it is almost performatively unhelpful. You’ve never heard of Cocchi Rosa, have no idea what a kumquat tastes ...

Kevin Boswell may arrive with bitters, but he sure is joyful about his work. Honestly, it's just the creativity of it. I think it's just fun creating different things you wouldn't think of like weird ...

If you haven't heard the buzz, Birds & Bees is kind of a big deal. Not just because it serves classic cocktails in a dim, Don Draper–esque den that transports you to the 1950s. Not even because it’s ...