New York Post • 12th June 2025

Inside 2025’s ‘drink of the year’ named after a hit song — from the NYC bar owner who invented it: ‘Very unique and different’

Here’s something worthy of a toast.


The bourbon-based cocktail crowned Food 52’s “drink of the year” is finally getting its moment in the spotlight two decades after its creator mixed it the first time in a Big Apple bar.


The pink-hued “Paper Plane,” first crafted at what is now Attaboy on the Lower East Side, has reached new heights due to its ability to balance “the Holy Trinity of bitter, sweet and sour,” creator Sam Ross, 42, told The Post.


“If you can balance all that, it has a wei...

New York Post • 2nd March 2025

Booze-free bar in trendy NYC neighborhood is a hot spot where nightcrawlers sip ‘zero-proof’ cocktails, play sober trivia

It’s the driest watering hole in Brooklyn.


Mockingbird opened its doors as the only booze-free cocktail bar in the borough during Dry January – and its owners said they’re turning crowds away at the door over a month later.


“We had to turn people away on a drag bingo night, and on Valentine’s Day we were packed,” co-owner Coulton Vento told The Post of the Park Slope hot spot that bills itself as a “zero-proof cocktail bar.”


“Our soft opening was insane – we had a line out the door,” t...

amNewYork • 8th March 2019

Female-led eateries celebrated on International Women's Day

More than a dozen restaurants are being celebrated as among the best women-led eateries in New York City on International Women's Day.

NBC New York • 27th November 2019

Where Do New York City’s Street Food Carts Go Each Night — And How Clean Are They Kept?

An investigation by the I-Team found that some of these commissaries have received dozens of violations — like food stored at improper temperatures, contamination and evidence of rats and mice.

amNewYork • 28th February 2019

Murray's Mac & Cheese puts gourmet twist on classic dish

After nearly 80 years in the artisan cheese business, the Murray’s brand is branching out with its first fast-casual outpost dedicated to the cheesiest of dishes.

amNewYork • 8th March 2019

Dessert Goals kicks off with boozy preview party

For the first time, patrons of the sugar-filled Dessert Goals can pair their sweets with booze when the pop-up returns to Long Island City on March 23 and 24.

InsideHook • 5th August 2019

Restaurants are Googling Customers to Make Sure They're Deserving of a Reservation

It’s hardly a surprise that exclusive eateries go above and beyond to appease their posh clientele. But in order to receive more information on a certain customer and individualize the dining experience, some restaurants are turning to Google.

InsideHook • 7th August 2019

Yelp Is Charging Marketing Fees to Restaurants In New Ordering Option

A new ordering option through Yelp is now charging restaurants up to 20 percent for every order placed through the app.

InsideHook • 8th August 2019

What Killed the Annual Presidential Salmon Tradition?

For nearly a century, the President of the United States was brought the first seasonal catch of Atlantic salmon. That tradition changed in 1992, several years before the species was deemed endangered in 2000.

InsideHook • 13th August 2019

Anheuser-Busch InBev Still In $100 Billion Worth of Debt

Anheuser-Busch InBev’s debt-to-cash ratio skyrocketed following the $106 Billion SAMBMiller partnership. By the end of 2016, AB InBev’s debt rose to about 5.5 times earnings before EBITDA.