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LAST CALL Exclusive: Amaro San Simone Is Coming to America
Exciting News About My Favorite "Suitcase Bottle" from Italy
Oct 14 • 
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Two Sweater-Weather Cocktails for Crisp Autumn Weekends
Stir Up an Autumn Sweater and Amaro-Spiked Mulled Hot Apple Cider
Oct 10 • 
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October 2025 Dispatch
The Mariners Make the Playoffs, "One Battle After Another" in VistaVision, Rita With a View, A Negroni Week Hangover, Apple Cider Donuts...
Oct 1 • 
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The Hidden Hospitality Hazards When You’re Too Big for the Bar
May 10, 2024 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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Beer, Wine, and Apricot Brandy: The Blue-Collar Booze of "Jaws"
Jun 20 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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The Art of Drinking Alone
Jun 18, 2023 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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Warm Up with a Brancamenta Hot Chocolate
Jan 7 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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Drinking Italian: La Passeggiata
Aug 7, 2023 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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The Drop Dead Years
Jan 24 • Brad Thomas Parsons
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"The Comic Book History of the Cocktail"
Talking with Award-Winning Author David Wondrich About His Spirited New Book
Sep 26 • 
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Snapshots from Seattle
"I Miss the Comfort In Being Sad."
Sep 20 • 
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September 2025 Dispatch
The Other Side of Summer
Sep 1 • 
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Tennis, Anyone?
Get Your Honey Deuce Fix at the Dante Racquet Club
Aug 28 • 
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Countdown to Seattle!
Details on Two Upcoming Amaro Events and Close Out Summer with a Fernet and Coke Float.
Aug 22 • 
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Out On The Town: FINI Patio Bar
On the Brooklyn Waterfront with Pizza, Parm, Piccata, Stuffed Peppers, and a Pretty Spectacular View
Aug 19 • 
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Shake Up a Rickey Ramazzotti
"So Drunk in the August Sun, and You're the Kind of Girl I Like."
Aug 15 • 
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