About LAST CALL
When you subscribe LAST CALL, you’ll receive weekly spirited dispatches on bars and bar culture, drinks and spirits, restaurants and regional foodways, and popular culture—including, articles, interviews, profiles, personal essays, recipes, round-ups, and first-look behind-the-scenes details on my books, projects, and events.
I hail from Central New York (I lived in Canastota and Oneida, located between Utica and Syracuse) and have lived in Brooklyn, New York, since 2010. I went to college at SUNY-Oswego on the banks of Lake Ontario and received an MFA in writing from Columbia University. My dreams of becoming a young novelist were met with the reality of working in a bookstore before moving to Seattle where I became a senior editor on the books team at Amazon for over a decade, where I ran point on the cooking, food, and wine category. I moved back to New York in 2010 and worked as an executive marketing director for two different publishers (with a focus on cooking and lifestyle) before going freelance full-time in 2017.
I’ve been writing about drinks, spirits, and bar culture since 2008 and my work has appeared in publications including Bon Appétit, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Lucky Peach, Whisky Advocate, Imbibe, PUNCH, TASTE, and VinePair among others. I have been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, NPR's All Things Considered, The Splendid Table, The Martha Stewart Show, and more.
I am the author of four books, including Bitters (James Beard and IACP Award Winner), Amaro, Distillery Cats, and Last Call (James Beard Award Finalist, Spirited Award Winner).
In addition, I have conducted in-person and virtual talks, tastings, seminars, and master classes on bitters, amaro, cocktails, and Italian drinking culture at bars, restaurants, and venues across the United States and in Italy.
Thank you in advance for your support of my writing and work here at LAST CALL.
—BTP
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Sponsorship & Underwriting Opportunities
LAST CALL welcomes partnership and underwriting opportunities with like-minded brands and businesses in the food, beverage, and lifestyle space. Brands that have collaborated with LAST CALL include Black Seed Bagels, Casamara Club, Demitri’s Bloody Mary Mix, Doladira, Ekone Tinned Seafood, Faccia Brutto Spirits, Forthave Spirits, Four Walls Irish American Whiskey, High Wire Distilling Co., January Spirits, Le Moné, The Pathfinder, St. Agrestis, See the Elephant Amaro, and Wynk Seltzer + THC.
Contact Brad Thomas Parsons if you would like to learn more about opportunities and rates for 2025.
