num_pages: 288
description: Want to know what its like to pull up a stool with the likes of Hemingway Updike or Capote? Curious how Jay McInerney takes his martini or where to order Alexander Chees favorite cocktail? For well-read drinkers and boozy bookworms everywhere comes Storied Bars of New York a photographic and historical celebration of the best literary pubs cocktail bars and taverns of New York City. Every chapter profiles an influential bar and comes complete with photographs a laundry list of the writerly clientele a recipe for the establishments signature cocktail (as well as which authors were likely to order it) and a snapshot of its place in New York culture at the time of its eminence as demonstrated by quotes from authors and excerpts from magazine reviews.In a city where there is almost too much to explore this guide will make finding your favorite erudite-cool drinking spot that much easier.
language: English
title: Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink
publisher: Countryman Press