Bars

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Noah Davis talks to bartender Nicholas Bennett about cocktail culture, starting a bar of his own, and the expenses associated with operating in New York City.

Norms change, laws are repealed or added, and patron demographics shift, but somewhere, the true dive remains.

The bartender has nearly unlimited power, and the patron has seemingly none. Is there any effective way to lobby for a drink?

Research shows that “feeling safe” is highly subjective.

Experiencing the liquor laws of The Big Easy can remind you of the power of culture to render alternative ways of life invisible.

Going out in an androcentric world.

New research from Australia says it’s not that simple.