10/16/2026
We honored to host the return of celebrated author and friend Robert Simonson on Thursday Oct 29th from 5-7pm. Join us for an evening of story telling and Q&A with the author about his new book Bourbon & Rye Cocktails - The History of American Wh***ey in 73 recipes. Signed copies will be sold at the event the perfect gift for the wh***ey lover in your life.
Robert Simonson is the author of seven acclaimed books on cocktails and cocktail culture,including The Old-Fashioned, A Proper Drink, 3-Ingredient Cocktails, The Martini Cocktail, Mezcaland Tequila Cocktails, Modern Classic Cocktails, and The Encyclopedia of Cocktails. He has writtenabout cocktails, spirits, and bars for the New York Times since 2009, publishing more words about cocktails than any writer in the history of the newspaper. As such, he was the primary contributor to The New York Times Essential Book of Cocktails. In 2022, he and his wife, Mary Kate Murray, co-founded the well-read Substack newsletter The Mix with Robert Simonson, which was nominated fora Tales of the Cocktail Spirted Award in 2023 and won an IACP Award in 2024. Simonson beganwriting a cocktail column for The Wall Street Journal in 2024, and also contributes regularly to New York Magazine, Imbibe, Menās Journal and Vinepair.
