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Articles By Wayne Curtis

Imbibe Contributing Editor Wayne Curtis is a designated drinker, freelance writer, contributing editor to The Atlantic and online columnist at The American Scholar. His favorite drink is the Sazerac, which makes perfect sense considering he calls New Orleans home.

mcsorley's bar

How one of the bar's most essential design elements has waxed and waned in popularity over the decades.

tiki bob

The story behind one of tiki's most ubiquitous drinking vessels.

sazerac cocktail

Wind through the sprawling history of the New Orleans classic.

Zebra Room

A snapshot of LA drinking history.

matchbooks

Where’ve you been? Matchbooks once told the tale.

freddie johnson

Meet the bourbon world's favorite tour guide.

Plastic Drinking Straw

Looking back on two centuries of sipping.

pony glass

Demystifying one of the bar’s more confusing historical terms.

Battery Powered Bartender

Revisiting the golden era of cocktail kitsch.

cocktail umbrellas

How this enduring symbol of drinking-as-leisure came to be.

waring blender

The boozy slushy might not be what it is today without the invention.

Mini Liquor Bottles

Wayne Curtis uncovers a storied history that dates back to 1862.

Home Cocktail Revolution

As Wayne Curtis finds, passion still fuels the best home entertainers.

Wayne Curtis explores 175 years of sweetness.

Drinking Districts

Most mid-sized cities in North America have a few blocks devoted to drinking and eating.

martini glass

Wayne Curtis explores the rise and fall of the most iconic cocktail glass.

immigrants and american bars

Bars have attracted immigrants and their ideas from abroad for more than a century.

julep strainer

The julep strainer is a noble artifact of the cocktail’s first great ice age.