golden standard

Drafthouse Beverage Director Bill Norris shows us how to whip up Oscar-themed cocktails

By Caitlin M. Ryan

02.22.13 | 10:31 am

"If it's liquid — and it's not soup — and Tim League owns it, I'm in charge of it," Bill Norris says. You know that any hired gun of the Alamo Drafthouse is go ...

Mardi Gras Madness

Skip Sixth Street and celebrate Fat Tuesday with these New Orleans-style feasts around town

By Veronica Meewes

02.12.13 | 11:35 am

Though there is truly no substitute for being in New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Austinites in search of beaded revelry will head downtown for some local debauchery this Tuesday night. But braving Sixt ...

quick cocktailing

Lady bartenders (of all kinds) compete in good old Speed Rack fun prior to San Antonio Cocktail Conference

By Mara Flynn

01.17.13 | 7:00 pm

Cocktail lovers turned out in full force at the Swoop House Tuesday night to support Austin’s finest lady bartenders and to raise funds for breast cancer awareness and research.   To ...

Business first

One hot chef, a rockin' mixologist and CultureMap's tri-city execs join to celebrate the season

By Shelby Hodge

12.11.12 | 4:42 pm

Every great hostess knows the key ingredients to a successful party — great food, good drink and a lively mix of guests. The requisite elements came together Monday night when CultureMap CEO ...

Fusebox Festival presents Cocktail Lounge #1: '80s Again

Midnight Cowboy

04.30.12

Remember the last time you ordered a Sex On The Beach or a Fuzzy Navel? And what about that crush you had on flair bartenders Swayze and Cruise in Cocktail? If you're lucky enough to have a gre

Meet the Tastemakers

Rabbits, Cowboys and Highballs: A conversation with cocktail wizard Bill Norris

By Tom Thornton

04.01.12 | 12:30 pm

If you've ever gone in search of a classic cocktail in Austin, odds are good that you've enjoyed the work of Bill Norris. An Austin transplant since 2004 by way of the East Coast, Norris ha ...

Meet the Tastemaker

Craft cocktail guru Adam Bryan finally goes on record with plans for his new neighborhood bar

By Jessica Dupuy

03.16.12 | 3:45 pm

If you like craft cocktails, and you’ve been a regular on the Austin bar scene for the past few years, then you’ve probably run into Adam Bryan. A 2012 Tastemaker nominee, Bryan is the ...

Sexy Drink Time

They did WHAT there?! Drafthouse announces opening of converted former brothel into new Midnight Cowboy Cocktail Lounge

By Michael Graupmann

02.29.12 | 4:15 pm

Chances are, you never even noticed it along the Sixth Street skyline, but it's been there in plain view the whole time: Midnight Cowboy Oriental Modeling. What? Gross! Really?? Yes, re ...