Tagged: cocktails

Tourists Warned of Deadly Tainted Alcohol in Mexico, Japan, Brazil, and Other Travel Hot Spots

Public heath experts are sounding the alarm about a worrisome uptick in poisonings from tainted alcohol in many countries around the world, including several major destinations for…

Wisconsin Supper Clubs: 7 of the Best Spots to Try the State’s Classic Dining Experience

Relics of the Prohibition era, Wisconsin’s distinctive supper clubs began as semi-illicit roadhouses and taverns where folks could linger over fish fry and a drink away from prying…

On the Margarita Mile in Dallas: How the City Became the Birthplace of a Tex-Mex Staple

There are lots of places across the United States where you can pay tribute to the country’s great inventors and innovators. But very few, if any, of those institutions serve tequila…

Hilton to Evict Global Tiki Icon Trader Vic's London on Dec. 31

The London Hilton on Park Lane has reportedly notified the management of Trader Vic's, a historic icon of tiki bar culture, that its last day in business will be December 31, 2022, a…

Experts Weigh In On the Top Restaurant Trends For 2022

We all know people who travel to eat. In fact, we may be people who travel to eat. But two pandemic years and the simple march of time have shifted where and what we'll eat when we…

Is Airplane Water Safe? What You Should (and Should Not) Drink Aboard a Flight

It should come as no surprise that the healthiest thing to drink on a plane is water, which also happens to be the healthiest thing to drink on land. Inside an airplane cabin, the air…

Where Was the Piña Colada Born? A Bar Fight Between Two Puerto Rico Tourism Icons

The origins of the piña colada are like the origins of the universe: shrouded in mystery and hotly disputed. In Puerto Rico, where the fruity-frothy combo of pineapple, coconut cream,…

New Analysis Shows Most Popular Cocktails in All 50 U.S. States (and Across the World)

Americans drank a lot at the height of the pandemic. That's no secret. But what kinds of drinks shifted dramatically, with hard liquor sales growing far more than beer or wine sales,…

Historic Hudson Valley Brickyard Transformed Into Luxury Resort

Pillow menus, a social hour with wine in the lobby, goldfish in guest rooms—in the last decade or so there's been an arms race among hotels over which can create the most original…

Delicious Cocktail Recipes from Cool Hotel Bars—Taste Vacation at Home!

Hotels have been a haven for delightful beverages for centuries. Ever since the modern hotel evolved out of the tavern inns of yore, the world's greatest places to stay have cultivated…

Sazerac Cocktail Museum to Open in New Orleans

Anyone who’s been to New Orleans knows that drinking is a big deal in the Big Easy. So it’s perhaps no surprise that the city that claims to have invented the cocktail will soon be…

Pints with a Past: Must-See Historic Bars Across the United States

More than one bar lays claim to being the oldest in the United States. But we’re not here to settle the matter, mostly because that would involve hairsplitting, nitpicky decisions…

Bali Tourism Could Collapse with Alcohol Ban

Tourism leaders are sounding the alarm in Indonesia, where two Islamist parties have jointly presented a bill to ban the sale of alcohol throughout the nation of…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Munich and the Bavarian Alps

Despite the economy, recent surveys show that more young people in Germany would like to live in the capital of Bavaria than in any other German metropolis. Vacationers from abroad…

What to Pack in Your Traveling Medical Kit

We have split our medical kit into two parts, each in its own zippered pouch. The large kit is for overnight trips away from potential help, in the wilderness or on a boat, or for…

Travel Writing 101: What Exactly is Travel?

Anyone can be a travel writer. You can write your blog, your memoir, your diary of a trip, and the only difference between you and, say, Pico Iyer, is that he writes more beautifully…