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A Cocktail Tour of Old New York

Life Behind Bars

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This episode of the award-winning podcast Life Behind Bars looks at the extensive history of bars in New York.

Noah Rothbaum

Half Full Editor

Updated Oct. 08, 2020 1:48PM ET / Published Jan. 17, 2020 5:25PM ET 

From McSorley’s Old Ale House to the Ear Inn to the Nancy Whiskey, New York has no shortage of historic watering holes. 

On this episode of the award-winning podcast, Life Behind Bars, co-hosts David Wondrich and Noah Rothbaum, talk about the extensive history of bars in New York and how the city’s drinking culture has evolved over the last two centuries. They dig deep into their archives for stories about oyster dens, drinking “mild ale” and the variety of speakeasies operating in the five boroughs during Prohibition.

So fix yourself a drink and listen to this episode of Life Behind Bars now. Cheers!

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Life Behind Bars features Half Full’s editor Noah Rothbaum and its Senior Drinks Columnist David Wondrich as they discuss the greatest bartenders and greatest cocktails of all time. It won the 2018 Tales of the Cocktail Spirited Award for the world’s best drinks podcast.

Edited by Alex Skjong

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