I have been able to find Rittenhouse Bonded 100 in NYC for quite some time (~2 years) Both Astor and Warehouse has had it for quite some time, as well as Lenells.

is what you get in the typical super market. If you like citrus, while in Red Hook go to LeNell's liquor store and get Fee’s Lemon Bitters.

have a fancy bottle of rye at home, the old cask, and it is fantastic. a great midrange rye (really great) is sazerac and a great inexpensive rye is rittenhouse. LENELL'S in red hook will give you tastings and set you up, she is...

with the chef and later with her husband and both were really nice, accommodating and seemed very enthusiastic about running their restaurant. They said that they plan to open the garden soon and plan to joint-host a sake tasting...

table at smith and vine, but if you want to buy a case, scotto’s does a nice discount, even for mixed cases. scotto’s is also better for liquor, tho the best for this is leNell's in red hook. bread: we use...

like their celery bitters. Their Jerry Thomas bitters are quite different. http://www.the-bitter-truth.com/ Very difficult to get are the Hermes bitters from Suntory in Japan. They have an aromatic and an orange. Here’s what...

LeNell's in Red Hook, Brooklyn also carries it and I think saw it at Astor in NYC. http://www.lenells.com/ http://www.astorwines.com/

. Kentucky Bourbon Distillers does seem to produce much of the good rye we – the lucky ones – get to imbibe. BMH - Brash and Gritty? I find them smooth, smooth, smooth. LeNell's Red Hook Rye? Brash hardly begins to...

Tini is just across the street from the Good Fork — in fact, when I get together with a group for dinner at the Good Fork, I usually get everyone to gather at Tini first, since the Good Fork’s bar is so cozy....

I’m assuming that you meant that you’ve been to the Red Hook ballfields and LeNell's (for bourbon tastings) as well as 360 and El Huipil. Otherwise, that’s the #1 route. Check out Fairway and the Beard St art...

enough. LeNells — really good wine shop on Van Brunt & Coffey. Lots of organic stuff. DeFontes (DaFontes?) — some say it’s the best sandwich shop in Brooklyn. That must be where you went. Steve’s Key Lime...

If you have a couple of minutes to spare, go to LeNells liquor store. She has a great selection of bourbon and will let you taste. Buy the Van Winkle 12 year old. She also has a great sense of humor in her wine selection (ie; an...

I think I saw it a few weeks ago at Lenells in Redhook, Brooklyn. They had a nice bathtub display of unusual and hard to get gins.

affordable gems. But if you’re overcome by the desire to experience plain old joie de booze, then you have to go to LeNell's in Red Hook.

Steves authentic key lime pie. Red Hook Rye - LeNell's. Knishes are easy just heat them up. Jacques torres chocolate.