DRINKING IN AMERICA

Today, across the Eater network, we’re exploring how bars have suffered in the face of an unthinkable crisis, and the creativity and adaptability of people weathering the storm.

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Drinking in America
By Eater
Today, across the Eater network, we’re exploring how bars have suffered in the face of an unthinkable crisis, and the creativity and adaptability of people weathering the storm.
Oct 14, 2020
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Drinking in America
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Before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the food and beverage industry, bars were the default backdrops for many people’s lives: first dates, heartbreaks, celebrations, bad days. There was the comforting...
Oct 14, 2020
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A Sobering Look at the Day-to-Day Reality of Bartending Right Now
Eater - Joy Summers
The foreboding arrived before the coronavirus. In the midst of a busy mid-March shift at downtown Minneapolis’s cocktail hot spot Parlour, the bartenders were talking about the likelihood of a restaurant...
Oct 14, 2020
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Portland’s Wine Bars Morphed Into Makeshift Bottle Shops. Will They Change Back?
Eater - Alex Frane
On September 24, 2020, the rosé-hued wine bar and restaurant Bar Diane celebrated its one-year anniversary. For half of its lifetime, however, the Northwest Portland spot has looked completely different...
Oct 14, 2020
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When Will New York’s Bars Feel Like Bars Again?
Eater - Ryan Sutton
One of my favorite pre-pandemic indulgences, a simple routine that’s no longer permitted in our COVID-19-battered city, was unwinding at my local Hell’s Kitchen bar. After a never-ending day staring at...
Oct 14, 2020