Rude food by Vir Sanghvi: India’s bar boom

Bartenders can be as important as chefs to the success of today’s restaurants, but not enough people give them the recognition they deserve

People who like beverages are, in the F&B industry at least, divided into two broad categories. There are the wine drinkers. And there are the spirits drinkers. (And beer is a separate universe by itself.)

The stars of the show at such restaurants as Dragonfly will always be cocktails

With good wine shops like La Cave in Bengaluru and Delhi, you don’t need to go to a hotel for wine

One key component of a restaurant experience that no one can compromise on is the bar

Madhulika Dhall established the wine shop La Cave

A cocktail is about the only drinking experience that you can’t replicate at home

At restaurants like Bo-Tai, it’s the bar element that draws the crowds

Priyank Sukhija is predicating his expansion on cocktails

World Class holds a cocktail competition that’s the Miss World of bartending

The drinks of a bartender should show signs of genuine innovation

Zorawar Kalra is now focussed on cocktail-based concepts