GAPCo goes hard.

Mexico City top-50 bar crawl. Here’s a celery daiquiri at no. 12 Hanky Panky. 50BestBars

ham is self care

The top-50 bar crawl continues at Baltra, CDMX. 50BestBars

Of all the emails I never signed up for, the Idaho Potato Commission newsletter might be my favorite

Mexico City is my spirit animal. And a great drinking town. insidehook.com/article/travel…

How would Dallas dining change if restaurants could get Michelin stars? In this week's Eat Drink D-FW, Claire Ballor, Sarah Blaskovich and I chat about it. Then @kevingray joins us with great insight into what people are drinking right now (not Jägerbombs?). dallasnews.com/food/restauran…

Shoutout to the Toronto airport lounge staff who got mixed up and brought me a glass of chenin blanc and a double Lagavulin. Ideal!

how many cheese cubes do you think I can fit in my pockets on my way out of this airport lounge? I'll set the over/under at 26

I learned years ago that a large sandwich can’t cure a hangover. But I refuse to stop trying.

11pm, on deadline. … Let’s make soup!

Why finish your article when you can drop everything and make pasta salad is the credo I live by

German beer sites are the best “We take responsibility seriously when it comes to alcoholic beverages. Now, please confirm you’re at least 16 years old”

If you're into Belgian beers 🙋🏻‍♀️, we've got a twofer: A story about Meyboom Brasserie — and the owners' 2+ year road to opening a bar: dallasnews.com/food/restauran… A podcast ep where I taste some of the beers with smarter-than-me drinks guy Kevin Gray: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mee…

In this week's installment of "best things," Kevin Gray writes about one of my favorite bites of food everrr, the avocado nigiri at Uchi & Uchiba. (I wrote about smoked salmon dip at Doug Pickering's new restaurant. Also excellent.) dallasnews.com/food/2022/10/1…

Bar Leather Apron in Honolulu goes hard.

Write what you know (sandwiches) dallasnews.com/food/restauran…

So Mark Wahlberg was in Dallas last night pouring tequila while I was hiding in my bathroom from the storms. 😂 Wahlberg talked to Kevin Gray about his tequila brand, and he's still making the rounds today, signing bottles at Specs. Read more from Kevin: dallasnews.com/food/drinks/20…

The Zapper is a mini espresso martini at Beverley’s. The Zipper is vodka, lime and blue curaçao at Clifton Club. And here we thought we were too old for shots. Nope. dallasnews.com/food/drinks/20… via Kevin Gray

This Historic Texas Brewery Is Now Making Spirits insidehook.com/article/food-d… Kevin Gray 🙌