The New York custom cocktail scene is shaking up. Not only is Sasha Petraske's hugely influential Milk & Honey moving...wait for it...uptown after a decade on Eldridge street, but last year's booze-media darling, Painkiller, is being forced to change its name. more ›

Milk and Honey, the dimly lit railroad bar on Eldridge Street with the fastidiously-prepared cocktails, "reservation only" policy, and unlisted number, blazed the trail for the city's current wildfire cocktail craze and speakeasy-style bars. In recent years, as owner Sasha Petraske has expanded his footprint with Little Branch, The East Side Company, new absinthe-centric White Star and that Community Board pariah Mercury Dime, Milk and Honey has also only gotten more popular, with the secret phone number posted on message boards and blogs as fast as Petraske can change it. more ›