Frank Caiafa
@handlebarsnyc.bsky.social
Handle Bars NYC / Global
Author, The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book
Link for personalized books👇
https://handlebarsnyc.com/waldorf-astoria-bar-book
Author, The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book
Link for personalized books👇
https://handlebarsnyc.com/waldorf-astoria-bar-book
There may still be hope for us (and the NY Times) if the sad passing of the great songwriter, Todd Snider, garnered a phone notification.
(He was an awesome live performer and an all around generous fellow who will be missed for sure).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
(He was an awesome live performer and an all around generous fellow who will be missed for sure).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
There may still be hope for us (and the NY Times) if the sad passing of the great songwriter, Todd Snider, garnered a phone notification.
(He was an awesome live performer and an all around generous fellow who will be missed for sure).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
(He was an awesome live performer and an all around generous fellow who will be missed for sure).
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
There may still be hope for us (and the NY Times) if the sad passing of great jazz drummer, Jack DeJohnette, garnered a phone notification.
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There may still be hope for us (and the NY Times) if the sad passing of great jazz drummer, Jack DeJohnette, garnered a phone notification.
October 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In her latest book on the subject of bourbon, “Kentucky Bourbon: The Essential Guide to the American Spirit”, whiskey authority Susan Reigler offers a modern look at Kentucky distilleries while providing their individual histories, tasting notes and profiles on the distillers themselves.
October 7, 2025 at 12:04 AM
In her latest book on the subject of bourbon, “Kentucky Bourbon: The Essential Guide to the American Spirit”, whiskey authority Susan Reigler offers a modern look at Kentucky distilleries while providing their individual histories, tasting notes and profiles on the distillers themselves.
20 years smoke free today. One of the things I’m most proud of, considering how much I loved them bastards.
October 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
20 years smoke free today. One of the things I’m most proud of, considering how much I loved them bastards.
After last evening's event of Martini-appreciation and pontification, I summarized a lifetime's worth of happy hour know-how into this list (I kept it to ten but could've went on😉).
You can make your own. 🍸🍸
You can make your own. 🍸🍸
August 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
After last evening's event of Martini-appreciation and pontification, I summarized a lifetime's worth of happy hour know-how into this list (I kept it to ten but could've went on😉).
You can make your own. 🍸🍸
You can make your own. 🍸🍸
These food influencers sure do love their hot honey, balsamic glaze and “Special Sauces”. All three of which, I can do without.
August 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
These food influencers sure do love their hot honey, balsamic glaze and “Special Sauces”. All three of which, I can do without.
The airport bartender putting together a pumpkin spice, October cocktail makes it really sink in that this summer’s days are numbered.
August 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The airport bartender putting together a pumpkin spice, October cocktail makes it really sink in that this summer’s days are numbered.
Tribute: Terence Stamp (1938-2025)
Terence Stamp, Luminary of 1960s British Cinema, Dies at 87
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August 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Thank you to @vinepair.com & @timmckirdy.bsky.social for hosting me (for a third time!) on the always fun, Cocktail College podcast.
This time, we tackle another maligned classic, the Aviation cocktail. Cheers!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
This time, we tackle another maligned classic, the Aviation cocktail. Cheers!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
The Aviation
Podcast Episode · Cocktail College · 08/14/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Thank you to @vinepair.com & @timmckirdy.bsky.social for hosting me (for a third time!) on the always fun, Cocktail College podcast.
This time, we tackle another maligned classic, the Aviation cocktail. Cheers!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
This time, we tackle another maligned classic, the Aviation cocktail. Cheers!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
From home cook to pro chef content creators, why can’t any of them dress their greens prior to placing on sandwich?
August 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
From home cook to pro chef content creators, why can’t any of them dress their greens prior to placing on sandwich?
If Miller High Life is the Champagne of beers, what pray tell is the beer of Champagne?
August 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If Miller High Life is the Champagne of beers, what pray tell is the beer of Champagne?
Reposted by Frank Caiafa
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
PSA: Always be sure to install your air conditioner during weather in which it is not needed. 🥵
July 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
PSA: Always be sure to install your air conditioner during weather in which it is not needed. 🥵
PSA: If you must prepare a rimmed cocktail within a beer or soda bottle, please be sure to wash said bottle prior to using. 🙄
June 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
PSA: If you must prepare a rimmed cocktail within a beer or soda bottle, please be sure to wash said bottle prior to using. 🙄
BCB Brooklyn, the premier trade event for bar and beverage professionals, is hosting me as part of their Authors Alley. Register for BCB Brooklyn with code BCB25AUTHOR to save 25%!
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I’m doing a Book Signing at BCB Brooklyn’s Authors Alley!
Register with code BCB25AUTHOR and save 25%!
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June 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
BCB Brooklyn, the premier trade event for bar and beverage professionals, is hosting me as part of their Authors Alley. Register for BCB Brooklyn with code BCB25AUTHOR to save 25%!
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I thought I dreamt that Knicks disaster!
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I thought I dreamt that Knicks disaster!
Someone please tell Google that no matter how annoying stopping typing is to click to decline switching my web browser, I will never comply. I will just change my search engine. ✌️⏰
May 19, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Someone please tell Google that no matter how annoying stopping typing is to click to decline switching my web browser, I will never comply. I will just change my search engine. ✌️⏰
Yeah, I did it first. Absinthe tinged Paloma (gotta be real juice though - no grapefruit soda hacks!) Weirdly Wonderful. I’m copywriting that as well. 🤪
May 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Yeah, I did it first. Absinthe tinged Paloma (gotta be real juice though - no grapefruit soda hacks!) Weirdly Wonderful. I’m copywriting that as well. 🤪
That “All Things Must Pass” remix that Dhani Harrison put out should join the junk pile that Sean Lennon’s remix of “Mind Games” resides on. Geez. So over the top. Stop!
May 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
That “All Things Must Pass” remix that Dhani Harrison put out should join the junk pile that Sean Lennon’s remix of “Mind Games” resides on. Geez. So over the top. Stop!
Is it just me, or do all book cover designs look exactly the same these days? 📚👀
March 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Is it just me, or do all book cover designs look exactly the same these days? 📚👀
Cheers!
I do prefer @handlebarsnyc.bsky.social’s spec:
1 ½ ounces gin, preferably Old Tom
1 ounce sweet vermouth
¼ ounce fresh lime juice
¼ ounce maraschino liqueur
1 ½ ounces gin, preferably Old Tom
1 ounce sweet vermouth
¼ ounce fresh lime juice
¼ ounce maraschino liqueur
February 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Cheers!
Reposted by Frank Caiafa
Paper drinking straws mean freedom and democracy (1944). If you want to go back in time to when America "great," it means paper drinking straws. That's the deal.
February 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Paper drinking straws mean freedom and democracy (1944). If you want to go back in time to when America "great," it means paper drinking straws. That's the deal.
Although previously mentioned, can all the social media bar folk please refrain from squeezing your juice from the hand-press directly into the jigger during your presentations? Simply juice pre-show and pour from a spouted vessel of your choice. Thank you.
February 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Although previously mentioned, can all the social media bar folk please refrain from squeezing your juice from the hand-press directly into the jigger during your presentations? Simply juice pre-show and pour from a spouted vessel of your choice. Thank you.