FROM PERKS
There are two women in Brooklyn making jams in small batches. Jams like blueberry bourbon, sugar-coated banana and rum, and pumpkin chai. And if you’re a living, breathing human, you’ll hear that and be excited that we have an exclusive bundle of five such jams just for you. Your toast thanks you in advance.
HOLIDAY SPIRITS
Just think of Sippin’ Santa’s Surf Shack as the same old Lost Lake, except with thousands of twinkling lights, a festive playlist and special holiday-forward tiki drinks created by Paul McGee and his friends from New Orleans’s Latitude 29 and NYC’s Boilermaker. Nice thought, isn’t it…
WHAT LIES BENEATH
Sure, the whole “speakeasy” thing is pretty played out. But try convincing yourself that Meet & Whiskey, a password-protected bar underneath Randolph Row BBQ stalwart Porkchop—where you can eat truffle fries and drink barrel-aged whiskey drinks while lounging on antique furniture—sounds un-fun. (It’s okay if you don’t want to.)
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A word of advice for those about to host out-of-towners: the Robey and the Hollander now exist at the six corners in Wicker Park. The former’s a boutique hotel with a fancy French-American café; the latter’s a social-media-forward hostel. And if you want to know more, here you go.
DAY AND NIGHT
At happy hour: Head to GT Fish & Oyster for their new four-course oyster tasting menu
with shooters, sliders and poke spoons.
After midnight: Swing by Mott St for their new late-night menu with Asian-inspired hot dogs
and ramen cotton candy. Feel free to read the words “ramen cotton candy” again.
DREAMING OF A DARK CHRISTMAS
On Saturday, you’re attending a rather iniquitous “Dark Christmas” party at SPiN, where leather-clad Mrs. Clauses dance, evil elves play with fire and snow queens double as trapeze artists. Needless to say, your office Christmas party has a lot to live up to this year.
Sam Eichner likes literature, reality television and his twin cats equally. He has consistently been told he needs a shave since he started growing facial hair.
