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If anyone knows how to booze, it’s bartender Marshall Altier. He even co-wrote the book on it: How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice, released last year. Most recently, he helped launch ...

“I don’t want to spoil the surprise,” says Joshua Kaiser, co-founder with Jamie Hinojos of Jbird Cocktails. But then he did. With no shortage of speakeasy-style cocktail lounges around these days, the ...

339 E. 75th St., nr. First Ave.; 212-288-8033 Until January, uptowners looking to drink somewhere other than a staid wine bar or a ho-hum pub would hop a train for hipper downtown climes. But Jbird’s ...