The bar programs at Sean Brock’s Audrey, June and The Continental are arguably some of the most innovative and interesting in town, and bar director Jon Howard is the mastermind behind them all. He’s taken the martini to an art form at The Continental and its bar-within-a-bar Vesper Club, which offers martini tastings and caviar pairings, and he’s concocting truly original chemistry-experiments-turned-cocktails at June. But perhaps the most creative — and delicious — bar program in town can be found at Bar at Audrey, where mixologists are crafting three-ingredient cocktails where fresh produce takes center stage. Offering just five recipes per week, based on whatever fruits or vegetables are in season, the Bar at Audrey presents guests with a basket of produce that serves as the “menu.” Pro tip: Ask them for a tasting and they’ll prepare small pours of all five drinks.
Best Bar Director
