{"id":274926,"date":"2026-06-23T05:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274926\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T05:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T05:37:17","slug":"a-toast-to-world-gin-week-in-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/274926\/","title":{"rendered":"A Toast to World Gin Week in New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your week was anything like mine, you\u2019ll need a strong cocktail or three this weekend. Mercifully, the martinis will flow like water this Saturday in New York City for the grand finale of World Gin Week<\/a>. For the past seven days, elite cocktail bars from Cape Town and Kyoto to Singapore and Mexico City have hosted panels, bartender residencies, and tastings in celebration of all things juniper. Think of it as the World Cup for cocktail connoisseurs.<\/p>\n

Here in Gotham, World Gin Week culminates on June 20 at The Ivory Peacock<\/a>, a craft cocktail mainstay in NoMad, and its subterranean sister bar, Ploume<\/a>. The two venues will host pop-ups helmed by bartenders from cathedrals of mixology like Sip & Guzzle<\/a>, Dante Aperitivo<\/a>, and Room 207<\/a>. Expect all manner of martini mania, along with gourmet hors d\u2019oeuvres to ensure you\u2019re still standing at the evening\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

In praise of the Martini\"Pub,<\/p>\n

Grant Svarre \/ The Ivory Peacock<\/p>\n

My poisons of choice are whiskey and wine, but when I do indulge in a cocktail, it\u2019s invariably a gin martini. As much as I admire haute mixology, I find elaborate cocktails cloying. I\u2019ll gladly take a sip of your double-smoked, fat-washed, cacao-infused Sazerac, but an entire glass is enough to make my palate commit seppuku. However, a proper gin martini\u2014a frosted coupe, London Dry gin, olives, perfumed vermouth\u2014that I can drink like mother\u2019s milk.<\/p>\n

Certain times and places practically cry out for a martini. Long airport layovers at a bar overlooking the tarmac. The hotel lobby lounge at 10 p.m. after a full day of meetings. First dates when attraction is palpable but awkwardness has yet to subside. In such moments, Chardonnay or even a neat pour of Michter\u2019s simply won\u2019t do.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, this week has been so hellacious that I would just as soon pick up a bottle of Steel Reserve from my bodega. But instead, I\u2019ll head to The Ivory Peacock and drown my cares the same way Humphrey Bogart, Ian Fleming, and the Queen Mum did: with gin. I am very much looking forward to seeing what this distinguished cadre of New York City mixology maestros has ginned up for the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If your week was anything like mine, you\u2019ll need a strong cocktail or three this weekend. Mercifully, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[33612,105757,24643,9,24,55,54,56,105758],"class_list":["post-274926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-cocktail-bars","tag-martinis","tag-mexico-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-world-gin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}