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Don Lee

  1. openings
    All-Star Cocktail Bar Existing Conditions Opens Monday in Greenwich VillageThe mission at Existing Conditions is to improve cocktails via science and serve them without a hint of frippery or intimidation.
  2. Reboots
    Golden Cadillac Will Reopen As Boilermaker Next MonthThe on-tap Zombie made with three kinds of rum is classified as “cool & refreshing” on the menu. This is going to be fun.
  3. Momofuku Alums
    Examining the Momofuku DiasporaThirty Acres’ Kevin Pemoulie isn’t the only alum to achieve great things after graduating from that prolific talent incubator.
  4. Neighborhood Watch
    Fatty Crab Hosts Memorial Day Pig Roast; Mercadito’s World Cup TacoPlus: David Wondrick and Don Lee talk polar cocktails, and Mercadito expands hours for the World Cup, in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
  5. Openings
    Momofuku Ssäm Bar Adds Actual BarWord is, Don Lee of PDT will be in the house by the end of the month.
  6. Mediavore
    Hawaiian Tropic Zone Sued Again; Real Booze May Be at Milk BarPlus: Executives eat from the Dollar Menu, all in our morning news roundup.
  7. VideoFeed
    Make PDT’s Bacon-Infused Old-fashioned at HomeVideo: Don Lee demonstrates PDT’s bacon-infused old-fashioned.
  8. In the Magazine
    Pizza, Pretzels, and Bourbon — Sounds DreamyA major new pizzeria in the East Village, where to find delicious pretzels, and the scene at a Prospect Heights bar — all in this week’s magazine.
  9. NewsFeed
    PDT’s Winter Menu Blows Our Minds, GI Tracts PDT’s winter cocktail menu debuted last night, and we are still hung-over. Mixologist Jim Meehan consulted his peers for the menu, which includes contributions from Pegu’s Audrey Sanders, Tailor’s Eben Freeman, “International cocktail maven” Charlotte Voisey, and others. There’s even a nod to Adam Platt in the description of PDT bartender Don Lee’s Benton’s Old Fashioned, a combo of bacon-infused bourbon, maple syrup, and angostura bitters: “the crossroad of Haute Barnyard and Barroom.” (If this keeps up, we’re going to have to add Haute Barnyard to the banished-words list soon.)