All in Playboy
Playboy sat down with chef John Tesar at Oak in Dallas and chatted everything from why Bourdain is mad at him to why Bobby Flay’s restaurants aren’t making money to what Donald Trump kind of gets right.
Playboy talked to chef Andy Ricker about what went wrong in L.A., the tipping crisis and what he believes the public doesn’t understand about the restaurant industry.
The bartenders’ handshake—the drink that local bartenders order to signify to their cohorts that they work in the industry—is different in every city. The handshake could even vary from bar to bar. Playboy talked to bartenders across the country to find out what the insider, spirit-of-choice is for their town.
Astronauts like to party. Or so you would come to believe once you learn how much effort has been put into brewing beer in outer space. And while space colonies and astronaut bars are still decades away—if even that soon—out-of-this-world beer is very much a reality. Here’s a brief history of extraterrestrial brews, from legit science experiments to viral marketing campaigns to novelty beers made from otherworldly ingredients that you can buy right here on earth.
The Mars crew hadn’t had water, power or fuel for 24 hours. Communication was down, space suits needed to be repaired and life support systems were not functioning. But the beer? The beer was just fine.
Let’s be frank: Contemporary space travel is sexy. It’s dangerous, alluring and dominated by dashing billionaires, from Tesla’s Elon Musk to Virgin’s Richard Branson to Amazon’s Jeff Bezos (okay, Bezos isn’t as dashing). These men have promised to build lavish spacecraft and open the heavens for the paying masses. But the truth is, you’ll probably never leave this atmosphere.
Margaritas are complicated. Gatoritas, though? "Not all that complicated," says Howard Hunt, co-owner of Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s The Levee. The drink consists of just two ingredients—tequila and Gatorade.
Williamsburg might be the single most hyped and most mocked neighborhood in the world. (We're talking Brooklyn here, not Colonial Williamsburg.)
