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By Liza B. Zimmerman
Pouring Ribbons partner and
bartender Troy Sidle serves
up specialty Chartreuse.
A Bartender���s Bar
in Alphabet City
Inside New York���s mixology mecca Pouring Ribbons
JAKOB LAYMAN
T
he location may be somewhat hidden, above a liquor store on New York���s
once-dodgy Avenue B in the East Village���a spot that had previously
housed a rocker bar called White Noise. But the welcome from the
gent manning the door and drinks selection at Pouring Ribbons are all pretty
straightforward: This is a serious cocktail bar.
How serious? The name comes from the arc that cocktail ingredients make when
poured into a glass.
Opened this past September by the seasoned group of barkeeps from Alchemy
Consulting, Pouring Ribbons has already become a top destination for local New
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York bartenders. Alchemy Consulting
specializes in cocktail list development,
bar design, barware selection, staff
training and ice programs. The team
consists of Joaqu��n Sim��, who was Tales
of the Cocktail���s American Bartender of
the Year in 2012, Toby Maloney, Jason
Cott and Troy Sidle. Other Alchemy
projects include the Catbird Seat in
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