Good Taste
Kathryn MaierWhat's happening in the worlds of drinks, dining, and travel, in NYC and elsewhere, from journalist Kathryn Maier. Cool finds, hot takes, and so much more.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 66 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Anthony Bourdain Once Personally Ruined My Vacation
I no longer hold it against him.
With the Tony Bourdain biopic that just came out, it’s perhaps time to tell the story of my favorite tidbit to drop any time a corporate icebreaker requires me to play “two truths and a lie”:
The Five Best Mai Tais in Honolulu
The Mai Tai at Haleiwa Joe’s Haiku Gardens did not make my list of favorites, but it deserves a special mention for the restaurant’s stunning setting.
For a place that did not invent the Mai Tai, Honolulu sure has adopted the cocktail as i...
Ships Come, Ships Go
A weirdly large number of people have encouraged me in the last week or so to use Good Taste as an actual newsletter, a chronicle of what I’ve been up to lately, rather than as a series of bar roundups or whatnot. This may end up being a on...
Pilot: A Eulogy
I stole this photo from the website of Crew, Pilot’s owners. Isn’t she beautiful?
I love ships. I love all cool transportation, for that matter—trains and planes and vintage cars—but I have a real soft spot for classic sailing yachts.
(Th...
The Best New Cocktail Bars in NYC This June
As I kind of expected, even at the time, it turned out I published my recent “best new bars” roundup a month too early.
Several great new spots have opened in NYC in just the past few weeks—enough to merit their own roundup, as it happens....
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Journalist covering dining, drinks, travel, and more. Author of the forthcoming book NYC Cocktails (Smith Street Books, Autumn 2026). Based in New York City but frequently roaming elsewhere.
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