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Alia Akkam

Alia Akkam is a food, drink, travel, and design writer for myriad outlets. Follow her on Twitter.

Articles by Alia

14 Female Bartenders You Need to Know in NYC

According to Beyonce, girls "run this mother" and, in case you missed it, "this mother" now includes NYC bars, too.

By Alia Akkam

How Many of NYC's 11 Best Frozen Cocktails Have You Had?

When it gets super hot in NYC (see: OHMYGOD RIGHT NOW), there are really only two things you can do: 1) Put your head directly into one of Trader Joe’s open-top freezers and pretend like you’re looking for something you dropped, and 2) down these 11 frozen drinks, all currently worth the brain freeze.1.

By Alia Akkam

Why Queens Is Actually the Best Borough

Brooklyn may get the lion’s share of New York’s non-Manhattan glory, but Queens dwellers (including this author) know their borough is pretty damn special.

By Alia Akkam

16 Queens Secrets You Had No Idea Existed

Queens is awesome.

By Alia Akkam

Where to Get the 10 Best New Steaks in New York City

You can only go to Peter Luger so many times (you lucky, jaded bastard), before it's time for you to branch out and see other steaks.

By Alia Akkam

A Dead Rabbit alumnus teaches us tequila cocktail basics

You might remember tequila from that period in your life called “college,” and that other time called “the two years I spent pretending I was still in college.”