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Alia Akkam

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

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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.

Aug 24, 2015

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.

Jul 27, 2015

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.

Jul 3, 2015

The 8 Best Places to Drink in NYC This Spring

Spring is (kind of, sort of, not-really-but-we-can-dream-can’t-we) here, and with it, a megacraploadton of openings since our last bars-to-hit-in-the-city update.

Mar 27, 2015

16 Queens Secrets You Had No Idea Existed

Queens is awesome.

Mar 4, 2015

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.

Feb 18, 2015

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.”