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The New Gameplan

The New Gameplan is your playbook for the culture of food and sports.

The New Gameplan: Your Playbook for the Culture of Food & Sports

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Drink

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

When it comes to hosting, you’re no Martha Stewart—we get it.

Easy Game Day Hosting Hacks to Free Yourself Up for Fun

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Thrillist and Chase Sapphire Present: Tastes Worth Traveling For

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Every so often you hear a song that sounds both brand new and like it came from another era.

5 Restaurants That Are Revamping Classic Food in Bold New Ways

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Heidi Burton

The more you learn about rum, the more you realize it’s the most underappreciated major spirit, by far.

10 Questions About Rum, Answered

Maddie Edgar

Among life’s great simple pleasures, bourbon ranks with found money, the opening chords of “American Girl,” and the smell of asphalt after a warm summer rain.

10 Questions About Bourbon, Answered

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Scotch has been with us for centuries, and judging by the industry’s current metrics (roughly 40 bottles exported per second, and some $5 billion in annual business), it will be with us for centuries to come.

5 Amazing Scotch Whisky Facts

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Katherine Killeffer

A famous non-football fan once described the game as “violence punctuated by committee meetings.”

Raise a Glass to Football's Greatest Trick Plays

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Eric Helgas

As quintessentially American as it seems now, neon was actually discovered—and first made into lights and signs—in Europe.

Light up Your Night With This NYC Neon Pub Crawl

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On June 11, in Mexico City’s fabled Estadio Azteca, the United States men’s national soccer team tied its Mexican counterpart 1-1 in a tense World Cup qualifying game.

Dale Tricolor! American Bars Embrace Mexican Soccer

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A wise man once said that the majority of “men lead lives of quiet desperation.”

3 People Who Ditched Conventional Jobs to Open their Own Bars

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Matthew Kelly/ Supercall

If you’ve walked out your front door in the past five years or so, you’ve probably noticed that fresh juice is booming.

Keep It Fresh: Why You Should Always Use Fresh Juice in Your Cocktails

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Jo Yeh

It’s a common scenario: Your ultimate dream is to be a chart-topping rapper, sought-after producer, or fashion designer—but until that happens, hey, you gotta pay the bills.

Could Bartending Be Your Side Hustle?

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Hollywood hasn’t yet come calling for the movie rights to Don Julio González’s life story, but it would certainly be fertile ground—like the red-clay soil the man toiled in for decades—for any screenwriter.

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