In the five years since New York City's PDT ushered in the modern speakeasy movement, the word "speakeasy" is already eliciting groans. So, where is the cocktail bar movement heading? Eater National talked to PDT founder Jim Meehan and the Woodsman Tavern's beverage director Evan Zimmerman about the recent move toward populism. "What started to happen was that people got a little too serious," says Zimmerman. "You'd go into a bar and order a vodka tonic or a sazerac and someone would roll their eyes at you." [-EN-]
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