Mexico’s bar scene has exploded over the past decade — but bartender and owner Nacho Jimenez set his sights on something different: building a New York City bar that feels unmistakably Mexican and unmistakably American.On this episode, Adam Teeter sits down with Jimenez to trace his journey to opening Superbueno, the choices that shaped its identity, and what it takes to build a bar that resonates on both sides of the border.

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When GN Chan and Faye Chen opened Double Chicken Please, the idea of cocktails that taste like food was still a novelty in New York City. Almost immediately, the bar captured local and national attention—and soon after, international acclaim. Within a year, Double Chicken Please rocketed onto the World’s 50 Best list, and today it draws lines from the moment the doors open until last call.

GN and Faye sit down with Adam to share the story behind the bar’s meteoric rise, tracing their journey from aspiring flair bartenders to taking a leap of faith that brought them from Taiwan to New York City. They talk about risk, creativity, and what it really took to build one of the most influential cocktail bars in the world.

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Masa Urushido will never take credit for the runaway success of Katana Kitten. Despite the awards and global acclaim, he insists the real story is the community that lifted him up—transforming a shy, awkward newcomer into one of NYC’s most admired bartenders.

Adam talks with Masa about that journey, and how teaming up with Greg Boehm and James Tune sparked the creation of Katana Kitten, a bar whose Japanese American identity has made it a true standout in the cocktail world.

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