Jim Meehan

Jim Meehan’s New York establishment Please Don’t Tell (PDT) helped start the current speakeasy bar craze. But his cocktails are more than just a fad: PDT won the inaugural James Beard Award for Outstanding Bar Program in 2012, and Meehan was named American bartender of the year at Tales of the Cocktail in 2009. In addition to his work behind the bar, he’s also the author of The PDT Cocktail Book and a contributing editor of Food & Wine’s annual cocktail book, Mr. Boston’s Bartender Guide and Sommelier Journal. He’s lectured and mixed drinks at local and international trade shows and works with the acclaimed Beverage Alcohol Resource (BAR) team as a cocktails and spirits educator.