2012 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards
The James Beard Foundation honored the country’s best chefs, restaurants, bars, sommeliers and other industry luminaries at a black-tie gala at New York’s Lincoln Center on Monday, May 7th. Here’s a rundown of the night's stars, with links to their winning restaurants.
Gimme a Gimlet
The classic gimlet is half gin and half Rose’s lime juice—simplicity itself. These days, bars and restaurants are creating their own variations of the sophisticated cocktail within these parameters, adding fruity, vegetal or herbal accents and sometimes changing up the spirit.