THE LOCALS
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BACK BAR USA HEADS INTO ITS
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Photos by David Becker For The Love Of Cocktails, the cocktail counterpart to distinguished food events like Aspen Food and Wine Festival and the South Beach Food Festival, returns this year to Las Vegas in mid-February. Bringing the world’s top bartenders together, the event will be held at some of the top resortcasinos on the Strip, as well as some of the top bars and restaurants in Downtown Las Vegas’ burgeoning cocktail and restaurant scene. “Las Vegas is now one of the top destinations in the nation for mixology,” says Back Bar USA owner, Tim Haughinberry. “We’ve developed For The Love Of Cocktails because Las Vegas is really the ideal place to bring people together from other top cocktail cities, places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and New Orleans. This is an opportunity for bartenders, mixologists, and cocktail enthusiasts from all over to converge and enjoy a week full of cocktail-focused entertainment, as well as learn more about the latest techniques, trends and spirits.” Once again, the event welcomes worldrenowned mixologist and author Tony Abou-Ganim, who’s non-profit, the Helen David Relief Fund for Bartenders Affected by Breast Cancer, receives proceeds directly from the ticket sales. For more information, please visit fortheloveofcocktails.com.
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