For the pilot episode of Radio Imbibe, we talk to Alba Huerta of Julep in Houston and Ivy Mix of Leyenda in Brooklyn about the challenges of owning a bar during the COVID-19 crisis. We also chat with Matty Newton, the illustrator who tackled our July/August 2020 issue, about how he took on such a challenging project; ask Abigail Gullo from Ben Paris in Seattle to mix a favorite summer cocktail, the Old Cuban; and hear from Brooklyn bar owner St. John Frizell about his experiences with Fort Defiance and Gage & Tollner in the era of COVID-19, in an essay he wrote for our July/August 2020 issue. 

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