All-Star Roster and
Backbar Big-Hitters
Five Star and Market Maker Award Winners
At press time, we at Nightclub & Bar were packing our bags to head
to Vegas and see all of you at “The Show.” In our May issue, we’ll
cover what went down at “The Show,” including the Five Star Awards and
Market Maker Awards ceremonies on March 5 at Caesars Palace. For now,
we’d like to announce the winners of both.
FIVE-STAR GENERALS
The winners of the first-ever Five-Star Awards
represent the best and brightest in the beverage and food industry.
From killer concepts to individual innovators to specific programs,
these awards celebrate excellence, both on- and off-premise. The
winners were selected by the editors of Nightclub & Bar; Beer, Wine
& Spirits Beverage Retailer; and ¡Salud! y Buen Provecho magazines,
all of which are published by Oxford Publishing Inc., producer of “The
Show.”
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Operator of the Year
Jason Strauss
and Noah Tepperberg
Partners in Marquee in New York City and TAO Nightclub & Asian Bistro in Las Vegas.
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Best New Concept On-Premise
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Scottsdale, Ariz.
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Best Promotion On-Premise
Metalsome Mondays
Dark Horse Tavern, Atlanta
| Mixologist of the Year
Dale DeGroff | Beverage Retailer of the Year
Dennis Overstreet
Founder and proprietor of The Wine Merchant
Beverly Hills, Calif. | Best Retail Promotion
Babes, Booze & Bikes
Frontier Liquor, Zimmerman, Minn. | Operator of the Year (Latin/Hispanic Concept)
Mico Rodriguez
Mi Cocina, based in Dallas | Best New Packaging for a Spirit Product
Skyy 90 | Lifetime Achievement Award
Sidney Frank
Sidney Frank Importing Co. | |
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Best Casual Dining Beverage Program
TIE: Chili’s and Bonefish Grill
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Buck-Boosting Beverages The Market Maker Awards Votes Are In!
The first-ever
Market Maker Awards honored bar, club and restaurant operators’
best-selling beverage brands. Nightclub & Bar asked its Editors’
Choice Top 100 bars and clubs to nominate their most money-making
beverage brands in 16 beverage categories to be put up for a vote by
all of the magazine’s readers — owners and operators of bars, clubs and
restaurants across the country. The readers voted, and the winners are
their top-selling brands.
Right are the categories and winner of each category.
For a complete listing of the 2006 Top 100 venues,
please visit nightclub.com and click on the Top 100 button at the
bottom right.
AMERICAN WHISKEY
Jack Daniel’s
BOURBON
Jim Beam
CANADIAN WHISKEY
Crown Royal
DOMESTIC BEER
Bud Light
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Tanqueray
GLOBAL ENTRY
Red Bull
IRISH WHISKEY
Jameson
IMPORTED BEER
Corona
LIQUEURS
Jägermeister
MALTERNATIVES
Smirnoff Ice
RUM
Bacardi
SCOTCH WHISKEY
Dewar’s
SINGLE-MALT SCOTCH
The Glenlivet
TEQUILA
Patrón Silver
VODKA
Grey Goose
WINE
Kendall Jackson Chardonnay
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