The high-ceilinged dining room is done in tones of dusty rose with Country French floral wallpaper, brass chandeliers, linen-covered tables and comfortable chairs. It makes for a soothing setting.

This wonderful cafe is one of Boston’s favorite old-fashioned dining options, an Italian café with a ton of character loved by tourists and locals alike.

In 2007, New York bartender Phil Ward created the Oaxaca Old-Fashioned, which has helped usher in mezcal’s popularity. Unlike its whiskey cousin, this stirred cocktail is more vegetal, with hints of ...

Surely, Kentuckians, with their finely honed senses of liquoristic superiority, would have an issue with an old-fashioned birthed from brandy, given how old-fashioneds are widely prepared.

The old fashioned's simple recipe of liquor, sugar, bitters and ice (water when it was newly fashioned) lends itself to additions and substitutions that make it fit in just about anywhere.

Munching on a Coniglio's Old Fashioned croissant brought back pleasant memories: of one magic week in Paris.

Stirred, never shaken, the old fashioned draws out a whiskey's flavors. One of the oldest mixed drinks in the book, it should also be balanced.