- "Best Bars of 2012" - Playboy Magazine, July/August 2012
- 50 Best Bars in America - Food & Wine, December 2011
- America's Best Cocktail Bars - Travel & Leisure, May 2011
- "The menu at Teardrop Lounge is a virtual roadmap to today's new cocktail scene." - Northwest Palate, May / June 2011
- "More Drinks Including Tequila and Sherry" - SF Chronicle, February 20, 2011
- "The West at Its Best" - Sunset Magazine, August 2010
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“Bartenders who can banter about cocktails like PhDs in history.” - Imbibe Magazine, October 2009
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Best Bars in America - Esquire, June 2009
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“Daniel Shoemaker crafts his own.” - New York Times, December 2, 2008
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“Best New Bartenders” - Dave Wondrich, “Bartending in the Neoclassical Age,” Wine & Spirits, Fall 2008
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“These guys are just crazy passionate.” - The Oregonian’s Ultimate Northwest, Sept./Oct. 2008
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“Daniel Shoemaker…draw[s] as much attention in foodie circles as the city’s top chefs.” - Seattle Times, June 19, 2008
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“Bartenders of the Year” - Portland Monthly, April 2008
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“…the merger of food and drink is the hallmark of the new mixology” - “Extreme Mixology,” Wine & Spirits, April 2008
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“For sheer volume and invention, it is hard to beat the bitters bar at Teardrop.” -Northwest Palate, March/April 2008
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“Daniel Shoemaker practice[s] the chemistry of cocktails…” - Bon Appetit, February 2008
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“The swanky Teardrop is absolutely the place to experience high-end cocktail alchemy.” - Portland Mercury, December 2007
