Jim Meehan

Jim Meehan is a New York City based bar operator, consultant and writer whose passion for beverage
service has helped him become one of the most celebrated bartenders in the industry.

His career began in 1995 as a student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison where he worked his way
through school as a bartender. In 2001, he moved to New York City where he honed his skills in fine dining
and developed his palate at Five Points Restaurant and Pace (now closed). Three years later, he got an
opportunity to showcase his talent behind the bar at both Gramercy Tavern and The Pegu Club. In 2007, he
was recognized as a rising star mixologist by Star Chefs Online Culinary Magazine.

Meehan is currently a managing partner of PDT: a hidden cocktail lounge attached to a legendary East
Village hot dog stand where he serves local beer and wine and features classically inspired seasonal
cocktails he develops with his bartenders. PDT and it’s staff have received numerous awards and accolades
including a 2009 spirit award for “World’s Best Cocktail Bar” at Tales of the Cocktail. The ongoing success of
the bar has earned Meehan a second rising star award from Cheers Magazine and a spirit award for
“American Bartender of the Year”.

In addition to his work behind the bar, Jim is a contributing editor of Food & Wine Magazine’s annual
cocktail book, Mr. Boston’s Bartender Guide and Sommelier Journal; a monthly trade magazine that
features his bartender column. He has created cocktails for numerous spirits companies, lectured and
mixed drinks at local and international trade shows and works with the acclaimed B.A.R. team as a wine
and spirits educator. Jim and his cocktails have been featured on television and the radio as well as in books
and magazines: both locally and internationally.
Jim Meehan Selected Press

Australian Bartender: World’s Top 20 Bars, June 2008

Bon Appetit: Best of the Year: Cocktails, January 2005

The B.A. Foodist, March 2009

Chicago Sun-Times: Pouring on the Charm, December 2008

Details: The Manhattan, October 2007

Edible Manhattan: Mixology Genealogy: November/December 2008

Esquire: Best Bars in America, June 2008

Food & Wine: Preview: Cocktails 2007, March 2007

Imbibe: Festive Drinks, November/December 2007

Secret Society, January/February 2009

Los Angeles Times: Got Manners?, November 2007

LXTV: Spice Up Your Holiday Cocktails, December 2008

New York Magazine: Where to Eat 2008, January 2008

New York Times: Shaken and Stirred, December 2004

Summertime Cocktails, June 2006
A Bit of History Reborn in a Glass, June 2007

N.P.R.: Cheers to 75 Years of Drinking Legally, December 2008

San Francisco Chronicle: Bartenders Hop Up Cocktails With Beer, January 2009

Time Magazine: Local Spirits, January 2008

Time Out NY: Good Service is, March 2007

100 Best of 2008, December 2008

The Washington Post: Where the Lectures Weren’t Dry, July 2007