Local before arrival
The basement of a shuttered Vietnamese noodle shop is probably the last place where you’d look for an Aztec beverage. In New York, however, the melting pot boils over in unpredictable ways. Nightlife entrepreneurs Chris and Heather Tierney have carved out a shrine to pulque—a sweet tasting agave-based alcohol—under the streets of bustling Chinatown. The obscure Mesoamerican elixir now enjoys its renaissance in artfully prepared concoctions that appeal to a fashionable crowd.
