General

• “Cocktail Writer Robert Simonson Leads a Spirited Life,” Madison Times, 6/18/19
• “The Cocktail Revival in 51 Critical Moments,” Food & Wine, 6/25/2018
• “10 Cocktails That Made My Career,” First We Feast, 9/19/2016.
• “One Sazerac and He Was In,” The Washington Post, 10/16/2016
• “What Are You Drinking, Robert Simonson,” Serious Eats, 7/11/2016

Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails

• “Your Mezcal Starter Kit,” Punch, 5/3/2021
• “How Tequila and Mezcal Are Shaking Up the Golden Age of Cocktails,” Maxim, 5/5/2021
• “Mezcal’s the Thing in a New Cocktail Book,” The New York Times,  4/12/21
• “Unmissable Spirits and Cocktail Books for Spring 2021,” Spirits Business, 3/22/21
• “Drinking Mezcal and Tequila Cocktails With Robert Simonson,” Forbes, 3/24/21

The Martini Cocktail

• “‘The Martini Cocktail’ Wins Spirited Award as Best Cocktail Book,” Spirits Business, 9/22/20
• “Book Review: The Year’s Top Tipples,” Wall Street Journal, 12/27/19
• “There’s No Wrong Way to Drink a Martini,” Wine Enthusiast, 12/19/19
• “This is Your Martini for 2020,” Epicurious, 12/13/19
• “Martini Cocktail” Explores Lore of World’s Greatest Drink,” OnMilwaukee, 12/5/19
• Gift Guide, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/5/19
• “Teeny Tiny Martinis Are Taking Over,” Los Angeles Times, 11/29/19
• “Stock Your Bar with 9 New Cocktail and Wine Books,” Atlanta Journal Courier, 11/21/19
• Interview in San Paolo, Brazil, newspaper O Estadio, 10/25/19
• “15 Gifts to Give Your Father-in-Law,” Town & Country 10/24/19
• “Dive Into a Classic Martini,” Boston Globe, 10/7/19
• “Why the Martini Has Stood the Test of Time,” Eater, 10/1/19
• “A Martini Please, and Hold the Judgment,” Los Angeles Times, 9/25/19
• “Everything You Know About the Martini Is Wrong,” Urban Daddy, 9/18/19
• “How the Martini Went From Simple Cocktail to American Icon,” Grub Street, 9/17/19
• “The Martini: The King of Cocktails and Opinions,” the Daily Beast, 9/16/19
• “How to Make a Martini Your Guest Will Love,” Washington Post, 9/11/19
• “Drinking Martinis With Robert Simonson,” Forbes, 9/10/19
• “Museums and Martinis,” The Tulsa Voice, 9/4/19
• “Book Review,” Publisher’s Weekly, 5/30/19.

3-Ingredient Cocktails

• “10 Cookbooks and Cocktail Books to See You Through Quarantine Season,” Forbes, 4/30/20
• “The Best New Cocktail Books to Shake Up Your Happy Hour,” Forbes, 8/18/19.
• “Stock Your Bar Shelf With Three James Beard-Nominated Cocktail Books,” The Chicago Tribune, 4/30/18
• “James Beard Foundation Announces 2018 Nominees,” Food & Wine, 3/14/18
• “New Book Glories the Cocktail Basics,” The New York Times, 10/9/17.
• “Loving the White Russian Is as Easy as Making It,” Food 52, 10/6/17.
• “Classic Cocktails With Only 3 Ingredients,” San Diego Times-Tribune, 10/9/17.
• “10 Killer Cocktails You Can Make With Just 3 Ingredients,” Maxim, 10/24/17.
• “Three Ingredients Get You To Alaska,” Boston Globe, 10/19/17
• “What to Give: Books on Cocktails and Spirits,” Wayne Curtis, Wall Street Journal, 11/15/17.
• “Food Schmooze,” radio interview with Faith Middleton, December 2017.
• “On the Joy of Simple Cocktails,” Saveur, 12/6/17.
• “How to make easy cocktails, no bank loan or advanced degree required,” M. Carrie Allan, The Washington Post, 3/23/18.
• “Stock Your Bar Shelf With Three James Beard-nominated Cocktail Book,” The Chicago Tribune, 4/30/18.
• ” …my favorite informative, no nonsense, stylistically pleasing boozers’ book of this calendar year…,” Adam Platt, New York Magazine.
• “These 3-Ingredient Cocktails Will Get You Through the Summer,” GQ, 6/11/18

A Proper Drink

• “These Six Drinks Should Be Considered Modern Classics,” The Washington Post, 3/12/2020
• “How TGI Fridays Became the Forefather of the Modern Cocktail Bar. Seriously,” Thrillist, 10/5/18
• “The Craft Cocktail Revolution Is Over. Now What?,” 7/19/17, Thrillist
• “One Sazerac and He Was In: How One Man Started Documenting a Cocktail Renaissance,” The Washington Post, 10/16/2016
•  “11 Essential Drinks at 11 Great Cocktail Bars,” The New York Times, 10/4/2016
• “How Audrey Saunders Makes a Proper Drink,” excerpt, Eater, 10/2/2016
• “Important Lessons From a Cocktail Pro,” Urban Daddy, 9/29/2016
• “Top New Spirits Books for Autumn 2016,” Spirits Business, 9/27/2016
• “How the Cocktail Got Its Name (and Fame),” Signature Reads, 9/27/2016
• “An Interview With Robert Simonson,” Alcademics, 9/26/2016
• “The Best Drink Books of Fall/Winter 2016,” Punch, 9/26/2016
• “How the Inventor of the Cosmopolitan Learned to Embrace His Most Famous Creation,” excerpt, Grub Street, 9/19/2016
• “The 10 Cocktails That Made My Career,” First We Feast, 9/19/2016
• “The Biggest New Cookbooks of 2016,” Eater, 8/23/2016
• Review, Publishers Weekly, 7/18/2016

Praise for The Old-Fashioned

• “Beyond the Brandy Old-Fashioned,” Inside Hook, 9/25/20
• “How Ryan Gosling Got His Old-Fashioned Exactly Right in Crazy, Stupid Love,” Esquire, 8/18/20
• “The Speakeasy,” Heritage Radio Network (Podcast), 4/23/2014
• “The Fruit Wars,” Table Matters, 5/2/2014 
• “Where to Get the Best Old-Fashioneds in NYC,” First We Feast, 5/12/2014 
• “A Cocktail, a Colonel, and Some Iffy Claims to the Old-Fashioned,” Biographile, 5/13/2014
• “The Old-Fashioned Is New Again,” PUNCH, 5/14/2014
• “Old School,” Inside Hook, 5/14/2014
• “New York Times drinks writer Robert Simonson to discuss Old Fashioned at Cane & Table,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, 5/15/2014
• “Petry Provides Absinthe Old-Fashioned Recipe For Robert Simonson,” Eater Louisville, 5/15/2014
• “The Old-Fashioned,” Cocktailians, 5/16/2014
• “From Morning Quaff to DIY Classic,” Charleston Post and Courier, 5/16/2014
• “Old-Fashioned debate: 2 cocktails with 1 name,” Chicago Tribune, 5/24/2014
• “Father’s Day Booze Gifts,” Ask Men, 5/30/2014
• Food section, Holland Herald, May 2014
• “Liquid: Boozy books pour lots of color into histories on bourbon, beer,” Austin American Statesman, 6/3/2014
• “Mouth-watering reads for summer,” Sea Coast Online, 6/5/2014
• “The Old-Fashioned,” Chico News & Review, 6/5/2014
• “From Old Fashioneds to kringle-flavored liqueur, New Yorkers learn to drink like Badgers,” Capitol Times of Madison, 6/4/2014
• “Modern Classics: The Old-Fashioned,” DRiNK Magazine, June 2014
• “Cool Sips From ‘The Old-Fashioned: The Story Of the World’s First Classic Cocktail With Recipes & Lore,'” Eat Drink Films, 6/6/2014
• “6 Man-Approved Father’s Day Dishes,” Redbook, June 2014
• “Gifts for the Cocktail Enthusiast,” Food & Wine, June 2014
• “The enduring appeal of the Old-Fashioned,” CNN Eatocracy, 6/3/2014
• “The Rise and Fall…and Rise of the Old-Fashioned,” The Daily Beast, 6/14/2014
• “Drink of the Week: Oaxacan Old-Fashioned,” Austin360.com, 6/17/14
• “Food and Drink Books for Summer,” Huffington Post, 6/24/2014
• “A Primer on the Old-Fashioned,” The Village Voice, 6/26/2014
• “Books About Drinking,” Ask Men, 7/12/2014
• “5 tips for making a great Old Fashioned from Tales of the Cocktail,” New Orleans Times-Picayune, 7/19/2014
• “Book Review: The Old-Fashioned,” Seattle Whiskey Collective, 7/21/2014
• “Getting Old-Fashioned with Robert Simonson and His New Cocktail Book,” Edible Manhattan, 7/23/2014
• “Wisconsin’s devotion to the old-fashioned is steady,” Wisconsin Journal-Sentinel, 7/24/2014
• “Kansas City’s talent shines at New Orleans’ Tales of the Cocktail,” Kansas City Star, 8/1/2014
• “New bar, Old-Fashioned,” Vegas Seven, 8/13/2014
• “Bar reporter Robert Simonson talks about theater folk, cocktails and his newfangled book about The Old-Fashioned,” Time Out New York, 8/22/2014
• “Liquid Lunch With Robert Simonson: Call Me Old-Fashioned,” New York Observer, 8/26/2014
• “New books on wine, spirits, cocktails,” Newsday, 9/10/2014
• “Tasting Notes,” Now, 9/25/2014
• “Get in the Spirit(s),” Tasting Table, 10/27/14
• “Christmas Shopping Guide,” Toronto Star, 12/4/14
• “A Wisconsin Product for Everyone on Your Gift List,” Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 12/6/14
• “Cocktail Books Serve Up Lessons and Recipes,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, 12/10/14
• “6 Must-Have Cocktail Books,” The Kitchn, 12/11/14
• “3 cookbooks (and 2 cocktail books) to gift this holiday season,” Time Out LA, 12/17/14
• “A bonus holiday gift guide for the drinker in your life,” Inside Scoop SF, 12/19/14

Travel Writing

• “36 Hours in Milwaukee,” New York Times, 10/10/19
• “A Road Trip to the Fiberglass Frontier of Northern Wisconsin,” New York Times, 8/14/19
• “Finding the Perfect Cocktail in Buenos Aires,” New York Times, 11/19/18
• “It’s Highball Season,” New York Times, 8/10/18
• “My Upper East Side Story,” New York Times, 4/12/18
• “How I Rolled on the Crescent,” New York Times, 11/1/17
• “In the Bars of Berlin Bars, Both the Drinks and Design Are Bracing,” New York Times, 5/17/17
• “11 Essential Drinks at 11 Great Cocktail Bars,” New York Times, 10/4/16
• “The Hidden Bars of Sydney,” New York Times, 10/1/15
• “36 Hours in Green Bay,” New York Times, 8/3/14
• “36 Hours in Milwaukee,” New York Times, 10/24/13
• “A Bar Sprint in a Cocktail-Crazed City,” New York Times, 4/26/13

Praise for “Modern Classics of the Cocktail Renaissance” app

• “Robert Simonson Unveils Modern Classics Cocktail App,” Imbibe, 2/3/2016.
• “Cocktail Recipe App Features Local Favorites,” Chicago Tribune, 5/20/16.
• “Recipes for the Home Bartender: Scroll, Tap and Pour,” The New York Times, 7/27/16.