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Madame Barfly: A Hard Shake, there’s a new bar jockey in Amherst

Sitting down at Osteria Vespa’s bar for the first time, I’m surprised to find there’s no cocktail list. Josh Draghe, the soft-spoken, knowledgeable, and impeccably polite head bartender directs my gaze to a nearby board where staffers have handwritten signature cocktails in multi-colored chalk. The board offers little detail, but there’s no need for written […]

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