“His father had been a minister, like his father before. Now, Mr. Cooper leans on local farms and butchers for ingredients, serving the community where he has lived his whole life.“

For a taste of the South’s cocktail revolution, pull up a stool at one of these recently opened establishments

Austin-based design studio FÖDA pulled inspiration from John Ruskin’s essay “The Seven Lamps of Architecture” to reimagine a Gothic Revival church built in 1904. A grid of 288 five-inch gold bells now rings inside the tower, while the expansive bar occupies the apse.