Nocturno Cocktail Bar is celebrating the holidays with a menu of seasonal cocktails. Now through the end of the month, the ...

On a recent, bustling Saturday night at a trendy cocktail bar on Chicago’s near northwest side, my friend perused the menu full of bespoke drinks — most containing bitter aperitifs — and looked vexed.

A 30-foot dome is one of the focal points of the new Capulet Cocktail Club, an Italian-inspired cocktail bar in Raleigh. “I ...