{"podcast":{"title":"The Buildout","slug":"the-buildout-4473886","podcast_index_feed_id":4473886,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/612e552895f9ec00136d5a16","website_url":"https://vinepair.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/612e552895f9ec00136d5a16/1763404557400-ed6ff212-2eb7-46ed-86b8-71a2059dceaa.jpeg","author":"VinePair","episode_count":253,"summary":"Every great bar has a story. We’re going behind the scenes with the people who built them: the founders, dreamers, and industry legends shaping the world’s most inspiring drinking destinations. From Maison Premiere to The Dead Rabbit, Long Island Bar, Schmuck, and beyond — this is how the world’s best bars get built. Hosted by VinePair Co-Founder Adam Teeter A podcast from The VinePair podcast network. vinepair.com Follow us @buildoutpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:18:34.513602+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buildout-4473886"},"episode":{"title":"Echo Lake","slug":"echo-lake","published_at":"2026-07-08T09:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buildout-4473886/echo-lake","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buildout-4473886","url":"https://shows.acast.com/cocktail-college/episodes/echo-lake","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/612e552895f9ec00136d5a16/e/6a41e179a3fa97823725811e/media.mp3","summary":"What happens when a celebrated cocktail journalist and one of the country’s foremost rum authorities join forces? The result is Echo Lake. But opening the bar proved more challenging than either expected. Chloe Frechette had spent her career covering bars, not opening them, while Paul McGee had built his reputation in Chicago, not New York. On this episode of The Buildout, Chloe and Paul join Adam to talk about the challenges they faced, the lessons they learned, and how they created one of the most exciting new additions to the cocktail and rum scenes. Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/buildoutpodcast Echo Lake: https://www.instagram.com/echolakebar Chloe Frechette: https://www.instagram.com/chloefrechette Paul McGee: https://www.instagram.com/bagchatter VinePair: https://www.instagram.com/vinepair Hosted by VinePair Co-Founder: https://www.instagram.com/adamteeter Produced and edited by: https://www.instagram.com/dolldoctor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"What happens when a celebrated cocktail journalist and one of the country’s foremost rum authorities join forces? The result is Echo Lake. But opening the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3553,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-buildout-4473886/episodes/echo-lake/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-buildout-4473886/echo-lake.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}