""I've been told several times I'm too nice to be successful," she says. "I don't buy that." She shouldn't. Dorman started proving the naysayers wrong in 2009, when she helped open the critically acclaimed Raines Law Room in New York's Chelsea neighborhood. Since then, she's put together a mean streak of successes. She's launched a second Raines Law Room and two iterations of the celebrated bar Dear Irving."
"Perhaps Dorman's most stunning career accomplishment, however, is Dear Irving on Hudson, the rooftop bar at the Aliz Hotel Times Square she helped open in 2019. The success of the space symbolizes a remarkable trio of achievements. First, it provides a permanent outpost of cocktail excellence in an area dominated by out-of-towners. It also obliterates the wrongheaded "rooftop bars are subpar" narrative."
Meahgan Dorman has built a multifaceted career as a bar owner, bartender, educator, speaker, and mentor. She helped open Raines Law Room in Chelsea in 2009 and later launched a second Raines and two iterations of Dear Irving. She co-founded the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation's annual Dames Hall of Fame award (now Tales Catalyst) and has been a Tales U.S. Bar Mentor finalist multiple years. She presents at industry conventions and is noted for inventive cocktails, including a celebrated Gibson. Dear Irving on Hudson at the Aliz Hotel Times Square, opened in 2019, established high-quality rooftop cocktailing in Times Square.
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