The object is the idea.
A passport is carried, shown at the door and marked. The book asks nothing more of its holder: show the bartender the page, order the drink it names, have the page marked.
One page, one place.
Every bar receives the same page and the same four quadrants, so a neighborhood dive and a cocktail room sit on equal footing. Where a venue has its own mark, the mark replaces the set name.
Two colors, held.
The cover’s navy and yellow have not moved since 2020; the 2020, 2025 and 2026 covers carry the same CMYK to within half a point. The edition changes. The identity does not.
Built for a year in a pocket.
Three and a half by five inches, saddle-stitched, valid through December 31. The brief to the first printer said it plainly:
“The book will be used for 12 months. Binding and cover should be designed with this in mind.”Alec Meeker to the printer, December 2018
The neighborhood pays for its own news.
The Passport is published by Bushwick Daily, and the money it raises goes to the paper’s reporting.
“All the money we raise goes to supporting Bushwick Daily and keeping local journalism alive in the neighborhood.”Bushwick Daily, 2020
The bars are the content.
In the 2026 edition, every page after the front matter belongs to a bar: its name, its address, a short portrait of the place and the drink it pours.
Hospitality first.
The how-to page sets one instruction in capitals:
“Seriously, TIP YOUR BARTENDER.”Passport to Bushwick, 2026
The result.
The 2026 first run of 300 sold out within seven weeks of going on sale, and a second run of 300 followed.