For the leader of an international cocktail bar dynasty, Ryan Chetiyawardana comes off as kind of teddy bear-ish. He's soft ...

Had I Not Seen the Sun was released in two sections on Netflix, with Part 1 coming out on November 13, 2025, and Part 2 on December 11, 2025. The series is helmed by the celebrated Taiwanese ...

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Acclaimed mixologist Ryan Chetiyawardana, known as Mr. Lyan, debuted his first New York City bar, Seed Library, in Hotel Park Avenue — a subterranean homage to the city’s cocktail culture. The bar’s ...

Netflix’s latest Taiwanese drama series, Had I Not Seen the Sun, follows a convicted serial killer (played by Tseng Jing-hua) who agrees to a documentary interview after years of speculation ...

Mr. Lyan’s Seed Library is now open in New York. Courtesy Nicholas Lee Ruiz Designed by Jacu Strauss, creative director of Hotel Park Ave’s owner, Lore Group, the space leans into a sleek, 1970s ...

When the world’s most awarded bartender opens a bar in New York, expectations run high. But for Ryan Chetiyawardana (aka Mr. Lyan), Seed Library New York isn’t about spectacle. It’s about sanctuary.

Ryan Chetiyawardana, the London-based cocktail pioneer better known as Mr. Lyan, is opening his first New York City bar, Seed Library, on the ground floor of Hotel Park Ave. The cocktail menu will ...

Melissa McCart is the lead editor of the Northeast region with more than 20 years of experience as a reporter, critic, editor, and cookbook author. Mr. Lyan is best known for a string of bars that ...

Most cocktail menu updates aren’t usually heralded with such fanfare, but neither are they the product of nearly a year of work. For the team at Silver Lyan, the essential Penn Quarter cocktail bar ...

Though he says he won’t jump out of a plane anytime soon, Ryan Chetiyawardana—the award-winning bartender and businessman behind the Mr Lyan hospitality empire—does like taking professional risks. “I ...