FOOD & DRINKS

In July at Travel & Leisure’s annual World’s Best Awards in New York, sponsor Patrón displayed a sleek wall that housed five tanks of Patrón-based cocktails from which guests could pour their own drinks.

The Los Angeles launch party for Zing vodka in July had a unique take on a shot bar: Gloved hands emerged from a rose-covered wall to offer guests glasses of the new spirit.

At the Delegates Party during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, Best Impressions Caterers displayed shrimp cocktail and seared ahi tuna on stainless-steel shelves.

At Target’s “Shops at Target” launch in New York, Creative Edge Parties served desserts on tiered rolling carts.

During cocktail hour, guests at the American Heart Association’s Broward Heart Ball in Fort Lauderale could pick up food from a retro Automat-style machine.

Pinch Food Design presented hors d’oeuvres on platters that hung from branded helium-filled balloons at the AOL Digital Content Newfront, the company’s April event introducing its new digital shows.

During a dinner at Stella McCartney’s SoHo store in January, guests dined at an AO Production-designed table that had a moat carved into the surface. The shallow channel was equipped with a conveyor belt that pulled floating toy boats holding food past seated guests.