The Best Hotel Bars in London
The hotel bar has long been a bastion for London's discerning drinkers. As trends come and go, hotels—with all of their rich history—remain stalwarts of classic drinking. Many have not…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
Is the Era of the Bar Manual Over?
In the modern-day search for cocktail recipes, what is lost with the immediacy of an internet search? Andrew Amelinckx pages through the 150-year history of the bar book to recall…
- story: Andrew Amelinckx
- photo: Cocktail Kingdom
Being Harry Craddock
Harry Craddock was one of the most influential bartenders of the early-20th century. On the 50th anniversary of his death, Alice Lascelles reveals new details about his past and tracks…
- story: Alice Lascelles
- photo: The Savoy
Green Park Cocktail
Eric Lorincz, head bartender at The Savoy created this herbaceous riff on one of the hotel's most famous eye-openers, the Corpse Reviver No. 2.
White Lady
A smoothed out Gin Sour, the White Lady was made famous by its creator Harry MacElhone of Harry's New York Bar in Paris and Harry Craddock of The Savoy in…
Satan’s Whiskers
The Satan’s Whiskers first appears in print in Harry Craddock’s Savoy Cocktail Book from 1930, but many attribute the drink to the Embassy Club in Prohibition-era Hollywood.
