How the Old Cuban Became a Modern Classic
Audrey Saunders’ sparkling Mojito riff became a transcontinental standard long before Pegu Club opened its doors.
- story: Robert Simonson
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Five Cocktails that Defined the Early Renaissance
Five drinks from the 1990s and the early aughts that changed how we drink today.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Earl Grey MarTEAni
Audrey Saunders’ reknowned non-Martini MarTEAni helped pave the way for the gin Martini's return.
- story: Bianca Prum
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Old Cuban
Audrey Saunders was a master of taking old classics and giving them inventive new life—in this case a Mojito, which she tops with Champagne.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Gin-Gin Mule
This is essentially a Mojito (a rum drink) crossed with a Moscow Mule (a vodka drink), but made with gin.
- story: Chloe Frechette
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Giuseppe González | Owner, Suffolk Arms
“Patience and fortitude conquer all things—duh,” says Giuseppe González. Unclear is whether González, the always frank and occasionally cantankerous bartender behind New York’s Suffolk Arms, is talking about the virtues…
- story: Lizzie Munro
- photo: Lizzie Munro
Vodka’s Unsung Role in the Cocktail Renaissance
As the preferred spirit of the masses, vodka has become the victim of mixology dogma—with some bartenders going so far as to blacklist it from their menus. But the spirit…
- story: Robert Simonson
- photos: Lizzie Munro
Pegu Club
The Pegu Club, located in Yangon, Myanmar, found itself at the center of British social life in 1920s. Its members, citizens of a bygone political era, knew the city as…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
Fitty-Fitty Martini
The Martini spent the better part of the ‘80s and ‘90s as a stripped-down, mostly-gin (or, gasp, vodka) version of itself. This is Audrey Saunders' effort to reintroduce America to…
- story: Leslie Pariseau
- photo: Daniel Krieger
