Cointreau

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Niesen Buzz Bomb

This was the preferred concoction of Gertrude Niesen, an actress and singer and frequent patron of Manhattan’s Stork Club in the 1930s and ‘40s, and it’s a hell of a…

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Flatiron Martini

A staple at the pioneering NYC bar, Flatiron Lounge.

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Jägerita

David Cordoba's playful and bitter mix of Jägermeister, cointreau, lime and simple syrup.

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Old Flame (Fancy Nancy)

Dale DeGroff's retooled Negroni.

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Seelbach

The Seelbach Hotel's grand, saloon-style counter reportedly created this signature cocktail when a bartender used a Manhattan to catch the overflow from an uncorked Champagne bottle.

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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…

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Corpse Reviver No. 2

Of the entire gruesomely-named family of pre-Prohibition era drinks thought to be devoted to rousing oneself in the morning, version no. 2 remains the best-known.

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Sidecar

A gussied-up cognac sour made famous at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris.

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Cosmopolitan

Before the “Cosmo” became the must-have liquid accessory of Sarah Jessica Parker acolytes, there was the Cosmopolitan, created by bartender Toby Cecchini at the Odeon.

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Between the Sheets

This potent sour is a rum-laced riff on the Sidecar christened by Harry MacElhone of Harry's New York Bar in Paris.