
Bring Back the Chelsea Sidecar
Saga and Overstory bartender Harrison Ginsberg retools the gin-based Savoy standby.
- story: Joshua David Stein
- photo: Briana Balducci
Saga and Overstory bartender Harrison Ginsberg retools the gin-based Savoy standby.
With a little help from today’s best bartenders, these overlooked cocktails—the tequila-based Hot Pants to the oddball Yellow Parrot—are ready for their closeup.
Marlo Gamora reimagines the forgotten Filipino classic as a rum-forward tropical cooler.
LyAnna Sanabria revives the 1930s “candied Martini.”
Drew Pompa makes a case for the NOLA classic’s wayward relative, which calls on two types of rum, lemon juice and hot sauce.
Frank Caiafa makes a case for the hard-hitting, equal-parts combo of whiskey, gin, brandy and sweet vermouth.
William Elliott turns the oddball, equal-parts combo of absinthe, yellow Chartreuse and apricot liqueur into an unexpected crowd-pleaser.
New Orleans bartender Christina Rando updates the Chartreuse-laced sour that first debuted in 1971’s Playboy Bartender’s Guide.
Bartender Jillian Moore makes a case for this creamsicle-like cousin of the Ramos Gin Fizz.
Bartender Tammy Bouma reimagines the disco-era tequila cocktail.