Drinks
March, 1978
In the ornate bars of pre-Civil War New York, "cocktails" were originally ordered as gulp and shudder eye-openers at the start of a busy day. At the Hoffman House, Professor Jerry Thomas, the most respected barman of that era, claimed that the success of a "Manhattan" rested entirely on the quality of the aromatic bitters used. Today, however, according to space age Windows on the World's Dick Block, "many people don't like bitters, even though they're good at cutting th...
