THE
ACADEMIC
A study in good taste
2 ounces gin
½ ounce Galliano
½ ounce orange juice
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
ANDROMEDA
A galaxy of aromas and flavors
2 ounces gin
1 ounce Southern Comfort
½ ounce sloe gin
½ ounce Chambord
½ teaspoon blue curaçao
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
ANGEL’S
BREAST
White, whiter, whitest
2 ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de cacao
1 ounce Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1 ounce light cream
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
THE
ANSONIA
Named for the architectural gem on New York City’s Upper West Side
3 ounces gin
1 ounce lemon juice
1 ounce raspberry puree
Lemon slice for garnish
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
APOLLO
Fit for a Greek god
2½ ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de cacao
½ ounce blue curaçao
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
ARCHBISHOP
A religious experience?
2½ ounces Seagram’s Extra Dry gin
½ ounce Bénédictine
1 dash bitters of choice
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
THE
ARTHUR
A bow to Camelot’s king
2½ ounces gin
½ ounce Grand Marnier
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Orange twist for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.
ASCOT
No silk neck scarf required
2½ ounces gin
½ ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
ASTORIA
SPECIAL
A warm toast to the Greek residents of Queens
3 ounces gin
½ ounce ouzo
White grape for garnish
Combine gin and ouzo in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
ASTOR
PLACE
Downtown haunt of fun-seekers
2½ ounces gin
½ ounce Galliano
1 dash bitters of choice
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
ATHENA
For the goddess inside
2 ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de menthe
1 ounce light cream
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
AVENUE B
Way down in Alphabet City
2 ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de cacao
½ ounce Drambuie
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
BEE LINE
Named for New York City’s Sixth Avenue subway line
2 ounces gin
½ ounce peach schnapps
½ ounce apricot brandy
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
BETTE’S
CHOICE
The favorite of a Grill Room regular
2½ ounces gin
½ ounce Pernod
½ teaspoon grenadine
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
BILBO B.
One rich little Hobbit
2 ounces gin
1 ounce Scotch
½ ounce dark crème de cacao
½ ounce heavy cream
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and pour with ice into glass.
BLEECKER
STREET
Named for Greenwich Village’s street of dreams
2½ ounces gin
½ ounce Grand Marnier
½ ounce lime juice
½ teaspoon superfine sugar
Orange peel spiral for garnish
Combine gin, liqueur, juice, and sugar in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and garnish.
BLOODY
BRIT
Cheers, mate!
2½ ounces Beefeater dry gin
3 ounces tomato juice
5 dashes Worcestershire sauce
3 dashes Tabasco
Smoked or raw oyster for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass, stir, and garnish.
BLUE SKY
Tinted with blue curaçao
2 ounces gin
½ ounce blue curaçao
½ ounce orange liqueur
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
BRAVEHEART
British gin, Scottish whiskey
2½ ounces Gordon’s gin
1 teaspoon Scotch
Lemon twist for garnish
Combine gin and Scotch in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.
BRONX
TALE
A variation on the classic Bronx Cocktail, which calls for sweet and dry vermouth
2 ounces gin
1 ounce orange juice
1 teaspoon dry vermouth
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
BROOKLYN
NITE
Good times across the bridge
2 ounces gin
1 ounce dark rum
1 ounce Cointreau
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
CAROUSEL
May set you spinning
2 ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de cacao
2 dashes grenadine
1 ounce light cream
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
CATAPULT
Hook feet around chair legs when sipping
2 ounces gin
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce orange juice
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
CENTURY
A timeless mix
2 ounces gin
1 ounce grapefruit juice
½ ounce Chambord
½ ounce triple sec
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
CHANDELIER
CHANDELIER
Icy scintillation
2 ounces gin
½ ounce dry vermouth
½ ounce Pernod
2 dashes orange bitters
Crushed ice
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass filled with crushed ice.
THE
CLOISTERS
Inspired by northern Manhattan’s garden of delights
1½ ounces gin
½ ounce sweet vermouth
1 ounce Campari
1 teaspoon Bénédictine
1 teaspoon Pernod
2 dashes bitters of choice
Orange twist for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.
COMMEDIA
DELL’ARTE
An improvisational triumph
2 ounces gin
1 ounce Galliano
½ ounce sambuca negra
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
THE CRATER
Puts you over the moon
2 ounces gin
1 ounce dark crème de cacao
½ ounce Chambord
½ ounce heavy cream
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into glass.
CRUSADER
Spread the word
2 ounces gin
1 ounce white crème de cacao
1 ounce green Chartreuse
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and pour with ice into glass.
DAMSEL
A beauty of British, Russian, and French descent
1 ounce Tanqueray gin
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce Cointreau
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce cranberry juice
Orange twist for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.
DEAR VERE
Favorite of a citizen of the world
2 ounces gin
½ ounce dry vermouth
1 teaspoon blue curaçao
2 dashes Angostura bitters
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
DELANCEY
An olivey toast to the historic street on New York City’s Lower East Side
2 ounces gin
1 ounce Absolut Peppar
1 ounce olive brine
3 olives for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.
DELMONICO
A brandy-laced cocktail from America’s first true restaurant, which opened in Manhattan in 1827 and went out of business for good during Prohibition
1½ ounces gin
½ ounce brandy
½ ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes orange bitters
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and strain into glass.
DREAMY
For lovers of white chocolate
1 ounce gin
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce Godiva white chocolate liqueur
1 ounce white crème de cacao
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, stir to chill, and pour with ice into glass.
EAST END
AVENUE
Named for the upper-crusty Manhattan address
Crushed ice
1½ ounces gin
½ ounce dry sherry
1 ounce Lillet Blanc
Lemon twist for garnish
Fill glass with crushed ice and add the gin, sherry, and liqueur. Stir and garnish.
EDGAR’S
BRITISH
PEPPERMINT
The drink of a captain of industry with a historic link to The Four Seasons
1 tablespoon chopped peppermint leaves
1 tablespoon diced roasted red bell pepper
½ ounce fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon superfine sugar
3 ounces Hendrick’s gin
Muddle peppermint, bell pepper, juice, and sugar in bottom of mixing glass. Add ice and gin. Shake and strain into glass.
EQUESTRIAN
Gin and tonic for the horsey set
2 ounces Bombay gin
2 ounces tonic water
1 dash Grand Marnier
2 dashes bitters of choice
Lime wedge for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass. Stir and garnish.
FAIRY
TALE
As enchanting as it sounds
Crushed ice
2 ounces gin
½ ounce apricot brandy
½ ounce peach schnapps
½ ounce Lillet Rouge
Orange twist for garnish
Fill glass with crushed ice and add liquid ingredients. Stir and garnish.
FAUST
Room temp, yet hot as the devil
3 ounces gin
2 or 3 dashes Tabasco
Chili pepper for garnish
Pour gin into martini glass and add Tabasco. Stir and garnish.
FLORENTINE
Best appreciated in a piazza in Florence.
Cynar is a unique artichoke-based aperitif from Italy.
1½ ounces gin
1 ounce Campari
½ ounce grapefruit juice
½ ounce Cynar
Pour ingredients into ice-filled rocks glass and stir.
FRINGE
BENEFITS
Guarantees a big tip for the bartender
1 ounce Tanqueray No. Ten gin
1 ounce Chambord
1 ounce orange juice
1 ounce cranberry juice
Combine ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice, shake, and strain into a glass.
GENTLE
PINK
Gin and tonic with bitters
2 ounces gin
4 ounces tonic water
3 dashes Angostura bitters
Lemon twist for garnish
Pour liquid ingredients into ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish.
GIN AND
TONIC
A classic among classics
2 ounces Gordon’s gin
4 ounces tonic water
Lime wedge for garnish
Pour gin and tonic into ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish.
GIN
DAISY
In cocktail lingo, “daisy” means slightly sour
3 ounces gin
1½ ounces fresh sour mix
3 dashes grenadine
Orange slice for garnish
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Pour with ice into glass and garnish.
GIN
FIZZER
Bubbly and tart
2½ ounces gin
1 ounce sour mix
4 ounces club soda
Combine gin and sour mix in mixing glass. Add ice and shake. Strain into glass and top with club soda.
GINGERLY
Gin and ginger
3 ounces gin
5 ounces ginger ale
Lemon wedge for garnish
Pour gin and ginger ale into ice-filled highball glass. Stir and garnish.
GIN
GIBSON
The famous onion pickler
3 ounces gin
½ ounce dry vermouth
3 cocktail onions for garnish
Combine gin and vermouth in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.
GIN
GIMLET
A prized antique
3 ounces gin
½ ounce Rose’s lime juice
Lemon wedge for garnish
Combine gin and juice in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.
GIN
MADRAS
Patterned for pleasure
3 ounces Bombay gin
2 ounces orange juice
2 ounces cranberry juice
Pour ingredients into ice-filled highball glass and stir.
GIN
PRESBYTERIAN
Respectably light on the gin
2 ounces gin
3 ounces club soda
3 ounces ginger ale
Pour ingredients into ice-filled highball glass and stir.
GIN
SOUR
A bracing draft
3 ounces gin
1 ounce fresh sour mix
Orange slice for garnish
Maraschino cherry for garnish
Combine gin and sour mix in mixing glass. Stir to chill, strain with ice into glass, and garnish.
GOLDEN
DROP
With hints of dry vermouth and Scotch, the latter added with a dropper
3½ ounces Tanqueray No. Ten gin
1 teaspoon dry vermouth
3 drops Scotch
Lemon peel spiral for garnish
Combine liquid ingredients in mixing glass. Add ice and stir to chill. Strain into glass and garnish.