Let’s belly up to the bar (careful not to kick over the spittoon), and order a Cowboy Cocktail . . .
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ARTICLE: Rhythm Room Brings Old-School Speakeasy Charm To Downtown
Here’s a very nice article from LAist (with some cool pictures) about the rebirth of The Rhythm Room, an old downtown LA speakeasy.
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Beer and Sandwiches
There is so much to love about this ad — not the least of which is the fact that the Fenway Hall Hotel has determined that a beer and sandwich shop is the perfect thematic fit to their “Streets of Paris” motif.
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RECIPE: Violet Cocktail
Crème Yvette is the bee’s knees. The cat’s meow. The cream in my coffee. The liqueur in my cocktail.
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Crème Yvette: The crème de la crème of violet liqueur
Creme Yvette was first produced in 1890.
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RECIPE: Porto Rico
This drink really is called a Porto Rico. That’s not a typo, or a quirk of the mixology lexicon.
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RECIPE: My Own Cocktail
In the interests of clarity (and for new readers of this blog) this isn’t MY own cocktail. It’s my Great Great Uncle’s from The Mixing Master, his c. 1933 unpublished mixing guide.
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Feeling Bitter(s)?
Bitters were originally developed as “tonics” — aka patent medicines.
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RECIPE: Virgin’s Peril
The problem with this cocktail — or the advantage of it, depending on your viewpoint — is that it’s very easy to drink.
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Dine and Dance (but don’t drink…)
This ad is from the November 26, 1932 issue of the rather unimaginatively named “Cleveland Office Worker” magazine.
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