Famous bar classics

Classics from the world's famous bars

The drinks that were born at a specific bar: the Mai Tai at Trader Vic's, the Bellini at Harry's Bar, the Penicillin at Milk & Honey. We keep the history honest, use the original specs where they're documented, and add a mocktail for each.

15 drinks · every one with a zero-proof version
Bar Basso Negroni Sbagliato — The 'Mistaken' Negroni, Served in a Giant Goblet
Bar Basso

Bar Basso Negroni Sbagliato — The 'Mistaken' Negroni, Served in a Giant Goblet

LiqueurBuilt~13% ABV
Buena Vista Irish Coffee — Two Sugar Cubes, Tullamore D.E.W., and Cream That Floats
The Buena Vista

Buena Vista Irish Coffee — Two Sugar Cubes, Tullamore D.E.W., and Cream That Floats

WhiskeyHot~9% ABV
Caribe Hilton Piña Colada — The 1954 San Juan Recipe, With Heavy Cream
Caribe Hilton

Caribe Hilton Piña Colada — The 1954 San Juan Recipe, With Heavy Cream

RumBlended~7% ABV
Death & Co Oaxaca Old Fashioned — The Drink That Put Mezcal on American Bar Menus
Death & Co

Death & Co Oaxaca Old Fashioned — The Drink That Put Mezcal on American Bar Menus

MezcalStirred~28% ABV
Harry's Bar Bellini — White Peach Purée, Cold Prosecco, and Nothing Else
Harry's Bar

Harry's Bar Bellini — White Peach Purée, Cold Prosecco, and Nothing Else

WineBuilt~8% ABV
Harry's New York Bar French 75 — Gin, Lemon, Sugar and Champagne, and a Murky Paris Origin
Harry's New York Bar

Harry's New York Bar French 75 — Gin, Lemon, Sugar and Champagne, and a Murky Paris Origin

GinShaken~14% ABV
Hotel Monteleone Vieux Carré — Rye, Cognac, Vermouth and Bénédictine From the Carousel Bar
Hotel Monteleone (Carousel Bar)

Hotel Monteleone Vieux Carré — Rye, Cognac, Vermouth and Bénédictine From the Carousel Bar

WhiskeyStirred~26% ABV
Milk & Honey Penicillin — Sam Ross's Smoky Scotch Sour, Built Around Honey-Ginger Syrup
Milk & Honey

Milk & Honey Penicillin — Sam Ross's Smoky Scotch Sour, Built Around Honey-Ginger Syrup

WhiskeyShaken~20% ABV
Pat O'Brien's Hurricane — Real Passion Fruit, Four Ounces of Rum, No Red Powder
Pat O'Brien's

Pat O'Brien's Hurricane — Real Passion Fruit, Four Ounces of Rum, No Red Powder

RumShaken~15% ABV
Pegu Club Gin-Gin Mule — Audrey Saunders' Minty Gin Buck With Homemade Ginger Beer
Pegu Club

Pegu Club Gin-Gin Mule — Audrey Saunders' Minty Gin Buck With Homemade Ginger Beer

GinShaken~14% ABV
Raffles Singapore Sling — The Long Bar's Pink Pineapple Classic, Made Properly
Raffles Hotel

Raffles Singapore Sling — The Long Bar's Pink Pineapple Classic, Made Properly

GinShaken~9% ABV
Soho Brasserie Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's 'Vodka Espresso,' Made With Real Espresso
Soho Brasserie

Soho Brasserie Espresso Martini — Dick Bradsell's 'Vodka Espresso,' Made With Real Espresso

VodkaShaken~17% ABV
The Roosevelt's Sazerac — Rye, Peychaud's and an Herbsaint-Rinsed Glass, the New Orleans Way
The Roosevelt Hotel (Sazerac Bar)

The Roosevelt's Sazerac — Rye, Peychaud's and an Herbsaint-Rinsed Glass, the New Orleans Way

WhiskeyStirred~30% ABV
Tommy's Margarita — No Triple Sec, Just Tequila, Lime and Agave
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant

Tommy's Margarita — No Triple Sec, Just Tequila, Lime and Agave

TequilaShaken~18% ABV
Trader Vic's Mai Tai — The 1944 Original Is Rum, Lime, Orgeat and Curaçao. No Pineapple.
Trader Vic's

Trader Vic's Mai Tai — The 1944 Original Is Rum, Lime, Orgeat and Curaçao. No Pineapple.

RumShaken~18% ABV

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Free PDF: the Copycat Cocktail starter pack — 12 famous-bar drinks + their mocktails.