> I'm in New York and was enjoying some rye
whiskey
> drinks at one of the city's finer bars this
evening.
> The bartender introduced me to several more
rye
> cocktails named after Brooklyn neighborhoods -
the
> Bushwick, the Bensonhurst, the (Park) Slope. He
told
> me it's become something of a tradition for
bartenders
> to name rye drinks after 'hoods in the borough
of
> Kings, in part because they're all seen as
descendants
> of a drink called the Brooklyn. For the record,
that's
> rye, dry vermouth, Amer Picon, and maraschino
liqueur.
> It's also excellent.
Interesting. You mean the "county" of Kings!
You have to have a martini at the Temple Bar in NoHo.
Jeff
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