New York / New York
King Cole Bar
Maxfield Parrish's mural presides over the room that invented the Bloody Mary's better-dressed cousin.
Getting in
Off the hotel lobby. Jacket encouraged.
Order this
Red Snapper
Your passport
Hotel Bar rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every hotel bar bar.
Keep the night going
Nearest doors
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Drink like King Cole Bar at home
The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.
Old Fashioned Cocktail Kit
Bitters, demerara syrup and a rocks glass. Nothing here is optional and nothing is extra.
Clear Ice Cube Mold
Directional freezing makes hotel-bar ice at home. Dilution slows, drink stops racing.
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