Illinois / Chicago
Potter's Lounge
Drinks beneath a ceiling fresco in the lobby of the oldest continuously operating hotel in America.
Getting in
Under the painted ceiling in the hotel's grand lobby.
Order this
Brandy Alexander
Your passport
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Drink like Potter's Lounge 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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