Monday Classics: The Bronx Cocktail
Moving on to our next cocktail named after 1 of the 5 New York city boroughs, today’s Monday Classic is the Bronx cocktail. The original Waldorf Hotel (before it became the famous Waldorf-Astoria) was located in the space that the Empire State Building currently occupies. It was built in 1893 by Henry Hardenbergh, who was commissioned by William Waldorf Astor to design a hotel that would be the largest and most luxurious in the world. The Waldorf had a bar in it called The Big Brass Rail, which became a frequent …