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The Second Golden Age

Trashtasticness aside, the 70s and 80s were dark days for the cocktail. Then in the mid-90s sickly sweetness and lurid blueness dialled down and top shelf booze got a look in. Here are a few of our favourites from the Second Golden Age that followed, brought up to date a little, but still with plenty of millennial exuberance.

LYCHEE MARTINI13.75
PORTOBELLO ROAD VODKA, LYCHEE, ORANGE WINE, LEMON, VANILLA
The fruity ‘tini ruled the 1990’s. No longer just a guilty pleasure, here’s our more elegant tribute to them all.
TOMMY VERDE14.50
EL TEQUILENO REPOSADO, CUCUMBER AGAVE, GREEN TOMATO, OLIVE, LIME
An ode to Julio Bermejo who, more than any other, grabbed tequila from the gutter and placed it where it belongs on the top shelf. A greener take on his Tommy’s Margarita.
BREAKFAST IN BED13.75
BOMBAY SAPPHIRE, APRICOT JAM, SINGANI 63, LEMON, CAMPARI, GRAPEFRUIT
London was a key player in the cocktail revival and one of its main protagonists, Salvatore Calabrese (The ‘Maestro’) is responsible for the forerunner of this, the gin and marmalade based Breakfast Martini.
JUNGLE FORMULA14.50
EAST LONDON LIQUOR CO RUM, BACARDI 8 Y.O, COCONUT CAMPARI, MANGO, LIME
The tiki revival was a curious sub-cult which produced bars and cocktails both sublime and ridiculous. This mash-up of the Mai Tai and the Jungle Bird is our love letter to the genre.
DISCO COSMO14.75
BELVEDERE VODKA, APRICOT, CRANBERRY WINE, CHAMPAGNE
Our sacrilegious(ish) take on the epoch-defining drink that fuelled Manhattan’s see-and-be-seen crowd throughout the 90s and beyond.