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 MARTINI11.75
ABSOLUT 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.
TAHONA COLADA12.50
ALTOS TEQUILA, LEMONGRASS, COCONUT, LIME, THAI BASIL
Our tropical spin on the classic Tommy’s Margarita, the cocktail that helped make tequila a staple on cocktail lists worldwide from the 1990’s.
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.
HANDY ANDES12.00
SINGANI 63, LEMON, MANGO VODKA, SAUTERNES
The second golden age was a boom time for Latin American spirits. With tequila, cachaca and pisco at the forefront. This sour uses pisco’s cousin, Singani, from Bolivia.
DISCO COSMO
12.75
ABSOLUT 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.