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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Millie Milliken and Mike Daw

World Cocktail Day: the bluffer’s guide to London’s signature cocktails

Cities get known for their drinks, and for the bars they're born in. A recent trip to New Orleans was a bingo-card-esque adventure around some of its most celebrated spots and the cocktails they’re famous for: a sazerac at The Roosevelt; a grasshopper at Tujague’s; a vieux carre at Carousel.

While some of London’s most famous creations — the espresso martini, bramble, pornstar martini, Collins — have sadly lost their homes, there are still plenty of bars who can lay claim to having some of the capital’s most coveted cocktails.

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