5 Bars Where Popular Cocktails Were Invented

Just go to any bar in the world and you will be able to order yourself a Martini or an Old Fashioned. These popular cocktails are a part of every bar menu and can be created by any bartender just anywhere in the world. But there was a time when no one really knew how to make one of these drinks, pardon, they did not even know the names of these drinks. Somewhere, someone created a recipe that came to be known by the names mentioned above and the cocktail spread like wildfire, gaining popularity as the demand rose. Here are 5 bars where these popular cocktails were invented

1. The Knickerbocker Hotel

Today, a Martini is created in more than one style, each suiting different consumer palates. But if the history is traced, the first dry Martini is believed to have originated in the New York-based The Knickerbocker Hotel.

Ever since its invention and introduction to the enthusiasts, the popular cocktail has been a favourite of popular fictional and real people like James Bond and singer Frank Sinatra. 

2. The Pendennis Club

Gaining popularity in the 1800s, the Old Fashioned cocktail has come a long way since then. It happens to be one of the most ordered cocktails currently and is widely demanded all across the globe. 

The Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky is said to have invented the cocktail for a bourbon distiller in the early days, before the drink gained popularity in the US.  

3. La Bodeguita del Medio

While the original Mojito seems to have been invented by Native American tribes or the slaves that worked at the sugar plantations, the cocktail that we know today seems to have originated in Havana’s most famous bar La Bodeguita del Medio in Cuba. 

La Bodeguita del Medio bar is known for its history with Hemingway. You can find his signature on one of the walls of the bar. 

4. The Odeon

A Cosmopolitan cocktail is a must-order for every girls’ night out. It is so popular and highly associated with the female party gang that many bars offer the drink on complementary basis to invite females to the floor. The cocktail became a household name after the broadcast of ‘Sex and the City’ series where the main characters were often seen chilling with a Cosmopolitan.

The cocktail seems to have originated in The Odeon, New York in 1988 when a bartender played with the recipe of an old cocktail called The Daisy.

5. World Famous Kentucky Bar & Grill

Margarita originated in Mexico and has been claimed to have been invented by various bars in the country. The strongest claim has come from the World Famous Kentucky Bar & Grill in Juarez, Mexico, which was famously visited by Americans during the Prohibition era in the early 1920s. 

Though many other bars have claimed to be the inventor of the popular cocktail, the credit can be given to World Famous Kentucky Bar & Grill until someone comes forward with hard proof that concludes otherwise.

Now go and get yourself one of these cocktails, you have earned it! Cheers