The menu
Stories
Every cocktail on the menu is named for a piece of 1920s slang. Each one is a small story. Click in for the story; come by for the drink.
Easy Boozy Libation
14 drinks
Bear Cat
1920s flapper with teeth.
Vanilla-infused vodka, passionfruit, peach, bubbles.
Bee’s Knees Chassis
Excellent body, appraised loudly.
Oolong-infused pisco, pineapple, merlot, caramel, aer.
Bell Bottom Bimbo
A tough guy. Originally male.
Cachaça, dark rum, banana, apple cider, passionfruit, pistachio, ginger beer, Angostura.
Canary Trap
The setup for a singer.
Hibiscus-infused tequila, toasted rice, orange, apricot.
Coffin Varnish
Bad liquor. The kind that put people in coffins.
Capsicum-infused tequila, high-proof rum, rice syrup, grapefruit.
Dew Dropper
A young man who slept all day and worked never.
Sour-plum-infused gin, starfruit, makgeolli.
Glad Rags Sheba
A beautiful woman in her best clothes.
Bourbon whisky, mulled wine, granny apples, aer.
Gold Digger
She’s in it for what’s in your pocket.
Pretzel-infused vodka, lychee, elderflower, rose, aer.
Ishkabibble
“I should worry.” Said dismissively.
Mezcal, sweet vermouth, Campari, calamansi, orange, aer.
Joe Giggle Water
Coffee and booze. Both at once.
Coffee-vanilla-infused dark rum, single-estate espresso, dark coconut syrup, aer.
Lollapalooza
The best of its kind. Extraordinary.
Mezcal, watermelon shrub, pickled watermelon, aromatic tonic.
Ossified Mrs Grundy
The neighbourhood prude, blind drunk.
Cherry tomato vodka, lacto-fermented serrano peach hot sauce, kimchi shrub.
Sheik on the Level
A trustworthy charmer. Rare.
Black-tea-infused gin, cardamom, gula melaka, Turkish delight, aer.
Stargazer
Someone with their eyes on the sky.
Butterfly-pea-infused cachaça, pisco, pimento, Ceylon, stardust.
Stiff and Prickly
7 drinks
Baby Grand
A person of substance. Hard to miss.
Peated Islay whisky, absinthe, coconut.
Brooklyn
The 1920s answer to a Manhattan.
Rye whisky, chocolate-brownie rum, dry vermouth, orange bitters.
Hardboiled Torpedo
The detective and the hitman. Same drink.
Bourbon whisky, mulled wine, orange bitters.
Hopped Up
On something. Booze, drugs, life.
London dry gin, bianco vermouth, hops tinctures.
Smoky Brown Plaid
Autumn in a glass, in a country without autumn.
Brown-butter-washed bourbon whisky, Islay whisky, dry vermouth, maple syrup.
Sweet Chin Music
A clean punch to the jaw.
London dry gin, peanut butter rum, Mandragola, Campari, bianco vermouth, orange bitters.
Reverse Vesper
The cocktail named for a woman who lied about everything.
London dry gin, pandan vodka, bianco vermouth, pickled cucumber.
Menu rotates. Some of these drinks are still around. Some have been quietly retired. If you walk in and your favourite is gone, ask the bartender what replaced it. That one will have a story too.