Maybe it’s the liberating feeling of being away from home or the timelessly elegant surroundings, but the hotel bar has provided inspiration for many things: romances, affairs, novels or, in the case of the following hotel bars, inventive cocktail creations. Here’s where you can drink classic concoctions in the very places they were first made.
1 Singapore Sling: Raffles Hotel, Singapore
2 Bloody Mary: St. Regis, New York
3 Martini: Knickerbocker, New York
4 Piña Colada: Hilton Caribe, San Juan
5 Sidecar: Hôtel Ritz Paris
6 Mimosa: Hôtel Ritz Paris
7 Corpse Reviver #2: The Savoy London
8 Vieux Carré: Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans
9 Rob Roy: Waldorf Astoria, New York
10 Black Russian: Hotel Metropole, Brussels