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Submitted by Barry Popik, Sep 10, 2008 15:08

The Bloody Mary information is not correct, as my research has indicated. (It was invented by a New Yorker, George Jessel.) But otherwise, a fine sampling. Don't forget the most popular New York cocktail of them all, the Croton cocktail! (Water from the Croton reservoir.)

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Barry: You're right that Jessel is often mentioned in the history of the Bloody Mary. But he is typically given... [MORE]	Robert Simonson	Sep 10, 2008 19:10
The Bloody Mary information is not correct, as my research has indicated. (It was invented by a New Yorker, George...	Barry Popik	Sep 10, 2008 15:08

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