American Bar
London
Cocktail Bar
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Back when the US did that silly Prohibition thing, most of the top bartenders at the time ditched speakeasies and police raids for the fairer (and, you know, legal) shores of Europe. In London, Harry Craddock -- author of cocktail bible The Savoy Cocktail Book -- took over The American Bar, where he invented now-classic cocktails like the White Lady and the Corpse Reviver #2. These days, the bartenders are just as talented, the decor just as monochrome swank, and the time still seems to fly by. Here, “The American” way means an American style of drinks, or mixed drinks, or cocktails, or ya know, drinks-that-are-not-straight-alcohol.