I discovered this cocktail at The Ahwahnee Hotel one summer afternoon on the outdoor patio. Sitting in the middle of Yosemite National Park, with the awe-inspiring rock formations surrounding you, is nothing short of elevating. Add a delicious gin concoction on top of that, someone pinch me.
I resurrected the Ahwahnee bar's drink menu out of the "stolen menu drawer" and have recreated it for your drinking pleasure. There are a few gems on their cocktail menu that I will be exploring over the summer, stay tuned.
According to the Ahwahnee menu, and some other accounts, the cocktail was originally created at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC in 1899 by Johnnie Solon, a pre-Prohibition bartender at the hotel and that he named it after the Bronx Zoo.
Other accounts suggest that the cocktail was invented in Philadelphia where it might have remained in obscurity had it not been discovered by a restaurateur from the Bronx, Joseph Sormani. He allegedly discovered it in the Quaker City in 1905. He is mentioned as discovering the cocktail in his obituary which appeared in the New York Times.
The Bronx (makes 2 drinks)
4 oz Gin (Beefeater or Hendrick's)
2 oz Sweet Red Vermouth
7 oz Fresh Orange Juice
2 oz Simple Syrup
CHEERS!
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