A "cocktail bar" should offer great tasting, well-balanced cocktails made using quality ingredients and fresh juices but as the style of bars vary enormously...
Re: Communicating ABV
Off memory, I noted that Double Chicken Please in Manhattan posts the %ABV on their frontroom menu. Of couse, if drinks are of variable volume, something that communicates each drink's strength relative to a standard drink may help, but if patrons have a language for alcohol content understood more by beer and wine, it's interesting to think about what language is used.
Off memory, I noted that Double Chicken Please in Manhattan posts the %ABV on their frontroom menu. Of couse, if drinks are of variable volume, something that communicates each drink's strength relative to a standard drink may help, but if patrons have a language for alcohol content understood more by beer and wine, it's interesting to think about what language is used.