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Johnny Solon's Bronx creation story
Our Bronx history refers the following testimony published in Albert Stevens Crockett's 1935 The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book as "Solon's own story of...
Chris Brislawn
7th April 2024 at 02:11
Just tried the Bloody Bronx variant using freshly squeezed blood orange juice I got locally. Very nice and more interesting version of the classic Bronx. Reading the above, however, I am reasonably certain that Magnus Bredenbek did NOT cite a 1947 New York Times obituary regarding the creator of the Bronx cocktail in his 1934 book, "What Shall We Drink." Slainte!
7th April 2024 at 08:46
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. The code to end the pulled-out quotation was in the wrong place, so combining two quotations. Now corrected. I will move this history to appear under the Bronx recipe to make easier to find.
13th January 2023 at 17:53
Popular culture reference from the film The Thin Man (1934), Nick Charles explains:
"You see, the important thing is the rhythm. You must always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to foxtrot time, a Bronx to two-step time, the dry martini you always shake to waltz time."
"You see, the important thing is the rhythm. You must always have rhythm in your shaking. Now a Manhattan you shake to foxtrot time, a Bronx to two-step time, the dry martini you always shake to waltz time."