Maybe at odds with others here, but I don't think it's unreasonable to expert any bar anywhere to be able to make a few classics on top of their signature list. Not expecting a bar to stock every esoteric ingredient, but you hardly need a wide range of items to make : gin or vodka martini; Negroni; Old Fashioned; Margarita; etc
Pretty much any new bar I go to, I ask for a simple martini first; if the mixologist can't do a good job with basically 2 ingredients, it doesn't bode well.........
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Pretty much any new bar I go to, I ask for a simple martini first; if the mixologist can't do a good job with basically 2 ingredients, it doesn't bode well.........