![]() ![]() The dinerlike placemat-menu ranges from light bites like hot-sauced cucumbers ($6) and sautéed brussels sprouts ($6) to the hulking Happiest Burger ($12), smothered in American cheese and confit onions. GOOD FOR: Cheeky ’50s-housewife–inspired snacks. ![]() Skip the Little Red Dress, a bitter cocoa-and-strawberry flop, in favor of a Sugar Shack: With maple-syrup sweetness and a slug of toffee-tinged Evan Williams bourbon, it’ll tickle you and your inner child. Sweet rum helps play up the drink’s natural sugars, gin mirrors the celery’s vegetal brightness, and the jalape–o-infused tequila proves a fiery foil to the mild quaff. The Link Ray-playing on Cel-Ray soda with house-made celery pop, zippy lime and Suze bitters-is the most versatile of the bunch, available with a choice of rum, gin or tequila. ORDER THIS: Renowned barman Kearns (Pegu Club, the NoMad) prompts you to pick your poison, creating a cocktail list ($12) that seamlessly matches a variety of spirits. The bi-level bar is crammed with mid-20th-century curios-a ’60s pop soundtrack mod, half-moon booths waitresses in Chuck Taylors-but it’s the customizable cocktails and breezy vibe that win over the crowd. While you may never have Jon Hamm’s cut-from-glass jawline (sorry), you can make like a Sterling Cooper adman at leisure in this retro-kitted tiki lounge, from Tijuana Picnic partners Jon Neidich and Jim Kearns. Picture Don Draper on vacation: rum cocktail in hand, wind blowing through that meticulous coif. ![]()
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