The original cocktail consisted of Gin, Old Tom is closest style that was available at the time, grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur.

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They did a dreamy marzipan concoction in the shape of a cone topped with a maraschino cherry and covered in vanilla frosting.

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Cocktail menus across the country, for example, feature The Brooklyn, a perfect Manhattan that replaces sweet vermouth with orange-flavoured Amer Picon and bitters with maraschino liqueur.

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The egg creams (soda water mixed with chocolate or vanilla syrup and milk) and cherry-lime rickeys (lime juice and maraschino cherries mixed with lemon-lime soda) are not to be missed here.

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