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Criterion building with restaurant and theatre in 1873
Criterion building with restaurant and theatre in 1873

Described as one of Leo’s Specialties, bartender at the Criterion Bar in London.

  • Use tumbler.
  • One tea-spoonful of Angostura bitters
  • Two tea-spoonfuls of orange Curaçao
  • One tea-spoonful of white sugar
  • One tea-spoonful of lemon juice
  • Half a wine glass of brandy
  • Shake up well with fine ice and
  • Strain in a claret glass
American & Other Drinks by Leo Engel, 1878

In the first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet,” Dr. Watson is told of his prospective roommate after he meets a friend at the Criterion, “I was standing at the Criterion Bar, when some one tapped me on the shoulder, and turning round I recognized young Stamford, who had been a dresser under me at Barts.”