Algonquin

The Algonquin Hotel in New York became the lunchtime gathering spot for an interesting group in its time. Started as a bit of a roast and practical joke, a group of writers, journalists, and creatives began meeting for lunch each day beginning around 1919. As the group grew, a larger round table in the hotel’s Rose Room was used. A caricature of the grew by cartoonist Edmund Duffy in the Brooklyn Eagle portrayed the group sitting around a round table and wearing armor. The drink itself is a ref...