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"There's nothing ordinary about Balderdash, a quirky bar that's housed in a circa-1732 building in the center of the city and run by a daring American expat. Cocktails here are a madcap stream of creations that integrate ingredients like ginger-sumac vinegar, lemon curd, and sea buckthorn. If a savory milkshake topped with bacon salt and wax moth larvae is too far out of your comfort zone, opt for an Old Fashioned with smoked bone marrow and burnt butter, a Martini aromatized with dashi and horseradish perfume distillates, or the charred tomato-strawberry gazpacho and tonic." - Alia Akkam