"Despite having received a facelift after a multi-million dollar renovation, the place known for being liberated from the Nazis by author Ernest Hemingway, retains its old-world charm with tufted leather banquettes and bar stools. Another thing that thankfully, hasn't changed: legendary head barman Colin Field. The bon vivant, decked out in a white dinner jacket (complete with his name embroidered on the pocket), gleefully places your drinks, each with its own scented red or pink rose, before you while looking deep into your eyes (and seemingly your soul). Despite having created the menu—which is full of twists-on-classics such as the Clean Dirty Martini, served with a frozen cube of olive juice, and the Ritz Pimms with, of course, many secret ingredients in addition to ginger ale, Champagne, and garnishes of fruit, cucumber, fresh mint and griottine cherries—he’d much rather just choose for you. And once under his Sir-Mix-A lot spell you’ll likely just say OK." - Sara Lieberman
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