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How the signature cocktail of Sex and the City got sexier than ever

How the signature cocktail of Sex and the City got sexier than ever
At New York’s Cosmo, the signature cocktail delivers a glimmer of Sex and the City-style glamour.
The Wall Street Journal
By Robert Simonson, with photography by Elizabeth Coetzee Want to feel old? The Cosmopolitan cocktail – that blush-pink symbol of sybaritic urban sophistication, thanks to many appearances on the series Sex and the City – is almost 40.The drink was invented in the late 1980s at Manhattan’s Odeon by a young bartender named Toby Cecchini. (He’s now a veteran bar owner who runs Long Island Bar in Brooklyn.) It has remained relevant over the decades, even enjoying a comeback in recent years as bartenders have creat...

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