For Cinco de Mayo, or whenever a well-balanced, refreshing cocktail sounds good, juice some limes and shake up a Margarita.

Located in a refurbished 1950s-era Firestone tire store, the bar is outfitted with old cooler doors, vintage fixtures, and mismatched cocktail glasses plucked from Montrose neighborhood antique shops.

There are nearly as many recipes for this most American of cocktails as there have been Derby winners, but having a batch of mint syrup in the fridge makes it easy to mix up a frosty glass anytime....

If you’re hankering for a refreshing Earth Day quaffer, this is probably the most eco-friendly cocktail in our repertoire.

One of the first popular vodka drinks, it may not have thawed the Cold War, but it did buck the anti-Soviet trend.

Born a few years before Samantha, this precursor to the Cosmopolitan is every bit as sexy.

Orange juice tends to dominate whatever spirit it’s mixed with, but here the bourbon actually stands up to it.

The lime juice in this recipe is somewhat controversial—it was not part of the original formula—but trust us, the drink needs it.

It sounds like a typical tiki drink, but the Zombie first became popular at the 1939 World’s Fair, in New York City.

A gin-based sour gets its rosy hue and a bit of sweetness from a dash of grenadine.