brie de meaux, pickled red onions, herbed dijionaise
Martini Lounge
The First Dry Martini
One of The Knickerbocker's most fabled legends is that the dry martini was invented in its ornate barroom by bartender Martini de Arma di Taggia. From 1907 until Prohibition began in 1920, the hotel's famous, wildly popular bar was at the very center of the growing cult of the Dry Martini. Anybody who was anybody in the Gilded Age - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Enrico Caruso, various Roosevelts – was imbibing at the bar, and odds were they were drinking Dry Martinis
The Original Dry Martini
$38.00
The Hotel's Original Recipe, 1907. Plymouth Gin, Noilly Prat Dry, orange bitters. Served tableside and paired with Chef Michael's Martini Snack: roasted chorizo croquette, Platinum Osetra caviar
The Perfect Knickerbocker Martini
$26.00
Our modern version of the iconic cocktail, 2019. Tanqueray 10 Gin, Noilly Prat Dry and Sweet, orange bitters
The Martinez
$28.00
The precursor to the classic Martini. Created 1860s, San Francisco. Tanqueray 10 Gin, Sweet Vermouth, Maraschino, Orange Bitters
Shaken
The "007" Vesper
$26.00
Created by Ian Fleming, 1953. Botanist Gin, Ketel One, Lillet Blanc
George M. Cohen
The Knickerbocker's most famous resident was Broadway superstar George M. Cohen. An actor, singer, dancer, composer, playwright, and producer. Cohen was an entire talent show unto himself. Just 29 years old, with song writing credits like "Give My Regards to Broadway" already under his belt, he was dubbed "the boy owner of the American flag" by the New York Sun
Signature Cocktails
A Manhattan's Classic
$26.00
monkey shoulder, foro di torino, aromatic bitters, maraschino cherries
The Knick-O-Politan
$26.00
grey goose strawberry lemongrass, lemon, grand marnier, cranberry
A Flight Away
$40.00
the macallan rare cask, nonino amaro, aperol, lemon, raspberry cloud
Standing Ovation
$26.00
malibu rum, orange bitter, pinapple, orange
Chill Cut
$26.00
ketel one cucumber & mint, st. germain, cucumber, basil, lemon