Elephant Bar

Photo Credit: The NoMad Hotel

LAST STOP: The NoMad Hotel’s Elephant Bar

10 West 28th Street (NoMad)

www.thenomadhotel.com/dining/spaces/bar


After stuffing ourselves at Ippudo, the evening's swan song was light bites and yes, more whisky, at The NoMad Hotel's Elephant Bar, a major player in the NYC nightlife scene. A charcuterie board and raw veggies paired beautifully with the evening's last Highball, which they spiked with Toki, Jasmine, peach essence, and verjus—the juice from unripe, unfermented grapes for a hint of acid. 

The highball is among the world's simplest cocktails. Whisky, soda water and citrus peel is all that's required, and even the peel is optional. But leave it to the Japanese to raise the no-brainer concoction to an art form. The perfect ice, carbonation management, and whisky-to-water ratio are all areas of hot debate amongst Japanese mixologists who have been pursuing highball nirvana since the drink became fashionable in the 1950's. When Suntory Toki hosted a NYC bar crawl in search of the Best Highball in Manhattan, I joined the search team. What we discovered was more than just a whiskey soda. Click through for how it went down.


Filed Under: cocktails, Japanese, restaurants


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