So, here’s a question for you: why would a posh LA restaurant name a popular cocktail after a competitor? At some point in the mid-1930s, the Vendome Club did just that. The Vendome started serving a version of the whiskey sour named after one of its Hollywood neighbors: the Brown Derby restaurant. Their name for the drink—“Brown Derby”—replaced “De Rigueur” in cocktail manuals over time, and is the name we generally encounter today. Brown Derby Recipe: 1 1/2 OUNCES BOURBON 3/4 OUNCE GRAPEFRUIT JUICE 3/4 OUNCE HONEY SYRUP GARNISH: GRAPEFRUIT WHEEL Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe. Garnish with a grapefruit peel. Leave us some feedback, and share with your friends who are after that Old Hollywood glam1 Music: Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat Major, Op. 61 by Jonathan Biss