Welcome to The Handy Liquor Bar

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Welcome to The Handy Liquor Bar

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Owned and operated by indieFORK’s Matt Levine [whom previously owned & operated The Eldridge, Sons of Essex, #LESbeat, #HOOKxNAIL], opened in May 2014, The Handy Liquor Bar is named after 1800’s New Orleans bar keeper and mixologist Thomas Handy, who is known as one of the first expert barman in the United States and created what we know today as “America’s First Cocktail,” the Sazerac cocktail. Before his death in 1889, Handy recorded the recipe for the cocktail and the drink made its first printed appearance in William T. "Cocktail Bill" Boothby's 1908 "The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them." The original Sazerac cocktail, as first created by Thomas Handy, now lives on 527 Broome Street at The Handy Liquor Bar. According to Levine, The Handy Liquor Bar “combines an authentic atmosphere of timeless comfort along with classic cocktails, great music and old-school NYC vibes.”