Portraits of stage and screen icons inspire new cocktail menu at The Savoy's American Bar

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Ailis Brennan10 April 2018

The American Bar at The Savoy has hosted some of the world’s most recognisable faces – not just for a drink or two, but also in the decor.

Portraits of the iconic figures from film and music taken by legendary British photographer Terry O’Neill have adorned the American Bar since the Eighties, and now the photography collection is inspiring a new cocktail menu at the bar.

The latest menu, entitled Every Moment Tells A Story, pairs a new cocktail with each of the twenty photographs on the walls of the bar. Famous faces featured range from Ava Gardner to David Bowie, Judy Garland to Mick Jagger and many more.

O’Neill’s portrait of Jagger, in which he is pictured wearing a suit, has inspired a cocktail named Pinstripe, featuring vodka, apricot liqueur, oral tea infused Muscat, lemon, Champagne syrup, lavender.

Another cocktail has been inspired by an image of Marlene Dietrich, a Savoy regular, returning to a London stage for an encore in 1972. The corresponding beverage, entitled Curtain Call, is a mix of gin washed with sesame oil, Mr Black coffee liqueur, Figaro fig liqueur and Dom Perignon Champagne.

So if you've ever dreamt of sharing a dram of Jack with Frank Sinatra or a pint with Peter Cushing, then the American Bar can get you closer than ever.

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