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Storied Bars of New York: Where Literary Luminaries Go to Drink

If you want to know what it`s like to pull up a stool with the likes of Hemingway, Updike or Capote, are curious how Jay McInerney takes his martini or where to find Colson Whitehead`s favourite local bar, this is the guide for you.For well-read drinkers and boozy bookworms comes Storied Bars of New York, a photographic and historical celebration of the best literary pubs, cocktail bars and taverns of New York City.Every chapter profiles an influential bar and comes with photographs, a list of the writerly clientele, a recipe for the establishment`s signature cocktail (as well as which authors were likely to order it) and a snapshot of its place in New York culture at the time of its eminence. Storied Bars of New York will make finding your favourite erudite-cool drinking spot easy.