Perhaps a drink less interesting than the story, but...

I had taken a walk on Manhattan's lower East Side, and I saw an interesting dress shop.

I'm not sure of the date, it was sometime in the Eighties, but I can remember what it looked like.

It had black walls, and a tin ceiling, and had, of all things, a drinks bar.

The dresses had a low hemline, floral prints...otherwise unremarkable...and I don't remember whether this place had a liquor license, except for this amazing drink.

Plain soda. Ice. A few dashes Angostura bitters. Stir.

They called it a "Charger". Well, it recharged me.

Char"ger (?), n.

1.

One who, or that which charges.

2.

An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.

3.

A large dish.

[Obs.]

Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

4.

A horse for battle or parade.

Macaulay.

And furious every charger neighed. Campbell.

 

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