LA Times Article

[Rob Simmon]

I haven't seen this posted yet:

The golden age of cocktails

LAS VEGAS -- The name itself evokes the clink of ice in a glass. So it may seem fitting that a museum celebrating the history of the cocktail has just moved into town.

And really, the location couldn't be better. Visitors to the Museum of the American Cocktail can sip a classic or cutting-edge drink as they check out the collection of historical cocktail memorabilia, because exhibits are on display in a room at Commander's Palace restaurant in Aladdin Resort & Casino.

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http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo...-headlines-food

[rjwong]

In the 26 April 2006 edition of the LA Times Food Section Digest, I wrote this little blurb in the digest:

Cocktail museum, cocktail chaser / by Jenny Hontz

The name itself evokes the clink of ice in a glass. So it may seem fitting that a museum celebrating the history of the cocktail has just moved into town.

The Museum of the American Cocktail, founded in New Orleans, was displaced by Hurricane Katrina. ... o when the owners of the original New Orleans Commander's Palace offered space at their Las Vegas branch, the museum founders — an intrepid band of cocktail professionals, collectors and enthusiasts — packed up lock, stock and 200-year-old crock jugs and moved into one of the restaurant's banquet rooms in March.

Includes four drink recipes: Gin-Gin Mule; La Perla; Brandy Crusta 21; Tiger's Eye

My bad. I should have made a separate post in this forum when the article first came out. I should have also taken photos of the museum on my last trip to Las Vegas last month. The museum does use one of the Commander's Palace banquet rooms, to the left of the main entrance. It's free!