The Return of Arizona’s Original Cocktail:
The Statehood
Edible Phoenix
BY LAURA CARLSON / PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE PORTT | MAY 15, 2018
Many a bartender knows that the secret ingredient to a well-made cocktail is its origin story. And geography plays no small part in such tales of cocktails; great origin stories often are blended right into a drink’s name. Think of the Long Island Iced Tea, the Singapore Sling or the Moscow Mule. Even Manhattan will always have the Manhattan (although it was arguably named for a New York social club, not the borough).
But why has Grand Canyon State been left off the list of cocktail-inspiring climes? Where is the Phoenix cocktail? The Tucson? Or even the Arizona cocktail?