re: What cocktails are the classiest?

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Also, it has to have vermouth, and the bartender better not be shaking that gin. I can't tell you how many times (even in decent bars) when I ask for a (whatever gin) martini, the bartender will pour only gin into a shaker and start shaking it. It's like I'm living with heathens.

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I've ordered Manhattans and seen they guy pour in a bunch of cherry juice. I changed my order to bourbon on the rocks immediately.

Sometimes you have to order what the place can do well.