Cocktail Du Jour

Paleo Retiree writes:

The “Wry Lemon” cocktail at Greenwich Village’s great Cornelia Street Café: Templeton Rye, Cynar, lemon juice, simple syrup, and Dutchess Colonial bitters. The drink is special to the Cornelia Street Café but it’s so excellent, and in such a self-evident and straightforward-seeming way, that I found myself wondering why it hasn’t already attained classic status. The murky-yet-crisp, sweet/bitter/whiskey thing was most of what was going on, but it was enough to make the whole evening feel like a giddy swirl of funky downtown elegance. Cynar, I learned from our friendly bartender, is a versatile bitter Italian liqueur based on (get this) artichokes. Sipping bliss.