Waiting on a friend the other night, we slipped into the venerable Old Town Bar (45 E. 18th Street) and ordered up a Manhattan. The bartender asked if we preferred rye or bourbon and we went with rye, but left the brand choice up to him. The resulting drink was well balanced but bracing, to say the least. Kind of a working man's stiff drink, perfect for the blue collar crowd. The booze? McCormick's, the house rye. The price? $7.
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