1776 - Food And Drink

Food And Drink

The cocktail gets its name (by some accounts) at an Elmsford, New York, tavern, where barmaid Elizabeth "Betsy" Flanagan decorates the bar that she tends at Halls Corner with discarded tail feathers from poultry that has been roasted and served to patrons. An inebriated guest demands that she bring him "a glass of those cocktails," and Flanagan serves him a mixed rum drink garnished with one of the feathers.