Supports treating Cocktails and Service as one research lane. The sentence is Meehan's historical interpretation, not a primary-source quotation from the named manuals.
Meehan evaluates pre-Prohibition bartender-authors and identifies their integration of service and drink quality as a defining strength.
Their genius was grounded in the understanding that service was just as important as the quality of the cocktails.
PDF sheet 28
PDF sheet 28
A Brief History of the American Bar
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Their genius was grounded in the understanding that service was just as important as the quality of the cocktails.
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Meehan evaluates pre-Prohibition bartender-authors and identifies their integration of service and drink quality as a defining strength.
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Supports treating Cocktails and Service as one research lane. The sentence is Meehan's historical interpretation, not a primary-source quotation from the named manuals.
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