Wine and Dine Like Don Draper

The Rat Pack. Sexy starlets sipping daintily on their piña coladas at the Brown Derby. Daddy’s three-martini lunch. Don Draper. What do these all have in common? Retro drinks, baby. That’s right. Forget the herbal-infused cranberry-persimmon-habanero cosmopolitan, or the mojito hybrid of the day. The fabulous ‘50s are back, thanks to “Mad Men” and a collective cultural yen to get back to the simple life. This means all of a sudden, the Gin Ricky, Sidecar, Tom Collins, Manhattan and champagne cocktail are back in vogue. Here’s a look at the top Manhattan joints to sip a Manhattan and party like it’s 1959.