When it comes to solid happy hour deals, we all have our go-to haunts: but convenient as they may be, standalone drinkeries will never be as glamorous as hotel bars and lounges were back in their prime.
As intimate, sophisticated, and romantic hotel bars can still be today, nothing will ever truly rival their glory days, when hotel bars were the place to see and be seen.
Keep scrolling to see some vintage photos of people living it up at iconic hotel bars and parties.
Bartenders dressed just as sharply as their patrons in the early 1900s — if not sharper.
Check out the crisp, matching uniforms the above five bartenders sported while tending to the St. Charles hotel bar's customers, way back in 1911.
And the level of hospitality and warmth you received from the staff was unparalleled.
Hotel bartenders treated you with consideration and care. And they would make you any drink you wanted.
Select bartenders gained high repute in social circles for their expert mixology and innovative drinks.
American barman Harry Craddock was one such server. Craddock, who is pictured above in June 1926, mixing a drink at the renowned American Bar of the Savoy Hotel in London, is the author of "The Savoy Cocktail Book" and credited for inventing such cocktails as the "Dry Martini" and the "White Lady."
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