Behind that cocktail hangs a tale, starring hotel bar

From the Black Russian at Hotel Metropole in Brussels, Belgium, to the Rob Roy at New York City’s Waldorf Astoria, a roster of iconic cocktails can trace their origins to hotel bars — in fact or legend. Some creation stories are debatable, such as the claim by the Ritz Hotel in Paris that the sidecar and Mimosa were born in its Hemingway Bar.