Article: Newsday, Melville, N.Y., A La Carter column: Raising a glass to the cocktail.

Byline: Sylvia Carter

May 17--Imagine walking around a museum while sipping a well-chilled dry martini.

The current New York City exhibit of The Museum of the American Cocktail is one show where such behavior is not only permitted, it is encouraged.

The exhibit, in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the cocktail, opened on Saturday night at The Balance, a space above a club called The Nest, at 215 W. 28th St. at Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. Some of New York's top bartenders mixed Rob Roys, Manhattans, Aviations and more modern drinks.

So far, the exhibit is open only in the evenings, when the bar downstairs is in business, but if reliable volunteers can ...

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