LA Times writer Betty Hallock says a few cocktail bars are trying to impose order on chaos by enforcing a few rules... Like no cell phones, no shouting, and no big parties.
"Ambassador Hotel bartender Ramiro Siguentes ends a 25-year career at the noted hotel on January 3, 1989, by serving the last Ambassador Cooler. The drink contains rum, sloe gin, grenadine, pineapple and orange juice."
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Michael Haering, LA Public Library/Herald-Examiner collection
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