Half Full

What Ended the Career of the World’s First Celebrity Female Bartender?

MIXOLOGY MYSTERY

Ada Coleman’s retirement 90 years ago from The Savoy hotel’s American Bar might not have been voluntary.

Wayne Curtis
Wayne Curtis
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Courtesy The Savoy Archives
Wayne Curtis

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