St. Ex.

I thought of that drink when I recently asked Owen Thomson — bartender at Cafe St. Ex, Bar Pilar and Rose’s Luxury — about floral cocktails, and he told me about a time when he was working as a brand rep for St-Germain — the golden elderflower liqueur that’s so popular in cocktails, it’s referred to as “bartender’s ketchup” — when a newbie bartender proudly presented him with a cocktail that was equal parts St-Germain and Grand Marnier.