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The eclectic cocktail list will include classic cocktails such as the mai tai and El Presidente, and drinks like the Pan American Clipper and Remember the Maine that are drawn from the work of Charles H. Baker Jr., a mid-20th-century cocktail writer whose work is a special obsession of Mr. Frizell’s.

You’ll remember the slogan that got us into the Spanish American War: “remember the Maine.”

Rosenberg: Ironically, remember the Maine has a secondary meaning: it wasn’t just what drove us into the Spanish American War, but it’s a lesson for all policymakers and for all leaders.

He had badges that said “Remember the Maine” and felt pennants commemorating “Fighting Bob.”

A meticulous and tireless researcher, he discusses the restaurants and bars where this fare originated and notes that in the 19th century, ice was imported from New England directly to Havana, then crushed for thirsty American soldiers — remember the Maine and the Rough Riders? — who favored Coca-Cola liberally spiked with rum.