New York City is a great big cocktail full of ingredients from around the world. As the metropolis has expanded so have the range of libations found throughout its ever-changing neighborhoods. From the five boroughs come five recipes out of The Joy Of Mixology by Gary Regan, with ingredients found at PJ's. Because if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.

The gateway for immigrants from Europe and elsewhere can be celebrated with this simple summertime sipper.

1 and 1/2 ounces Campari
1 and 1/2 ounces Sweet Vermouth
2 ounces Club Soda
(garnish with orange)

Created at the Old Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, this drink was inspired by patrons who came after visiting the Bronx Zoo. Once they had a few drinks they couldn't help but describe the strange beasts they had just seen for the first time in their lives.
2 ounces Gin
1/4 once Dry Vermouth
1/4 once Sweet Vermouth 
1 once Orange Juice
1 dash Orange Bitters
(garnish with orange)
or
1 once Plymouth Gin
1 once Dry Vermouth 
1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
1 teaspoon Orange Juice

SHAKE and STRAIN into a chilled cocktail glass

This is adapted from a recipe created by David Wondrich in 2001 for the debut of New York's Gotham magazine.
2 ounces Cognac
1 ounce Noilly Prat Dry Vermouth
1/2 once Creme De Cassis
2 dashes Lemon Juice
(garnish with lemon)

STIR and STRAIN (using cracked ice) into a chilled cocktail glass

According to his website: "The world famous Long Island Iced Tea was first created by me, Robert Butt, while I was tending bar at the infamous Oak Beach Inn. My concoction was an immediate hit and quickly became the house drink at the OBI. By the mid-1970's every bar on LI was serving up this innocent looking cocktail, and by the 1980's it was known the world over."
1 ounce Gin
1 ounce Light Rum 
1 ounce Vodka 
1 ounce White Tequila
1 ounce Triple Sec
1 ounce Sweet Lemon Juice
3/4 ounce simple syrup
Cola
(garnish with lemon)

SHAKE and STRAIN everything EXCEPT Cola into an ice filled collins glass. Top with the Cola. Add the garnish.