A lot of people come up to us and say Fonzies, look we love you guys but what is with the Tom Collins. We've watched you put down 3 pitchers each. I never see you touch anything else. And they're right. Our love for the TC's (as we call them) began in the late 90's when grunge began to fade and a young Zach Braff was just getting his start in Meow Mix commericals. We enjoy the crisp taste, the rich mellifluent flavor and a dirty buzz only a "Collins" can offer.

For more, and a recipe, read on brah, read on.

Tom Collins was born in 1850 and at the age of 23, worked in the garment district of NYC. To supliment his income he took a second job bartending at a tavern across the street from where he worked during the day. A place called the Whitehouse. His friends wanting something with less of a bite than strait whiskey asked him to make them something quenching. There he started pouring a "thirst quencher" made with gin that he had concocted. What started out as a gin & tonic evolved into a drink with lemon juice. His name was Tom Collins, supposedly this was where the Tom Collins drink originated.

Another American account puts it in the early 19th century from an Irish immigrant, Tom Collins, one of eight children. He worked as a bartender in the New Jersey and New York area, and to beat the heat, made this drink for himself to sip without "getting tight". Friends wanted to try it, liked it, and it became his signature drink. Here is his original recipe.


Original Recipe

1 level tsp. powdered sugar
Juice of 1 lemon or 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
2 drops of oil of orange
Juice of 1/2 a lime
1 oz. dry Gin
Soda water
Mix sugar, lemon juice and oil of orange in a tall water glass. Add lime jice and gin, stir well. Put in two medium lumps of ice, and fill to the top with soda water. Stir just a bit and serve.