Cocktailes from the Hotel Veracruz, c. 1965

Cocktails and mixed drinks
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A 1965-ish menu from the Hotel Veracruz in Veracruz, Mexico offers these drinks:

Alexander
Daiquiri
Gaviotas
Gin Fizz
Entre Sabanas
Gin Tonic
Martini
Matute (Bloody Mary)
Medias de Seda (Silver Stockings)
Mint Julep
Manhattan
Negroni
Old Fashioned
Oviedo Libre
Pepe
Planter Punch
Porto Flipp
Sangria vino pais
Sevilla
Sidecar
Silver Fizz
Stinger
Tom Collins

Most of these are obvious, and it’s a nice list to my taste! Entre Sabanas is Between the Sheets. A few have me wondering:

  1. I’m not familiar with “Matute” (ostensibly some sort of Bloody Mary).

  2. Medias de Seda/Silver Stockings is… presumably a Silk Stockings? Anyone know when and where the Silk Stockings traces back to?

  3. Oviedo Libre might reference a Cuba Libre-esque drink, but Oviedo is a town in Asturias, Spain… the only other Oviedo I can find is a suburb of Orlando, Florida

  4. Pepe… no idea

  5. Sevilla—there are some Sevilla Cocktails and at least one punch named for the city…