I’ve always enjoyed the Tujague’s Grasshoppers, at least when Gustings was making them. Heis version used to be far simpler than the one in the article, though–equal parts creme de menthe, creme de cacao, cream, and VSOP cognac, IIRC, and shaken with ice.
There’s no way in hell Tujague’s invented the drink, though, as a quick glance at the 1908 Cocktail Bill Boothby will prove.