“This yummy tomato cocktail is said to have been created by a bartender named Fernand Petiot at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in the 1920’s. The drink’s name came after a patron said it reminded him of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago and a girl there named Mary. Although they now seem to be made with everything but the kitchen sink, the drink was originally a basic tomato-juice cocktail.”

 

Read the rest of the article by Rachel Green of Savor here!