Mixed at: Bar Lubitsch (323-654-1234)
Origins: This light, summery cocktail comes courtesy of Bar Lubitsch—named after the fabled 1930s Russian immigrant movie director Ernst Lubitsch—a vodka lounge on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, a neighborhood with deep Russian roots.
3 oz. potato vodka
4 slices muddled seedless cucumber
½ oz. fresh lime juice
Spoonful of sugar
Combine ingredients. Shake. Serve in a birdbath champagne glass. If you don’t have a cucumber, a lime wedge will do. If you don’t have a birdbath glass (shame!), use a martini glass.