South Side

A South Side or Southside is an alcoholic beverage made with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and mint. A variant, the Southside Fizz, adds soda water. History Its origins are subject to speculation. It has been proposed that it gets its name from either the South Side district of the city of Chicago, Illinois, or from the Southside Sportsmen's Club on Long Island. The drink may have been the preferred beverage of Al Capone, whose gang dominated Chicago's South Side. The gin imported by Capone's rivals on the North Side of Chicago was smooth, and usually consumed with ginger ale. However, the gin consumed by Al Capone's gang had a rougher finish, and required more sweeteners to make it palatable. Thus the South Side was born. 21 Club recipe The following list of ingredients for a south side is used by the famed 21 Club in New York City.