Disreputable cocktails (made respectable)

Appletinis, mudslides, Long Island iced teas. These trashy cocktails and their ilk have been four-letter words in our new golden era of high-minded boozing. With the city’s watering holes lousy with artisanal gins and gold-plated shakers, these drinks were the sloppy fratboys shut out of a black-tie affair, embarrassing drunkards that never grew up to party in style. But recently, top bartenders all over town have taken another look at sordid sips, and one standout new cocktail bar—Golden Cadillac—is actually dedicated to the déclassé drinking spirit of the ’70s. We scoped out some of the best new bad-rep quenchers, stripped of crummy ingredients and remade for a more sophisticated drinking age.