The bar program in this city is full of theater. Great-looking rooms, clever menus, drinks that photograph well and taste like sugar water. Cocktail bars are easy to open and hard to run well — balance is unforgiving, and most places never figure it out. The Patterson House has been the standard for long enough that it shouldn't be a surprise anymore, and it still surprises people. Attaboy doesn't have a menu. You tell them what you're in the mood for and they make it. That either sounds annoying or exactly right, depending on who you are. Either way, the drink lands. This list is short because the bar is high. If something earns its way on, it'll be here.