The popular theme day is back and, as we all know, Sunderland and County Durham has been the place to be over the years if you wanted a classy little number from Gatsby, Pure. Fitzgeralds, or the Royalty.
Raise your glasses to these Echo archive photos of tempting cocktails from 2009 and 2010.
. Mixing it up with these memories
Wearside archive scenes for World Cocktail Day. Photo: se
. Brilliant at Blakeneys
You could quench your thirst in Blakeneys pub in Doxford Shopping Centre 13 years ago with an Emerald Ice served up by Beth Ormsby. Photo: se
. Lovely at the Lambton Worm
An offer you couldn't refuse was a Godfather cocktail, served by Laura Redman at the Lambton Worm in 2009. Photo: se
. Champagne moments at Gatsbys
Assistant manager Declan Murphy had a jacuzzi champagne cocktail on the go at Gatsbys in 2010. Photo: se
5. That royale touch
Laura Ross with a Casine Royale in Fitzgeralds. Here she is in 2009. Photo: se
6. Pure bliss in Park Lane
Who fancies an Amaretto Cooler? Here's one being served at Pure in Park Lane in 2009. Photo: se
7. Back to 2009 in Yates
Aimee Pearson takes a fond glance at this cocktail in Yates in Burdon Road 14 years ago. Photo: se
8. Back to 2010
A 2010 scene in Durham on a day when we visited the Slug and Lettuce and Ebony for inspiration on cocktail ideas. Photo: se