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In mid-20th-century Chicago, walking along the 200 block of West Madison Street, you could not help but notice the big sign with the colorful neon lighthouse and the words “Home of Cohasset Punch.” This eye-catching image hung over the sidewalk in front of the Ladner Bros. tavern. The old-timey bar was just one of many local places — including legends like Don Roth’s Blackhawk and Chez Paree — where you could sip a Cohasset Punch cocktail.

Ingrained in Chicago culture, Cohasset Punch was referenced in “Dangling Man,” the debut novel from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Saul Bellow. It was said to be a favorite of George Halas, whose Chicago Bears office was right down the street from the “Home of Cohasset Punch,” the iconic sign that would likely be recognized by many longtime Chicagoans. Bonfort’s Wine and Spirits Circular noted in 1902 that demand for Cohasset Punch in Chicago was so high at one point that “what the mint julep is…