Due and Proper takes its cues from the late 19th century, as well as from the film Gangs of New York, a line from which actually gives the pub its name. Due and Proper looks to how America was drinking at that time—whiskey, spirit-forward, daily rations of rum or gin—and brings them into the modern era using high-quality products such as the Giffard liqueur line, Teeling Irish Whiskey and Hangar One vodkas. “You don’t need every rum, gin or whiskey, if you have the benchmarks,” Pollard says. He prefers instead to incorporate amer, vermouth and amari, “bottled cocktails” that give his creations “a lot of flavor, but with only three ingredients.” The Due and Proper menu really picks up on complexity right where Whist leaves off.