The Other Room

Seasonal Cocktail Menu: Summer 2025

  • Custom Illustration
  • Print
  • Menu Design & Layout
The Other Room is a cozy, pre-prohibition-style cocktail bar located in Lincoln, Nebraska's popular Haymarket District. The upscale, speakeasy-esque bar releases a seasonal menu of original, house-made drinks every three months or so in addition to their capabilities in crafting top-notch classics year-round. The wide variety of cocktails and mocktails created by the Other Room team allows our creative design muscles to flex when we dream up how we'll create images with accurate drink color, garnishes, fire accents or anything else they concoct into corresponding illustrations for each drink. Pages feature hand-drawn illustrations of each cocktail paired with a flavor profile provided by the creators, all situated within a custom leather book format.
A stylized mockup of the menu pages created for The Other Room, with each page taped to a dark green wall somewhat sporadically.

Over the last few years, we've designed various layouts, formats and even label designs for The Other Room (even before our work under the Paper Pretzel name). We've had the privilege of drawing up over 100 of their house cocktails, a badge we wear proudly. And still, every time we get a glimpse at the upcoming seasonal menus, we're even more excited than the last time to deliver brand new pages. It's the kind of work that never gets old!

A closeup look of a menu page featuring a title in bold text reading "The Crudo's Cousin". Underneath, the custom cocktail illustration with supporting text reading "inspired by fresh pomegranate coconut crudo". Still below are the ingredients for the gin-based drink, with a flavor profile at the very bottom.
A blue, vintage background overlayed with the phrase "Cocktails, anyone?" in stylized, bold, serif text.

Anything catch your eye? 👀

Menus are one of the first impressions made on guests, and a prime opportunity for your bar or restaurant's brand to shine. We've got extensive design know-how that's been incorporated into a wide range of dining experiences and atmospheres.

Let's collab to make your business's menus and beyond look great and sell more.