The last guest will check out of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel at noon on Wednesday, and the Manhattan landmark will not host another for an indefinite amount of time. To those who’ve sought respite and spirits at the hotel’s mainstays—Peacock Alley, Bull & Bear and Sir Harry’s—the hotel’s treasured food and beverage manager since 2005, Frank Caiafa, bequeaths more than 800 cocktail recipes and tutorials in his Waldorf Astoria Bar Book.
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