A Shirley Temple is a non-alcoholic mixed drink made with 2 parts ginger ale, and a splash of grenadine, garnished with a maraschino cherry. Nowadays, lemon-lime soda is occasionally substituted in part, or in whole, for ginger ale.
Shirley Temples are often served to children dining with adults in lieu of real cocktails, as is the similar Roy Rogers.
The cocktail may have been invented by a bartender at Chasen's, a restaurant in Beverly Hills, California, in the 1930s to serve to the child actress Shirley Temple. Other claims to its origin, however, have been made.
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