Fans of “Sex and the City” or Madonna have long been familiar with the Cosmopolitan cocktail, but they might not realize that part of its rise to popularity has a bit of history in Cleveland.

A cosmopolitan is a classic cocktail that every aficionado knows, but fewer people might know about the similarly named metropolitan. Here's the difference.

The Cosmopolitan cocktail—that blush-pink symbol of sybaritic urban sophistication, thanks to many appearances on the series “Sex and the City”—is almost 40.

Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Cosmopolitan-loving Carrie Bradshaw on 'Sex and the City', just launched a ready-to-drink Cosmo cocktail with Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits.