I Miss OS9's Apple Menu

[Dale Hoffman]

In OS9's Apple Menue, I could access any file or application via 
convenient cascading drop-downs simply by placing aliases within 
organizational folders.

What do I have in OSX that comes close? The "Favorites" feature, 
which reminds me more of Microsoft's Explorer than anything Apple, 
will let me place folders inside of it, but when I access them from 
"GO" in the Menu bar, these nested folders do not "cascade" open. 
Instead I have to open them manually,  or resort to a Column View 
window which takes up space and requires multiple steps.

Let me put my own icon in the Menu Bar which will reveal hierarchical 
folder contents via spring-loaded cascading lists, or give folders 
within "Favorites" the ability to drop down without using Column View.

Am I missing something? or is there a 3rd party solution I need to buy?

DlaeH