Category: Rant

Rant

I think James Bond ruined Martinis

Posted on 5/18/2012 9:19 PM By DemeraraDrinker
OK, just got back from a local restaurant that patterns itself after a nightclub.  Guy in a tuxedo up on stage singing the classics (good voice).  I face the Big Decision...cocktails or beer? This place has tried to style itself up.  They have a cocktail list and it's not all [fill in with a crazy Martini idea] Martinis.  They have a Manhattan.  Good.  They have a Rob Roy.  Whoa.  And they list the ingredients and they look legit.  Knob Creek bourbon, vermouth, bitters, and a cherry for the Manhattan.  Damn. I'm still suspicious.  No prices on any of them.  And they have a "Victor's Mai Tai" made from the "Trader's secret formula with four rums."  Well Trader Vic never used four rums in his Mai Tai so the secret formula is probably pineapple juice and Rose's grenadine.  And "four rums" is code for coconut, blueberry, pineapple, and Dragonberry flavored rum.  No way this place has four ... More...