PENMART01 wrote:
>>sf writes:
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>>(Kevintsheehy) wrote:
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>>> I recall the first time I noticed an "up" charge itemized on a
>>> restaurant bill for a martini served "up". It was $2 or $3. I
>>> asked the waiter about it because I had not seen that before.
>>> He explained - in a rather surly way - that they started doing
>>> that because you get more booze when the drink is served
>>> "up". So, I say, why don't you just include it in the price of
>>> the drink and skip the separate line item. I don't remember
>>> what he said to that, just that it was also a surly answer.
>>
>>THAT is sooo NOT true! I've watched pours for overs and
>>ups... they are the same (if the bartender is honest).
>
>
> The mar2ni is my favorite drink to order with dinner and after years and years
> have never seen an extra charge for a 2ni on the rocks. In my experience a 2ni
> over contains more booze; more space in the glass and looks skimpy if the ice
> doesn't at least float so the bar tends to add a bit more booze... whereas
> stemmed 2ni glasses are filled to the brim and the quantity is finite... and
> the sign of a good server is they can carry without spilling any. 90% of the
> time I order 2nis up, they taste better without all that ice. I order overs if
> I'm driving, I can nurse *one* throughout the entire meal. I ain't telling how
> many ups I can consume with a porterhouse when I'm not driving, except to say
> that my bar bill is about twice my dinner.
>
>
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I dumbfounded a waitress at Jillian's in Boston one recent afternoon.
I'd like a martini...I'm cut off with "would you like to see the martini
menu"...before I can get out with Bombay Saphire and two olives, neat.
No thank you I'd like it with Bomb Saph, 2 o's neat. She looked nothing
short of shocked. I guess chicks aren't suppossed to drink real tini's.
I may have to channel my deceased grandmother-in-law and just order
Beefeater with a side of olives.
As trendy "martinis" go I've found two that I like...chocolate with
Vanilla Stoli & Godiva for dessert, and orange with Orange Stoli and
Grand Marnier with Sunday brunch.
Jessica