"Jessica V." > wrote in
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> PENMART01 wrote:
>
>>>sf writes:
>>>
>>>(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
While some of these trendy drinks may be very appealing, it's a shame
that some a**hole decided to brand them "martinis", which they clearly
are not. Every dictionary reference I can find defines a martini as "a
cocktail made of gin (or vodka) with dry vermouth". These new drinks are
no more martinis than is a Black or White Russian, which are not that
different from these new drinks, IMNSHO.
One recent martini encounter began with a cocktail waitress suggesting
one of various of the new "martinis", to which I replied, "I want a
martini, not a fruit cocktail!"
To avoid future such idiocy, I now order a Beefeater Gibson with extra
onion...not even a whispered reference to "martini".
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