Cocktails

Ermita_Nights
Michigan
I don't go to strip clubs for the drinks. But when I'm there I like to have a drink. Normally I have either straight liquor or some kind of mixed drink, but I don't get cocktails at strip clubs because I assume the bartenders don't know what they're doing.

So I was at a club in Toledo last night, and for some reason ordered a Manhattan. The bartender said in six years of bartending no one had ever ordered one from her. She took it as a challenge, looked it up, and did her best. Unfortunately the bar had no bitters, and worse she got confused and thought sweet vermouth (which she couldn't pronounce) was the white kind. I also had to explain that an orange twist is not the same thing as orange juice.

So anyway I'm back to drinking Budweiser, the King of Beers.

35 comments

  • Alucard
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    11 years ago
    Try soft drinks. NO confusion there.
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    I prefer coffee. Soda is horrible for you. Rots your teeth. Rots your organs. Too acidic. Coffee is acidic but less so than soda and can easily be offset with water or milk. A nice espresso is a simple pleasure.
  • shadowcat
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    11 years ago
    That reminds me of the time that I asked the bar tender in a Copenhagen escort club if he knew how to make a "Bloody Mary". He assured me that he did and even ran off the list of ingredients. So I ordered one. Next thing I know, he is pouring it out of a shaker and into a stemmed glass for me. Since they didn't serve any beer there, I ordered a bottle of wine after that.
  • motorhead
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    11 years ago
    I would think in 6 years of experience as a bartender she would know the basic, classics.
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    Moto, if they can fuck up a blow job, they can fuck up a Jack and Coke.
  • motorhead
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    11 years ago
    Slick, I've really cut down on soda. I don't like the taste as much as I've gotten older. My favorite drink now is plain iced tea, but most clubs I've been in don't have it.
  • goodsouthernboy
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    11 years ago
    +1 slick
  • DandyDan
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    11 years ago
    Even before I quit drinking alcohol, I really only had beer. Never the same one every time, because variety is the spice of life, or so they say, but I also grew up in a family where beer was the only alcohol around, other than the one wine bottle mom always had around.
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    I grew up with a dad who grew grapes and made wine so it was pretty much a wrap that I'd end up drinking. But I prefer beer to wine. Interesting.
  • GoVikings
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    11 years ago
    Virginia clubs don't serve liquor/hard alcohol. All you can get is beer/wine/etc. Yet ANOTHER reason why Virginia clubs suck.

    I'm the type of person who usually has a drink while I'm in the club. But to be completely honest, I hate spending $5 on a beer. The way I see it that's money I could be spending on the strippers.

    That's why I LOVE BYOB clubs- because I can bring whatever I want (don't have to be limited to what the club serves) AND I don't have to spend 20-30 bucks on drinks
  • Corvus
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    11 years ago
    A little off topic but I went to a favorite club Thursday night just to see the dancing girls and really did not plan on drinking much, if any. Sweet thing happened, not a single waitress approached me in the hour and a half I was there. Normally I would have been a little pissed off but was actually happy I didn't have to pay for on over priced drink or put up with the "drink minimum" argument.

    Had more money for dances and I met the most beautiful blonde spinner with a perfect ass so I was happy not to drink.

    And I never order specialty drinks in a SC.
  • Clackport
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    11 years ago
    I usually just get a Corona or a Coors Light. I will sometimes get a cranberry vodka.
  • Papi_Chulo
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    11 years ago
    I’ve often wondered if those cute looking female bartenders know what the heck they are doing or did they mainly get hired b/c they are cute?
  • Papi_Chulo
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    11 years ago
    I’m not much of a drinker; usually will nurse a Heineken during my visit.

    Sometimes I’ll order a Long Island since it’s pretty strong and will usually give me a good buzz if made correctly – but it seems too many SCs water down their drinks and I hate paying for an already overpriced drink that is watered down on top of that.
  • ime
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    11 years ago
    gin and tonics are usually a safe bet I have found
  • jester214
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    11 years ago
    I pretty much stick to straight liquor and hope it's not watered down. Sometimes I'll get a rum and coke or jack and coke if I want a little caffeine.

    Pretty much the only time I order cocktails anymore is in the casino because they'll make pretty much anything and usually do a decent job.
  • Estafador
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    11 years ago
    Carbonated flavored water (soft drinks)kill sperm count, coffee turns your teeth yellow. What the hell is a manhattan. I prefer cocktails with fruit flavor thus I generally get a LI iced tea. Can just taste the alcohol but its there and is magically delicious. Beer taste nasty and just makes me use the bathroom.
  • Ironcat
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    11 years ago
    Manhattans, martinis, Rob Roys (a Manhattan made with scotch), Gimlets,etc. are the classics and very few bartenders know how to make them. I worked my way through college and grad school behind the strip and have to tell bartenders how to make most of these. They are now all making drinks called "Irish Car bombs" and "Redheaded Sluts".
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    1). Irish Car Bomb is racist.

    2). My teeth are pearly white after years of coffee drinking. Coffee is amazing. Go to bulletproofexecutive.com to learn about bulletproof coffee.

    3). Beer is the nectar of the Gods. Guinness Stout or a Stone IPA.

    4). Everyone is entitled to their opinion and what tastes good them.
  • motorhead
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    11 years ago
    I don't drink water - Fish fuck in it

    W. C. Fields




    *there are a million variations of this. Not sure of the real quote.
  • ime
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    11 years ago
    Most strip clubs have a pretty lousy selection of beer. Sucks when a Yuengling is the best thing on the menu. You can keep the bud, coors, and lousy ass Heinekin and corona. Be nice to find a club where I could get a nice IPA or Belgian beer while enjoying the ladies.
  • Ermita_Nights
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    11 years ago
    I know I'm in trouble when I ask what kind of beer they have, and the response is "We have every kind of beer. Bud, Bud lite, Coors, Coors lite, Miller, Miller lite..."

    By the way, Bud is not a kind of beer. Bud is a brand of beer. The different kinds of beer are things like ale, lager, porter, and stout, with lots of variations like lager and IPA.
  • ime
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    11 years ago
    Budvar the beer bud stole its name from and sued them so they can't use the name in America (have to use Czechvar) is an amazing pilsner, it actually has flavor. Any beer that uses adjuncts like rice is a no go in my book.
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    Now we're talking. Oktoberfest is here. Spatten is good German dark brew. Prosit.
  • ime
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    11 years ago
    Das Boot!!!
  • bang69
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    11 years ago
    I drink water when clubbing
  • motorhead
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    11 years ago
    Remember the famous Henry Ford quote "Any customer can have a car painted any color as long as it isblack."

    It's kind of the same concept at the Hip Hugger in Kokomo, Ind.

    Any customer can have any kind of beer they want as long as it's Bud or Bud Lite.

    At least the week's order to the distributor is easy.
  • Clubber
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    11 years ago
    SS,

    Why would one ruin Jack with coke? :)
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    Cause they have an immature palette and need to sweeten up an already good thing.
  • georgmicrodong
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    11 years ago
    @Clubber: I'm in agreement with your sentiment, even if I think JD is somewhat less than completely pleasing to the discerning palette. I've asked the same question whenever I hear someone asking for Scotch or Bourbon and water. :)
  • motorhead
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    11 years ago
    I'm not a big drinker. And I prefer nude juice bars. So I'm pretty naive about bar lingo. But I was at a full liquor service club recently and I overheard the waitress asking the chief bartender about an order.

    He told her to make sure she rang it up as "with ice" not "on the rocks". It seemed the price was different. (I assume).

    I was confused.
  • shadowcat
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    11 years ago
    motorhead - It may have been that some drinks are made with ice and then strained into a glass where others are served over a glass full of ice. Shaking a drink requires more work. So therefore a higher price. ???
  • Clubber
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    11 years ago
    SS and gmd,

    I enjoy a mix of Jack and Tennessee Honey. Even the SO drinks that, but straight Jack, no way.
  • bvino
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    11 years ago
    I am also a Manhattan drinker and a former bartender. I have given up on getting a decent cocktail in a strip club. I would spend a lot more money on liquor if they could make a decent drink. At this point I usually order a shot of top shelf bourbon and a cup of coffee.I would drink wine but the selection sucks and they don't always pour what I ordered. This is a lost oppurtuninty for club owners and a dip on the bartenders tips. Oh well,more money for the girls I guess but I would like a nice drink for my $12.00.
  • SlickSpic
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    11 years ago
    Just had a Sammy Smith Chocolate Stout. Delicious.
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