Last Friday night Bartolotta's Lake Park Bistro sold me a $15 drink. They also sold me two $7.50 drinks, but I'm not worried about those.
The $15 drink wasn't an expensive glass of wine or a 10 year old scotch - this was a cocktail - a cosmopolitan. The same type of drink that City Lounge in Cudahy sells for $5 on Monday nights. The same type of drink that the bar at Hotel Metro in downtown Milwaukee charges only $5 for during their happy hour.
Here's the standard recipe for a cosmo:
1 oz vodka
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz lime juice
1/2 oz cranberry juice
Shake vodka, triple sec, lime and cranberry juice vigorously in a shaker with ice. Strain into a martini glass, garnish with a lime wedge on the rim, and serve.
I'm not trying to be a cheap-ass here, but $15 is too much for a cosmo. I can understand $8 or $9, but $15 is crazy. I can buy an entire bottle of Absolut Vodka for $20 and make many cosmos. Next time I will.
4 comments:
Those curly slices of lemon are really hard to make.
Actually last weekend, I bought the cosmo. And I loved it! :)
that last comment was me, Heather, not some other girl! :)
I went to Beer Belly's tonight for a fish fry and paid $5.00 for a pint of Spotted Cow. That was pretty expensive for a place that's almost a dive.
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