A recent deadly wave of yuppie women has gentrified the American city. In the process, they and the vendors who court them have murdered the American Cocktail, once our greatest contribution as a nation to world cuisine. Case in point, this menu from some chic inner-city lounge/bistro/club:
Appletini:
Vox Apple, Sour Apple Pucker, sour mix, cinnamon sugar rim, caramel drizzle
Caramel Mochatini:
Stoli Vanil, Starbucks Dark Liqueur, butterscotch schnapps, crème de cacao light, caramel drizzle
Cherry Cheese Cake:
Effen Black Cherry, McGillicuddy’s French Kiss, grenadine, half & half, graham cracker rim, cherry
Chocolate Ecstasy:
Stoli Vanil, Godiva Dark, Bailey's, half & half, chocolate cigarette, chocolate drizzle
Clubhouse Cosomopolitan:
ABSOLUT Citron, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, cranberry juice
Creamsicle:
Stoli Vanil, amaretto, triple sec, orange juice
Dirty Martini:
Grey Goose & a touch of olive juice
French Kiss:
Grey Goose, Chambord, crème de cacao light, half & half, chocolate cigarette
Georgia Peach:
ABSOLUT Apeach, peach schnapps, orange & cranberry juices
Grass Skirt:
Malibu Rum, pineapple juice, Midori float
Halsted Martini:
Stoli Razberi, Chambord & Cranberry Juice
Key Lime:
Finlandia Lime, Stoli Vanil, Licor 43, pineapple and fresh lime juices, graham cracker rim
Lemon Drop:
Ketel One Citroen, fresh lemon juice, splash sour mix, sugar rim
Mango Martini:
Finlandia Mango, mango puree, blended with ice
Melon Drop:
Stoli, Midori, lemon-lime soda, sour mix
Mudslide:
Stoli Vanil, Kahlua, Bailey's, half & half, crushed dark chocolate rim
Mysterious Monique:
Grey Goose, Korbel Champagne, pineapple juice
Oatmeal Cookie:
Bailey's, Stoli Vanil, Goldschlager, butterscotch schnapps, graham cracker rim
Peach Bellini:
Korbel Champagne, peach puree, peach schnapps
Pina Colada-Tini:
Cruzan Pineapple, Cruzan Mango, pineapple juice, half & half, grenadine
Pomegrana Tini:
ABSOLUT Mandrin, Amaretto DiSarrono, pomegranate juice, grenadine, grapefruit juice
Presidential:
Belvedere, dry vermouth, bleu cheese stuffed olives
Raspberry Rendevous:
Stoli Razberi, Chambord, sour mix, lemon twist
Reserve Manhattan:
Woodford Reserve and Sweet Vermouth
Rita-Tini:
Patron Silver, Cointreau, fresh lime juice, sour mix
Sapphire Thoroughbred:
Bombay Sapphire & dry vermouth
South Coast:
Midori, Malibu, peach schnapps, orange juice, pineapple juice
Ultimate Black Cherry:
Effen Black Cherry, Razzmatazz, sour mix, cranberry juice, grenadine
Washington Apple:
Crown Royal, Sour Apple Pucker, cranberry juice
Watermelon Splash:
Bacardi Grand Melon, triple sec, sour mix, cranberry juice
If these things are all martinis, then what the fuck is a martini anyway? Is the drink now only defined by that specific glass (except Manhattans, of course)? What's wrong with the word "cocktail" to describe these things?
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Even if those drinks weren't called martinis, they'd still taste like shit. Mango puree and vodka? Fine. But mango-flavored vodka? WTF
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