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Subject: Re: Attention Lurkers: Revision
From: Mister2
Posted: Thu Mar 30. 2006, 15:08 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Attention Lurkers: Revision"  by queneau69  (Thu Mar 30. 2006, 14:23 UTC)
> > So yeah, with a coffee maker behind the bar, or an 
> > electric kettle, it would be easy - but I don't have those available 
> > 
> > to me, nor do most bars I frequent.
> 
> Are ewe being serious? I don't think I've ever been to a bar that 
> hasn't had a kettle. Ever. Why would a bar not have a kettle? I 
> think a bar would have to make a deliberate effort not to have a 
> kettle, as part of some anti-hot "stuff" campaign (Tlingitgate?). I'm 
> actually quite stunned by this. 
> 
> Hot port? Hot Whiskey? Tea? Coffee? 
> 
> No? Shurely shome mishtake, Miss Moneypenny?

We'll probably be buying a coffee machine in the near future (if it hasn't 
been done already - it's planned, and I haven't been there since Sat. night, 
so it very well could have been purchased by now), but for the moment no 
kettle.  

We don't have any ports, never had a request for hot whiskey, and we don't 
serve tea or coffee, hot or cold (unless you count Kahlua).  My bar is a high 
volume nightclub - there are numerous other issues my bar has that would be 
every bit as problematic if we were trying to be a serious cocktail lounge 
(our backbar is absolutely PITIFUL for making drinks - but we don't need 
anything else for our customer base).  If I were to make a Sidecar, I'd have 
to hand squeeze lemons into the shaker, we don't keep juice around.  I 
couldn't make a Negroni if I wanted to, no Campari.  Same for a Vesper, no 
Lillet.  We have more flavors of vodka than we do brands of scotch or Canadian 
whiskey (or whisky, if you prefer).  Oh yeah - no simple syrup either.

It's a small little place, we have a limited selection, but what we have is 
what our customers want.  It's got a good atmosphere, good staff, and while it 
may not be up to the par of Pegu club, it works.


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