Round two - Old Fashioned Iced Tea
As you may have read yesterday, Caleb and I had a lovely dinner at Country Cat Dinnerhouse Bar. I saw what looked like a great drink on the menu… and like the retard I am, I didn’t order it. How can I truly say that I review things when i don’t even order a drink? Shame on me. So tonight found us BACK at Country Cat with our friend Brooke. We just decided to linger a few minutes at the bar, since I had been thinking about the drink ALL DAY. I ordered said drink, Russell’s Reserve Bourbon with muddled cherry and orange, topped with sweet tea. It was great. The cherries are in a thick yummy syrup, I had to ask for more! The bartender Daniel was great, what a funny guy. He knew just when to jump into our conversation, and just when to pretend to not be listening. (Oh if only every waiter, waitress or barstaff kept a journal of “overheards”.) Caleb ordered his usual, a Maker’s Mark Manhattan. Now, he does normally order it with Maker’s Mark everywhere we go, but it’s the norm here. And he said it was the smoothest he ever had. Brooke had the Mt. Tabor Sunset (I think that’s what it was called, again, what reviewer doesn’t write this stuff down???? I’m dropping the ball here, people!) Indio Blood Orange Vodka, Campari, OJ, and soda. Yum. We enjoyed a few pieces of the house made beef jerky, which sells for $15 a pound. This is what Caleb said about it… I thought it was funny:
“When you eat beef jerky, you normally feel like you had dinner at 7-11. This beef jerky was high class. And tastes like celery, so you feel like you were healthy.”
I think I would like to make Country Cat a regular haunt… we had some nice conversation about the beer festival, and the Iphone, and just general stuff. Great place to hang. And can the person who drew the flowers on the wall come draw some on mine??? Open 5pm-close, which I found out tonight means 10 pm. The bar menu (with the cool flowers on the wall) is available 5pm-6pm and 9pm-close. Bring a sweater, because I noticed it gets a bit chilly inside.