If the bar has a cocktail menu, bad to order a classic drink?
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When I go to a steakhouse, I always get a Manhattan. That will tell me which steak to order. In a chain restaurant, I always get "bourbon rocks, with a splash of ginger ale".
If it's a full bar, order what you like. I'd say they provide the menu as a crutch for newbies who would otherwise not order anything.
I second this. I couldn't begin to tell you what's in a Mai Tai or even a Piña Colada (except I think there's rum in both). The menu's there to offer suggestions to the customers, but I think most people who go into a cocktail bar already know what they want.
If the restaurant or bar where you are has its own cocktail menu, listing its own speciality drinks, is it bad form to order a classic drink that’s not on the menu, such as an Old Fashioned or Manhattan?
I figure that every bartender knows how to make them, but they may not want to spend the time or figure out the price.
Bar menus can actually be useful if you want a mocktail, because unless you don't drink liquor you probably don't know the options available. We had this great cucumber based drink one morning while staying at the Del Coronado; though it was a mocktail I'm pretty sure it was based on some kind of tropical cocktail that probably had rum in it. I was a little disappointed recently when I went on their website hoping the bar menu would list the ingredients, but they had left the mocktails off the website.
I rarely order off the cocktail menu at a restaurant. My go to is tito's on the rocks with 2 olives or a glass of white wine.
My husband usually gets a kettle one dirty Martini, LI Iced tea or a high ball.
If the restaurant or bar where you are has its own cocktail menu, listing its own speciality drinks, is it bad form to order a classic drink that’s not on the menu, such as an Old Fashioned or Manhattan?
I figure that every bartender knows how to make them, but they may not want to spend the time or figure out the price.
You order what you want to drink, not what the bar wants you to drink.
Most cocktail menu drinks are so overpriced anyway
I have never been to a restaurant or bar that didn't have a "non-specialty", Bourbon, Scotch, etc. price list
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