We went out to escape the ToTers last night and went to a local restaurant that recently changed ownership. It’s The Upscale Place In Town with prices to boot, so we generally stick to apps & drinks… we hadn’t been in forever, since the place had steadily been going downhill over the years, but we wanted to give it a try.
We split a decent Caesar and some fried calamari as well as The Smallest Beef Tartare ever.
The most infuriating part of the evening was finding out the prices for the two martinis I’d ordered after talking about the various gins with the knowledgable barkeeper. The first martini was made with Dry Fly from WA, the second with The Botanist – I much preferred the Dry Fly, btw.
Now, I don’t mind paying for good drinks, and I generally estimate a martini with good ingredients to be around $10-13 around these parts.
The first was $16, the second $18.50. WTFF? I guess I should consider myself lucky that they were out of Nolet’s, as that would’ve come to a whopping $22.50. I found this out after remarking to the bartender that this was quite an unexpected up-charge.
Not sure how the bartender could’ve handled this better, but my regular bar indicates whether there will be an up-charge for certain liquors. By the by, the one for Nolet’s is a mere $4 extra, which would make their martini a $15 purchase — still nowhere near $22.50.
Annnnnnywhos. I will rant about this on the spirits board 
Not wanting to spend more crazy money, we moved on to a local brew pub for dinner: wings and fried Korean-style ribs. And another martini for me. Which was $8.50.
As for tonight, it’s the Friday routine: cheeborger club, tunes with my band, nightcap at the reasonable CBDTR.
Happy weekend, y’all.
But his game is on and he is a perfect gentleman to me when my Redskins play. Hehh…
