Q: Jeff, what is your least favorite drink? – Emmet,
Annapolis
A: This is a pretty easy one for me. It has to be the Long
Island Iced Tea. I’m not trying to be a liquor or drink snob here. I’ve actually
enjoyed a LIT many times especially in my younger days. Through school, I practically lived off the Tuesday night
special of $7 PITCHERS of them at the local watering hole. As you can imagine,
I may have overindulged a time or two with that price and a college student’s
budget. Now, we’ve all been there. For some it was tequila, others it was gin.
For me? Long Island Iced Tea. I can barely type the name of the drink without
having fuzzy flashbacks of horrible mornings.
I thought I was over the college-era drinking until one
night when I lived in Philly. As a 20 something, I found a dive of a bar that
had a Long Island Iced Tea special on Sundays. Huge mistake. Over a couple of
hours, friends and I drank the cheapest of the cheap spirits not caring what
the next day held. Forget the 9am meeting, I thought. Full steam ahead. Never
have I felt worse.
See, there’s the thing. When you’re drinking a LIT, you get
the poorest quality spirit in most bars. They’re not pouring from their back
bar. They’re reaching for spirits that cost them about $.10 an ounce. You’re
not getting high quality at that price, and you’re not going to feel great the
next day.
Obviously, we don’t have those cheap spirits here at Fiola, but
you’re still taking in quite a bit of alcohol. Ask one of us behind the bar to
make you something delicious. You’ll thank us the next day.
Cheers,
Jeff
