Eating at the Buffalo Rose or Birth of a Highball or "Please don't make me eat there again this year."

[Cita]

The waitress, her trainee in tow, both very young, approached the beared man at the head of the table to take the drink orders of the party that had pushed two tables together though it was late for dining.

Ever the wise-ass he said, "Bring me a Cabernet whose name I'd recognize," but the girl looked confused and turned to her trainee and then back again, "Well, my name is Judy and this is Tiffany."

The bearded man saw that the wine list was going to be a problem so he asked what dark beers they had and Judy proudly began, "Coors Light, Miller Light, Bud Light...", but he stopped her, holding up his hand.

"How about just a whiskey on the rocks."

"You mean on ice?" and he nodded, returned to the conversation that had moved on now, past two or three topics.

When the drink arrived, it was, indeed, bourbon on the rocks, but with a huge wedge of lime on the rim of the glass, and thus was born the Buffalo Rose highball, and we all ask for it by name when we are at his house. 

 

*Bearded man = Editor Dearest  (he always looks puzzled and says, "Its good, you know, but how did the lime get into the equation???")

[Gaylon W. Stamps]

From the title, and before I clicked the link, I KNEW I was gonna like this one!  I was not disappointed.  I smiled all the way through it because I've mostly, "been there - done that".  Much fodder for later entertaining thought comes from late-night dinner parties where two tables are pushed together and libation with vitals is the fare.  Thanks for sharing the moments.

[Mike Handley]

Editor Dearest ... Love it! And young waitresses and waiters offer such fodder!

[Teresa]

So I guess they wouldn't be able to make my favorite Chocolate Cake shot.  Oh well.  I recently asked for one at Post Oak Grill and they took forever because they had to look it up on the internet.  It's TWO ingredients.  Two. 

The Bearded Man sounds like a guy who can roll with things.

[Travis Smith]

Sometimes a nice, simple beer is the safest route - unless you are in Mexico - where once upon a time a bartender stuffed a lime in the top of a beer to keep the flies out of it and some underage kid from across the border didn't know what it was for so just squeezed it into his beer....

This restaurant sounds intriguing though...

[Cita]

Ed, next weekend we are all going back to that same town.  Editor Dearest insists that we have to return to the scene of the crime to commemorate the Buffalo Rose highball.  I am so tempted to order a dirty martini just to see what I get.  But the problem is... the food is SOOOOOO BAAAADD that I need tried-and-true alcohol to help wash it down.

[Edward Dean]

Wonder what would have happened if he had asked for a 'dirty' martini or an 'orgasm'?????:)