Post #389575 by JenTiki on Wed, Jun 25, 2008 5:27 PM

On 2008-06-25 08:51, The Gnomon wrote:
I was surprised to learn from the article that not only are blenders not standard in all bars, but they are actually despised in what would seem to be the majority. Damn! I thought you couldn't get a liquor license and a permit to run a bar unless you had a kick ass blender.

I was once sitting at the bar in a small jazz club when a patron got rather irate that he could not have a blended margarita because there was no blender. He said "what kind of bar doesn't have a blender!" I turned and replied, "The kind that's a jazz club, not a bar." His reply was "I'm not asking you, bitch!" It was the last thing he said before being escorted out by the bassist who was in the middle of a solo that was rudely interrupted by this guy's outburst. :)

Blenders have their place in bars that focus on the drinks, but I'm grateful that some establishments whose primary function is as a music venue, do not allow them due to the noise. I would hate to be on stage in the middle of a quiet passage in a heartbreaking ballad and have a blender go off because some jerk couldn't stand to have his margarita on the rocks!

edited to correct a typo

[ Edited by: JenTiki 2008-06-26 14:18 ]