ONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2004
OFF THE HILL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 3D
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COCKTAIL OF THE WEEK: BLOODY MARY
Talk about a pleasant namesake. The Bloody Mary is named for Henry VIII's illegitimate daughter, Mary Tudor, who during her five years as Queen killed most of her Protestant enemies. First mixed in Paris by bar master Pete Petoit, the drink traveled overseas in the '30s, was mixed with gin instead of vodka, and was named the Red Snapper. As Americans developed a taste for vodka, the true Bloody Mary gained popularity.
popularity.
So if the thought of drinking vegetables at a bar makes you think of your grandma.
head over to Louise's West, 1307 West 7th Street, and they'll change your mind. They've got the best Bloody Marys in town, and they'll serve you up something nice. Then try out your own recipe the next morning, as Bloody Marys are known to be a cure-all for a nasty hangover.
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Bloody Mary:
Dash of lemon juice
2 drops Tabasco sauce
1 tsp Worcheshireshire sauce
1.5 oz vodka
3 oz tomato juice
Lime wedge
snake all ingredients (except lime wedge) with ice and strain into a glass over ice cubes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add lime wedge and serve.
The variations on this basic recipe are endless. You can play around with the spices depending on your own tastes.
Compiled by Meredith Desmond
(www.cocktails.about.com)
OH WHERE, OR WHERE TO DRINK
Rick's
Corner of 9 and Illinois
Content is the only option.
Drink Special! $1.75 Babst Blue Ribbon drafts every night
Rink special. $1.75 Fasco Hudson bristle.
Atmosphere: The decor might be a bar standard, with lit beer signs and dartboards dotting the walls, but the newly opened location sports a lacquered wood bar top and polished cement floors that create an environment casual enough to wear sweats in and clean enough that your not afraid of sitting in something.
Like most bars in Lawrence, Rick's has three televisions programmed to the sport of the season, two pool tables and a Touch Tunes jukebox. What Rick's has that other bars do not is Rick; a unique man who can be found sitting at the bar in a Hawaiian style shirt, while his bar proudly displays huge portraits of his parents and a long pony tail attached to a baseball cap in memory of his hair's fifteen years of growth.
That's Rick.
Unlike other bars in Lawrence that only have the standard pool tables and dart boards Ricks has a shuffleboard table. This game isn't reserved for the old fart at heart — after a few rounds of brewskis this game can bring out the feirce competitor in anyone.
fearless competitor in any field.
Rick's is a neighborhood bar that appeals to both the college student and the more mature Lawrence resident and offers draft beers that include Hart, Shiner Bock, Bass and Guinness all at reasonable prices.
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