New status symbol: $135 drinks

[Casshew]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The loveliest street in Paris is also one of the most expensive cocktails in Chicago.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]It will cost you $135 to drink a Champs-Elysees at Le Passage, a Rush Street lounge.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Made with Remy Martin Louis XIII cognac, Grand Marnier, orange juice and sour mix, it's served in a crystal cognac glass rimmed with powdered sugar.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]And you get to keep the glass.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The bar may sell only one Champs-Elysees a month, says spokeswoman Jen Hansen.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]"People are spending $575 on a bottle of Champagne here, so it's not out of character for someone to spend this much [on a drink]," Hansen said.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]In this ever-growing uber-cocktail culture, the humble shot has given way to flights of super-premium vodkas and tequilas, bartenders are now called "mixologists" and pricey drinks with exotic additions like lychee and pomegranate juice are making Cosmopolitans seem dowdy.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-cocktails03.html

Beer anyone?

 

[SadieMae]

For $135 bucks I could buy a heck of lot of Coors. I don't get it, they only sell one of those drinks a month...spend 135 and no buzz!?!??!

 

[LaurenD]

For $135 bucks I could buy a heck of lot of Coors. I don't get it, they only sell one of those drinks a month...spend 135 and no buzz!?!??!

Coors?... ......Ugghhhhh.....:sick: :sick: :sick:

Bud Light ROCKS........:woohoo:

 

[Jeana (DP)]

Remember those $10,000 martinis in New York? They each had a loose diamond in the bottom of the glass. I'll try either one of these as long as someone else is buying!!

 

[vicktor]

Quick, bring me a Perrier flown in 'specially from France.

 

[Dark Knight]

Coors?... ......Ugghhhhh.....:sick: :sick: :sick:

Bud Light ROCKS........:woohoo:

Coors NA is great!!!!! Very refreshing! (I don't need no stinkin' buzz!)