Bloody mary turns 75



Steve Barnes

5 Responses

  1. Mike says:

    Alot of places claim to have invented the Bloody Mary, one of which is Harry’s NY Bar in Paris. If you go there skip the bloodies, they will set you back 12 euros and they are nothing special.

  2. wineguy57 says:

    I like Bomber’s bloody mary’s on Sunday for $4

  3. Rob says:

    Unless it’s in a mason jar, it doesn’t count.

  4. Barbara says:

    Many years ago New York Magazine use to run a feature where they would check the alcohol content in a specific drink at several NYC spots. I remember vividly when they tested Bloody Marys. Several of their samples had very little alcohol and one had none, while charging full price. When confronted with the test result, the restaurant owner said. ” People are not looking for alocohol when they order a Bloody Mary”!! That was the last taste test he magazine wrote. Their restaurant advertisers complained!!!!

  5. KimBERLY says:

    #4-Barbara- What an interesting feature, I can imagine why it went by the wayside when the advertisers were getting dissed. That would be something neat to know about restaurants, other than hearsay from your friends. I love Bloody Mary’s FOR the alcohol (LOL)! Otherwise I’d ask for a V-8 or a tomato juice!
    I don’t really like any prepared mixes out there so I make my own with Tomato Juice, Tabasco, Worchestershire Sauce (spelling??), Horesradish, Celery Seed & Black Pepper, and VODKA. Funny though, after the first one every one thereafter has less ingredients than the one before, and I end up with just juice and vodka! LOL