Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Drinks with Sticks, Food Too, at Casablanca


So maybe it's a gimmick, this drinks-with-sticks thing.

But it's a fun one, and if there was a restaurant to pull it off, it's Casablanca.

That's because both the drinks and the food at Casablanca are
particularly skewer-worthy.

They call it the Skewer Menu.

We call it budget-friendly, as in $5 for three skewers and two sauces, and $8 for cocktails.

And limited-offer, as in dinner only on Mondays and Tuesdays.

As for the food, think kebabs: lamb, veggie, shrimp, beef, chicken.

As for the drinks, think candied lime (on a skewer, naturally) accompanying the Dark and Stormy. Cherries with the Manhattan. Antipasti with the Martini.

Puts a whole new twist on the swizzle stick, doesn't it?


DAILY TIDBIT:

In 1933 an engineer named Jay Sindler was looking for a way to get the olive out of his Martini without using his fingers. He invented the swizzle stick -- with a spear-point on one end -- and was awarded a patent for it in 1935.