Cafe Felix Part One of Shay

So tonight is the inaugural night of this blog! Tonight Liz and I, for the very first time, enjoyed a cocktail together. Specifically, for the purposes of reviewing it for this blog. Which, I guess you probably all ready knew since you're here.

Regardless, Cafe Felix was destination number one as it is home to my favorite drink, Mary's Bloody Banshee, a vodka martini with a bloody mary like base and gorgonzola stuffed olives. Mmm. Makes my mouth water just thinking about it.

If you somehow don't know this about me, I live for salt. Seriously. My favorite flavor of bagel is salt, my favorite flavor of chip is salt, and my favorite seasoning? Yes, the motherfucking salt of the earth which is, of course, salt. The Mary's Bloody Banshee has a salt and pepper rim, which for my about to die of a heart attack ass, is totally heaven. And the menu was all, "Like it spicy? Order it with habanero vodka!"

Holy shit, the person who decided, "yeah lets make a bloody mary with habanero vodka," is in my book second to whoever came up with Absolut Pepper for a bloody mary. For Liz they're third. First being whoever thought of putting tequila in a bloody mary and calling it a bloody maria.

So the drink was great. Loaded with booze, which I've come to expect from a martini at Cafe Felix, but without that gross bloody mary feeling where you feel like you're drinking alcoholic soup.

I guess, the real down side was that it was at Cafe Felix. Certainly, the staff and the drinks were great. No doubt there. But Cafe Felix has this weird air to it. Like tonight nobody was in there but it still felt pretentious. As if previous customer's douche baggery clung to the walls. I can't really put my finger on it. The atmosphere is nice, it's cozy and warm but there's just something off about the place.

It may be that the music sounded like a broken-hearted college sophomore's itunes. On shuffle.

Or it may just be that I've been to that place like a bazillion times and so have all ready made my mind up about it. Whatever.

In conclusion, the cocktail was spot on. Exactly what I'm searching for. Savory and boozy and all around delectable. Liz's dirty gin martini was really good too (And I really dislike gin.) Felix has martini's half off on Monday which is awesome because those things will get you drunk! It's also a great place to go in the summer time. One of the best patios in town for watching and subsequently mocking some croc-wearing assholes.

Cocktail Rating: 4 out of 5 illustrations of the martini glass with the olive and toothpick in it.