Wanna do some pickle backs?
February 27, 2010 by Marianne Minchala
Filed under New York Reviews
How does that sound to you? Sounds delightful to me! But sitting at a table at Whiskey Town with my brother, his wife, her sister and my cousin, all the reactions I got were total gross-out. Once I explained what the pickle back was and how great it is, the reactions staid the same. All but Jenny (sis-in-law’s-sis), she got it, she understood how awesome the whiskey-pickle juice one-two punch can be.
See, whiskey shots are fine and dandy, and usually the shot of choice in most crowds (unless you’re down on the Jersey Shore, then it’s the Jäger-bomb), but what isn’t find and dandy is the lingering whiskey burn in the back of your throat. Bleh. Hence, the pickle juice chaser. It washes down any remnants of Jameson in pickley goodness. Plus, I used to drink it out of the bottle as a kid anyways, so this duo shot really brings it back.
Dave and Danny Minchala Try A Pickle
Now the pickle back is spreading! Get wasted on pickle juice at the below institutions:
Whiskey Town
29 East 3rd Street
Manhattan
(212) 505-7344
Bushwick Country Club
618 Grand Street
Brooklyn
(718) 388-2114
(The pickle back originator, yet it’s popular opinion WT offers a pickle juice of superior qual-i-tay)
Nancy Whiskey Pub
1 Lispenard St
Manhattan
(212) 226-9943
The Breslin (off the menu)
16 W 29th St
Manhattan
(212) 685-9600
