Along with a great new menu and renovated digs, The Railway’s Club Car Pub features an extensive assortment of martinis and other cocktails.
From the key lime to the dirty Bleu, Railway owners Katherine Fridl and Tony Whitlock hope the cocktail menu offers something for everyone.
“In Lake City, no one’s ever offered the true, complete experience of Happy Hour,” Fridl said. “We want to bring back Happy Hour.
The term “Happy Hour” originated in the United States Navy. In the 1920s, “happy hour” was slang for a scheduled entertainment period on board a ship during which boxing and wrestling bouts took place. This was a valuable opportunity for sailors to let off the steam accumulated during the long periods at sea. “Happy” in this context meant slightly drunk, according to www.wikipedia.org.
The idea of drinking before dinner has its roots in the Prohibition era. When the 18th Amendment and the Volstead Act were passed banning alcohol consumption, citizens would host “cocktail hours,” also known as “happy hours,” at a speakeasy (an illegal drinking establishment) before eating at restaurants where alcohol could not be served. Cocktail lounges continued the trend of drinking before dinner. “Happy hour” entered civilian use around 1960, especially after a Saturday Evening Post article in 1959.
Today, Happy Hour is typically considered the hours between 4 and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. This promotion is intended to boost business on what might otherwise be a slow day. In most cases the “happy hour” lasts longer than a single hour.
“We want to give our patrons a place to grab a martini after work and socialize with friends,” Fridl said. “People say, ‘I don’t like martinis,’ and I say, ‘No, you just haven’t found the right one.’”
Key Lime Martini:
2 oz. Vanilla Vodka
½ oz. Key Lime Juice
2 Tbsp. Cream of Coconut
1 oz. Pineapple Juice
Add all ingredients to martini shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously and strain into martini glass rimmed with crushed graham cracker crumbs.
Railway Dirty Blue Martini:
1 oz. Vodka
¼ oz. Dry Vermouth
5 oz. Club Soda
3 tsp. Olive Juice
Add all ingredients to martini strainer filled with ice, shake vigorously, strain into martini glass and garnish with 3 Olives stuffed with Bleu Cheese.
Espresso Martini:
1 oz. chilled
espresso
1 ½ oz. Vodka
1 ½ oz. coffee liqueur
1 oz. white crème de cacao
Add all ingredients to martini strainer filled with ice, shake vigorously, strain into martini glass drizzled with chocolate syrup and rimmed with sugar.
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