Father Paddy’s Pub – Best Cocktail in Yolo

Father Paddy's Pub Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour, Father Paddy’s Pub, Woodland, CA, 2020

Father Paddy’s Pub- The Review

Taste (5/10) – Watery. Too much ice. Not bad though. You can really taste the whiskey. Has a harsh aftertaste

Presentation (3/5) – Half garnished. Nice straw color, though tending towards green.

Balance (3/5) – More sour than anything. They use fresh lime and lemon juice in their sour mix… I can taste that. The whiskey helps, but then so does the water.

Correctness (3/5) – No egg white, no orange slice, and they use limes in their sour mix.

Delivery (x/x) – N/A, I wasn’t able to sit at the bar or watch the bartender at work.

Total (14/25) – Average. It might have been a few points higher if I had been able to interact with the bartender. Not a bad whiskey sour, not a good whiskey sour. About what I’ve come to expect from most bars here in Yolo.

“Traditional” Whiskey Sour, Father Paddy’s Pub, Woodland, CA, 2020

Thoughts – As you can see from the picture above, Father Paddy’s cocktail menu has an actual Whiskey Sour on it! One that includes egg whites! If you’re going to have a Whiskey Sour at Paddy’s this would be the one to order. The whiskey in it is a little higher quality and they throw some bitters on the top. It’s tasty! The egg white though will cost you about $6.50. Or maybe that’s the better whiskey. Wish places would just make corrects drinks when you order them!

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Laughing Owl – It Was Very Good

Laughing Owl
Male laughing owl mount from the collection of Naturalis Biodiversity Centre

Laughing Owl (Sceloglaux albifacies)

The Laughing Owl, known to the Maori as the Whekau, was a flying bird endemic to the islands of New Zealand (two subspecies, one on the North and one on the South Island.)

The Whekau’s plumage was yellowish-brown striped with dark brown. White straps were across the tops of the shoulders/wings and occasionally the back of the neck. The wings and tail had light-brown bars. The feathers down the legs were yellowish to reddish-buff feathers. The face was white behind and below the eyes, fading to grey with brown stripes towards the center. Males were thought to be more often richly colored, and smaller than females. Average body size ranged from 14-16 inches with wing lengths around 10 inches. The birds were believed to live in open country and rocky outcrops.

Laughing Owl
Laughing Owl, Wellington region, NZ, Henry Charles Clarke Wright, 1989-1910

Laughing Owls might have been in decline before Europeans came to New Zealand. It is believed, land use, collection of specimens, and the introduction of cats and stoats accelerated their extinction. The last recorded specimen was found dead at Bluecliffs Station in Canterbury, New Zealand on July 5, 1914.

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D Street Steakhouse – Best Cocktail in Yolo County

D Street Steakhouse Whiskey Sour
Whiskey Sour, D Street Steakhouse, Davis, 2019

D Street Steakhouse – The Review

Taste (4/10) –Inoffensive. Watery. Hints of sour at the end. Strange aftertaste? Don’t know if it is the whiskey or the lemon juice. Offputting.

Presentation (3/5) – Half garnished. Not much color.

Balance (2/5) – Not a lot to say here. There are some whiskey highlights and then some lemon highlights. But it’s all mild and washed down/out.

Correctness (2/5) – No egg white. No orange slice. Bartender offered to add a lime wedge? Drink was neither shaken or stirred.

Delivery (0/x) – Made half the drink. Did something else. Came back to it. Seemed distracted.

Total (12/25) – Not the worst I’ve had. Not the best. Aggressively mediocre. Instantly forgettable.

Floradora, D Street Steakhouse
Floradora, D Street Steakhouse, Davis, 2019

The Floradora cocktail was good. I’ve never had it before though so, I don’t have a comparison. It was more drinkable and enjoyable than the Whiskey Sour!

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STAR**** **OOP**S: Surreal Space Poetry – Page 53

Star Oops 53
Starship Trooper Bard, Dean Stahl, 2019

I learned
Not to draw
[On] sleep.

Impression[s] of
Meanness, sadism,
Fiendish delight.

People suffer.
Not for pleasure.
Unimpassioned, the
Art of cutting and blood.
Without prejudice.

Star Oops 53
Page 53, Starship Troopers, poetified.

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