NO. 01 · POURING SOON
First stop
The one that started it. Three scores, one table, and the argument that made us start writing it down.
SPRITZ, REVIEWED
The Spritz
Chicks
Three opinions. One spritz. No consensus.
We go where the spritz is, we order the same thing, and we score it separately before we talk. Sometimes we agree. Mostly we don't. Everything here is what we actually thought, in a glass we actually paid for.
The crew
Gina, Joanne and Natalie. Three friends, three decades of Friday nights, and exactly zero interest in agreeing with each other about your spritz.
Gina
Orders the classic and dares it to disappoint her.
Joanne
Reads the whole menu, then asks what the bartender would drink.
Natalie
Will forgive a lot for the right glass and a good olive.
How we score
- We score before we talk
- Three phones, three numbers, face down. Talking first is how three people end up with one opinion.
- We buy our own
- If a place ever comps us anything, it says so at the top of the review. Every time, whether the review is kind or not.
- We're rating the drink, not the people
- A slow bar on a Saturday is a busy bar. We'll tell you if the spritz was flat. We won't tell you the staff were.
The reviews
First one goes up the day after our next round. Here’s what’s coming.
NO. 02 · POURING SOON
The house standard
What a $14 spritz should taste like, and how often it doesn't. Our baseline, set on purpose.
NO. 03 · POURING SOON
Beyond Aperol
Everyone makes an Aperol. We went looking for the bars brave enough to make something else.