Order This and Your Bartender Will Judge You

Local barkeeps divulge the drink orders that make their eyes roll.

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Cosmopolitan

Sex and the City is over, so maybe it’s time to let go of the Cosmopolitan—at least if you ask the bartenders at Quinn’s on the Corner in Rosslyn. “If you order a cosmopolitan I immediately think you’re some kind of Carrie Bradshaw wannabe,” says one of the pub’s weekend bartenders. “I know half the reason someone’s ordering [a cosmo] is because of the fancy glass, so sometimes I’ll bring it out in something like a pint glass, just to be spiteful.”

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