The Lost Penguin Society held their second ever event at Slice in Castleberry Hill. A big shout-out to The Vertical One and Greta Von Dom, who actually showed up for the event.

Slice’s Martinis are acceptable. In keeping with the new, improved positive outlook* of Propeller Skies, I will go over what they did right first. Most importantly, the bartender was able to follow the directions, “dry Sapphire Martini with a twist.” The resulting concoction was stirred** properly and contained roughly an 8:1 ratio of gin to vermouth, the very definition of dry. Unfortunately, the Martini glasses were NOT chilled. Overall, the Martini was acceptable***, but not smoove as hell like The Mark’s, or Halo’s libations.

While chilling at Slice, we also sampled the bruschetta and pizza. The bruschetta was not so hot, but palatable. On the other hand, the pizza was pretty fucking good. It was (sort of) New York style, with a thin and crispy crust. The toppings were tasty and obviously much higher quality than in a normal neighborhood pizza parlor. Pricing is reasonable. I recommend Slice. However stop by on a weeknight as waits on the weekends can be extreme.

notes:

* I have read Leah’s blog (email me for the address) and I have seen what an inordinate amount of premature bitterness can do to one’s life. Seriously, it is that disturbing.
** Traditional Martinis are stirred, not shaken. Only the Vesper, the drink of choice for James Bond, is shaken. However, if you feel the need to shake a Martini, I will not be advocating a constitutional amendment to stop you.
*** The Smoove D ordinal Martini rating system consists of the following grades, in order of best to worst: smoove as hell, mighty tasty, acceptable, mediocre, and lighter fluid.