Bryan Allen, manager at The Landshark, 101 E. Grand River Ave., was leafing through a drink magazine at the bar recently when he came upon the recipe for Blue Street, a sky blue concoction that can be served as either a cocktail or a shot. He mixed a few for his employees, who all agreed it tasted like SweeTarts candy.
A closer innocent approximation of the drink may be Hawaiian Punch. As a cocktail, the drink is quite syrupy, and tingles the back of your throat just like Punchy's the Hawaiian Punch mascot favorite beverage. Allen may have added an extra fruity punch by improvising on the printed instructions.
"The magazine said just regular Smirnoff Ice, but we don't have that, so I used the Wild Grape."
In a blind tasting, you'd be surprised to find there's any alcohol in the drink at all a fact that simplifies Allen's job.
"It makes it easier for when girls come up to me and they'll be like, 'I want a drink not too strong that tastes good,'" he said.