cocktail order

[bonber]

what's your go-to drink at a bar?

[budnball]

Dive bar and I order Bushmill's or Dewar's. Better bar and I look over the Scotch menu. Cocktail bar and i let the barkeep do their magic and ask them to hit me with their best shot.. so to speak.

[Beach Chick]

If its a real dive, I only drink beer out of a bottle...I don't want to know where that glass has been!
Speaking of cocktails..I'm going to make myself one.

[seacoastguy027]

Stoli orange and tonic. Refreshing and delicious.

[soilchem]

scary bar - dark beer and stick with it throughout the night

good bar - with some of the guys then a white russian and stay with it the rest of the evening. with my wife then a manhattan and if its a good one then i have some derivations off whiskey as i continue to drink and get to know the bartender. if either are bad i toss it and get a dark beer. i think a white russian and a manhattan are pretty much bartending 101 so they are bad its only going to get worse.

[swsidejim]

boilermaker aka a shot and a beer.

a shot of top shelf tequila(neat), and a bottle of Budweiser is my standard order.

[AlaskaChick]

Call vodka soda with a splash of cran juice

[brandygirl]

Depends on where I am. Usually I order Tanqueray or Tanqueray Ten martini, especially if the bar is in a steakhouse. Sometimes I order gin and tonics. If I'm in a bar at a Mexican restaurant, I order Margaritas. If the bar has a specialty drinks menu, I might order something from that.

[ShadowedOne]

Almost always a Gin & Tonic, but that can burn you if their tonic is crappy. At least most places have reasonably good Gin.