After our complete fail at tiki-dom at the Firewater Grille,
we headed to Reverb Lounge in the Benson neighborhood of Omaha. I had seen a
few positive reviews about the drinks there, even though it’s a music venue and
a regular bar. I even saw photo of tiki drinks there, so I knew at the very
least, we could drink SOMETHING out of a ceramic vessel. The bar is a smallish
place with a substantial looking bar in the center of one wall and separate doors
for the music area. We grabbed a booth right when we walked in and scoured the
menu – actual tiki drinks!!!
We had wasted precious time at the previous bar, so we
needed to catch up. We all decided on our drinks and then discovered the drink
for four people. I immediately got up and ordered a Kava Bowl for our table. I
was going to head back to the table, but there’s something magical about
watching an expert assemble a tiki drink, especially a large one. They actually
put two people on the job, one mixing various rums and juices together and the
other cutting intricate animal designs out of different fruits. People sitting
at the bar eventually asked “what the hell IS that?”. Kava Bowl, people. Read your
menu.
The thing gets a lime half filled with 151 on top, which
they then light on fire. I paraded this massive flaming drink through the dining
room like I was a priest from The Temple of Doom (Kali Ma Shakti de was going through
my head the entire time). People noticed, to say the least.
We all dove into this drink with fervor. Yes, I said fervor.
Mainly we just needed a drink to sip on while we were deciding what to get for the
next drink.
I went with a Pineapple Boo Loo – a drink for two people which
comes in a pineapple. Like an actual pineapple that they core out and fill with
rum. Sadly, Reverb had purchased some faulty pineapples and I got the only
actual pineapple that didn’t spring a leak. Cha-ching! Everyone else got their
pineapple boo loo in a ceramic bowl. It still did the trick. We had a fantastic
night and got to listen to a little bit of the band in the other room. Plus, both bartenders were really fun to chat with when it slowed down a bit in the bar.
We weren’t really done when the bar started to close up, so
we went back to the hotel room and played Exploding Kittens and drank Flip’s Fireball
and my Fruit Loop Vodka. We travel well when we go to roller derby tournaments.
If you haven’t played Exploding Kittens (a card game), then you really should.
Go check out Reverb Lounge, either for the music or the tiki
drinks. We were really glad we did.
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