The Bar
Visited 12/27/18 @ 8:30pm.
The Drink
Power Hour. Ketel One Citroën vodka, Grand Marnier, Velvet falernum, lime juice, sugar, 5 Hour Energy. $15.
Regular readers are all too aware of my low general opinion of frozen drinks, the sainted frozen Irish coffee being the lone exception, but when you deliberately leave your drink choice in the hands of your bartender, you drink what they pour and you might as well try to make the best of it, even if this massive icy pile of ooze does look like the sad remains of a snowman on a hot day (or a cold day - I'm not sure why I was recommended a cold drink in December). These drinks are not rigid enough to be a snow cone yet not fluid enough to be a milkshake, so all you can really do is patiently slurp them like you were a Northeastern homeowner trying to clear the snow off of a large driveway armed only with a small vacuum cleaner. Your reward is a big pile of vaguely tropical citrusy sweetness - the
velvet falernum,
Grand Marnier, and straight-up sugar ensure that your teeth will battle your forehead to experience the greatest amount of pain as you race to finish it before it dissolves into sludge. This is no fault of the bartender, because there's only so much you can do with a concoction like this; at least the caffeine infusion you get from the 5 Hour Energy will get you ready for more. I am not sure who the target audience for this type of frozen drink is, but I will say that I have had worse ones, so if you're the kind of person who likes these, then you might as well give this a shot. Damning with faint praise is better than damning with no praise at all, right?
The Crew
Aaron, Travis.
Notes
Buck Wild used to be Trophy Club, being transformed into its current incarnation by the same folks who also operate Buckshot and Two Bucks (I'm not sure if there are any more Buck bars being built - the obvious Buck name of Starbucks seems like it would have some copyright issues). It had been open for about 8 months when we stopped by, and was settled in enough to where you'd never know it was anything different. The mechanical bull is still present, although the big inflatable outdoor pool protective thing that surrounds it is now blue instead of red. The interior is fairly similar, and the most major change is the addition of some bar games like skee-ball - Trophy Club seemed to operate under more of a cram 'em in philosophy, whereas Buck Wild seems like they want you to linger and goof around for a while. That's just what we did, taking advantage of the lesser traffic on the Thursday night to wander around the interior and chill - or warm up, in my case.
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