{"id":188,"date":"2015-04-16T17:32:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T00:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=188"},"modified":"2015-05-20T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T17:01:40","slug":"bar-review-barclays-prime-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=188","title":{"rendered":"Bar Review: Barclay Prime, Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Martini<\/a><\/p>\n

Barclay Prime may have one of the best selections of steaks in the US.\u00a0 Certainly in Philadelphia.\u00a0 And, of course, they are prepared perfectly.\u00a0 The ambiance is subdued elegance and the staff is magnificent.\u00a0 It is definitely worth a visit.<\/p>\n

My martinis were very good: the stems were refrigerated, the mix was perfect,\u00a0 and nicely chilled. The barkeep was professional and not overly chatty.<\/p>\n

The first martini I ordered was stirred. \u00a0 As you know I prefer my shaken, but I never specify that and if the house standard is ‘stirred’ I go with that.\u00a0 However this time I thought I’d have a bit of fun, so for the second martini I asked the barkeep to shake it.\u00a0 He didn’t bat an eyelash or say a word and went to work on a shaken martini.<\/p>\n

So I had a martini stirred then one shaken, back to back.\u00a0 An interesting and fun experiment.\u00a0 The shaken martini was definitely colder, but perhaps also a bit more diluted.\u00a0 (I did notice that the barkeep used warm ice in chilling the\u00a0 drink.)\u00a0 They both tasted the same though the stirred drink started out with the silky smooth mouth feel that seems to be driving reason some prefer the stirred versions.<\/p>\n

Overall the Barclay Prime gets one Martini glass.\u00a0 Both martinis were, indeed, very good, just not quite exceptional.\u00a0 I think that if their stems were well chilled in the fridge it would put them into the coveted two martini realm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Barclay Prime may have one of the best selections of steaks in the US.\u00a0 Certainly in Philadelphia.\u00a0 And, of course, they are prepared perfectly.\u00a0 The ambiance is subdued elegance and the staff is magnificent.\u00a0 It is definitely worth a visit. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[10,37,12],"tags":[13,7],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":551,"url":"http:\/\/shakennotstirred.us\/?p=551","url_meta":{"origin":188,"position":0},"title":"Shaken vs. Stirred Revisited: Temperature","author":"wlmoon58","date":"June 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm baaaaack.\u00a0 (Think Schwarzenegger!)\u00a0 After the recent consecutive holidays (World Gin Day & National Martini Day) I took a couple of days off.\u00a0 But I'm back with more thoughts and, of course, more martini reviews. 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