The other day I was at my favorite local restaurant, Wilde, on Broadway here in Chicago. The shepherd's pie is awesome and they have plenty of Guiness to go with it.
On this occasion, however, I decided to go a slightly different route and order a couple of Smithwick's in lieu of the usual Guiness. When I went to the bar to order one, which I'd done before and had no complications, the bartender, who was about my age (26 or27), looked at me like I had a monkey on my shoulder and snidely replied, "We don't have Smithwicks, but we have 'Smitticks'."
At first I took it in stride, thinking he might be Irish or something and he was trying to be funny. So, as I return for my next round, I ask another bartender for a Smithwicks. Same reply.
Now, I know I live in Lakeview/Lincoln Park and I shouldn't be surprised to run into some snobby people every once and a while, but I thought it was pretty ridiculous to have two different dudes try to correct me and sound cool when all I wanted was a beer... and I'm the one tipping them... And I probably know more about beer than both of them...
Anybody else ever run into beer snobbery like this?
On this occasion, however, I decided to go a slightly different route and order a couple of Smithwick's in lieu of the usual Guiness. When I went to the bar to order one, which I'd done before and had no complications, the bartender, who was about my age (26 or27), looked at me like I had a monkey on my shoulder and snidely replied, "We don't have Smithwicks, but we have 'Smitticks'."
At first I took it in stride, thinking he might be Irish or something and he was trying to be funny. So, as I return for my next round, I ask another bartender for a Smithwicks. Same reply.
Now, I know I live in Lakeview/Lincoln Park and I shouldn't be surprised to run into some snobby people every once and a while, but I thought it was pretty ridiculous to have two different dudes try to correct me and sound cool when all I wanted was a beer... and I'm the one tipping them... And I probably know more about beer than both of them...
Anybody else ever run into beer snobbery like this?