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That's a damn shame!Chicago bar serves up 950 dollar cocktail
CHICAGO (AFP) - A jeweler turned drink designer has made a splash in the Chicago bar scene with a new cocktail that costs a whopping 950 dollars.
The Ruby Red is a tangy mix of vodka, champagne, cognac, pomegranate liqueur and orange juice.
And it comes complete with a one-carat, grade-A ruby.
"We kind of were playing with an idea that someone could come in and have something to celebrate and remember the night by," said Pete Gugni, a manager at the trendy Reserve club in downtown Chicago.
Gugni said the club wanted to come up with something more memorable than opening a bottle of champagne.
"That's where the stone comes in - at the end of the night they can take it home."
Gugni spent a few years as a jeweler after he graduated from art school, but switched to managing a bar because he got bored sitting behind a desk all day.
He used his old connections to buy the cocktail gems wholesale, and says they can
easily be turned into a ring, pendant or earrings.
So far, he has sold three.
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