Spruce Street Tavern

Valley, Nebraska situated in the valley between the scenic Platte and Elkhorn Rivers. Really, a pretty nice town. A few of us happened to be in town for a certain reason and following the reason we felt it was necessary to check out a local establishment. Our guide was a resident of Valley so we followed his guidance and found ourselves in the comfy chairs of the Spruce Street Tavern. I was impressed with the small dive bar and the cat calls from the two older women at the bar really helped boost my experience. Of course I ordered a bloody mary and the barmaid proceeded to make up a drink with nothing short of 320 ingredients.

Appearance: 6/10 Trendy mug. Good Size. Sneaky Olive. A few floaties, nice red color but not too red, ya know?

Garnishes: 3/10 Green Olives are good. Not a loss of points for no lime or lemon thats for sure. Would like other thing though.

Spice/Bang: 5/10 Great chugability but still some kick, tabasco flavor but definitely hints of worchestire and tomatoey goodness. Good flavor!

Desire: 7/10 I would absolutely stop by to "Spruce" things up a little bit anytime I was in the area. I probably won't make any trip specifically for the drink but ya never know.

Price: 5/10  I'm going to be honest. I don't know what the price was. A friend offered to pick up the tab so I didn't not take things any further. I'm assuming it wasn't crazy expensive or crazy cheap. Worth about $4.50.

Overall: 26/50 Slightly above average drink. A few more garnishes would help. Nothing extravagant but this is the type of bloody mary that just makes you feel good.