Chartreuse?

I went to dinner last night at Parc, a French restaurant in Rittenhouse, with two friends, one of which is French Canadian.

Everything was going well until my French Canadian friend requested something “digestive”, she had in mind a sugarless ice cream or something, I had no idea what she was talking about.

Anyway, our server said “Chartreuse?“. We didn’t know what she was talking about. She explained what it was and insisted on bringing one out. We told her to bring three. A minute later she returned with three small glasses of a tinted green liquid, probably 2 ounces each.

First things first, the Chartreuse was strong as hell. It tasted like a fancy moonshine.

But the real kicker here is that each glass was $20.

What. The. Fuck.

Should I feel violated by the server for serving three $20 shots without specifying that ahead of time? That seems like something you’d tell the guests.

Either way. Chartreuse sucks. Don’t get it.

Parc’s really good though. Just don’t get conned into getting Chartreuse.