Chapter 13: Betner’s Cliff
August 9, 2014
The Sea Creature Martini: 6 Parts Gin, 2 Parts Dry Vermouth, 1/2 Teaspoon Pernod, 1 Dash Orange Bitters.
We had lunch together at a place called The Biscuit: chili dogs with loads of nacho cheese and greasy French fries. And we shared a chocolate milkshake, drinking out of the same straw, making funny and ridiculous faces at each other while sucking down the chilled and thick drink. The eatery was owned and operated by Triston and Gina Biscuit of North East, a town that specialized in an assortment of wine. The fast food place had been in the Biscuit family for the last thirty years and was well-known for its blue cheese burgers, which melted in your mouth after the first bite, and their chili dogs ruled the roost of the fast food/diner world in
