We've gotten used to seeing 12-buck cocktails on local menus, but the $1,500 martini at
Vue in Hudson is in a class all its own.
While the very thought of such a thing could knock regular folks off their Natty Lite for the next two weeks, there's more to this top-shelf 'tini than merely Stoli Elite, poured into a Swarovski crystal embedded martini glass. Try two olives -- skewered on a custom-made, 14-karat white and yellow gold stickpin, garnished with 15 round, brilliant cut diamonds and accented with a peridot "olive."
"It's really beautiful," gushes GM Niki Walunis. And while the restaurant hasn't actually sold any yet, "lots of women have been sending their husbands in to take a look at it for Valentine's Day."
Along with the glass, the pin, and the booze, the $1,500 tab includes free refills and dinner at the handsome Hudson restaurant.
And here we used to think blue-cheese stuffed olives were indulgent.
-- Elaine T. Cicora
