Causing a stir online when it debuted last week, the drink called “Even Can’t Literally” is a berry margarita that was thought up by female staff to raise funds for Cleveland’s Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center.
While the drink contains no blood (obviously), the menstruation effect looks spot on. And for some feint-of-heart commenters, the drink was a little too real, as read in the post below:
As bar staff told WKYC, health officials were not sure that tampon garnishes are safe and wanted to first test the applicators for potential toxins that could leach into the drink.
Despite the setback, the restaurant/bar has opted to continue serving the cocktail minus the offending garnish, with all leftover unused tampons being donated to charity.
Yuzu took to Facebook Monday morning to explain the thoughts behind the cocktail:
It’s completely understandable at first impulse why some people may have had an adverse reaction to our fundraising efforts.This was a concept created by our female staff members to raise money for a local women’s shelter, the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center ( https://dvcac.org/ ).
Our goal is also to spark an important conversation about the advocacy of women’s health issues, ignite awareness and action towards the needs of local women’s shelters, and dispel archaic attitudes about women’s bodies.
The reality is that in our modern world, we are bombarded with an endless amount of advertisements and distractions. It takes something impactful to cut above the noise to get people’s attention. These are important issues that need to be discussed and it’s often easier to simply ignore them.
We have received an overwhelming amount of support to continue our mission. We understand our concept is a topic for debate but at the end of the day it’s about raising awareness and coming together to help those in need. Donations can also be made directly to the Domestic Violence & Child Advocacy Center
This article appears in May 1-7, 2019.
They should have been donating the tampons in the first place. So wasteful to not use one for its intended purpose, only for it to end up in a landfill somewhere.
Its not ok to put in a drink because of health hazards but perfectly fine to stick in your cooter…GTFOH!
There is nothing clever about this. It’s just trashy. No disrespect against the intent, but there are better ways to get the same point across. What’s next? I condom cocktail? Get out of Cleveland with that nonsense. Have some class Yuzu. You’ve lost my business.
The straw that stirs the drink…not very funny. Stupid attempt at humor…what’s next? Maybe a white milk-shake thingy with a little rubber penis…a cocktail (excuse the pun) called “All That Jizz”…yeah, right, whatever, dudes. Why didn’t you just stick a tampon…or a rag…in a Bloody Mary?
This kind of crap might fly in a college town joint, but Lakewood is (supposedly) a “real” city with real adults in it, who don’t need this kind of garbage to get the message about…wait…what was the message again? Oh, yeah, right…women’s health issues. Women…not smirking girls who just had their first period.
Bar owners ought to know better than to sink to this level, and not to bring their town down to a lower one. This ain’t twentysomething Columbus, fer chrissakes. Grow up. And you haven’t lost my business because I wouldn’t be going to your joint anyway. I’m a grown-up and I don’t need stupid gimmicks or smirking bartenders. The cause is good, but the campaign stinks…of desperation. Wise up.
So many salty locals who claim you need “grit” to live in this city. Get over yourselves; they raised awareness for the Cleveland’s Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy Center while generating buzz about their business. Great marketing strategy. I love it.
Damn right I’m salty…you have to be tough to put up with the crap that is so much of Cleveland…including the transplant Millennials who are trying to “save” this gritty city by yuppifying it and destroying it. You want cool hipsters and gentrification, go to back to Brooklyn. And I don’t mean the one along 480, pal.