Gettin' limoncelloey wit' it

Last weekend we went out to eat with some friends at Buca di Beppo. It's pretty good Italian food, but the cool part is when you book the kitchen table - it's a circular booth in the kitchen, and you get to see all the dishes coming out. And the smells. My god, the smells! It's like a show. At one point, a good dozen plates of fried calamari were lined up.

From a previous visit, I knew that limoncello was a dessert item, and I joked with one of the other people htere that we would definitely need some of that. It's not a Bart classic, but in the realm of liqueurs it's one that I don't mind.

Well, we get to the restaurant, I open up the menu, and what do I see looking back at me?

 

Danny mother-effing DeVito brand limoncello. WTF!?

I started laughing, remembering discussing his limoncello-fueled appearance on The View a few years ago. While discussing the drink and the appearance with Mrs. Bart, the question came up: which came first, the DeVito-branded limoncello or the limoncello-fueled appearance on the View?

Mrs. Bart thought that showing up drunk would be an interesting way to promote the drink. I thought it would be way more clever if an innovative drink maker saw the appearance and thought, hey, we just found our limoncello mascot.

Turns out it was the latter. A clever-ass guy decided to use DeVito to hawk his lemon-flavored alcoholic wares. And you know what? It was good. There may be better limoncellos out there, but only one will have a place in my freezer: Danny DeVito Limoncello.

Although rival limoncello producers are welcome to get in touch so I can make an informed decision.

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