Jello Shots from the Blind

There is a karaoke bar in St. Louis that has a blind cocktail waitress! No lie!

I was first introduced to Double D's (very classy, I know) over the summer. My friend Amanda told me she has a great new bar to take me to...and by "new" she did NOT mean a recent rage in the STL bar scene, she meant a place they stumbled upon and fell in love with...like a diamond in the rough! So I went, and I loved it of course...cheap drinks, crappy location, karaoke, and a lingering cigarette smell? I'm there! We came, we saw, we conquered. It wasn't until we were a few drinks in that they decided to tell me that one of the cocktail waitresses was blind.

"How does that work? Where is she?" I asked...this was one of the most fascinating concepts I had heard!

"She's not working tonight, but she serves Jello shots. You tell her what you want, give her the money, she goes to the bar and brings back your shot and change."

So I was pretty bummed I didn't get to see this miracle woman, but I finished my drink, sang "Family Tradition" and went on my way.

My second trip to Double D's was over Thanksgiving break, and this trip was success! "There she is!!!" My friend drunkenly yell-whispered to me (you know, when drunken people think they're whispering, but it's actually more like a rasping scream through clinched teeth). So we sat and Double D herself came to take our order. She was quite good, although I couldn't stop staring. A couple times she would bring the wrong shots, or stop by our table with someone else's order. I could see how that could end very badly for Double D's, but we were nice citizens and led her to the appropriate thirsty table.

I can't wait to go back to Double D's this summer!!