NYC steakhouse rolls out an ultra-decadent hot cocoa cocktail loaded with booze — for a whopping $1K
NY Post
Get a load of this haute chocolate.
Benjamin’s Steakhouse in Midtown is catering to cash-flush chocoholics with a new, ultra-decadent, three-tiered hot cocoa cocktail — and it runs customers a cool $1,000 per coupe.
High prices are hopefully no obstacle to die-hard cocoa nuts.
The extravagantly dubbed Versailles Velour — an opulent concoction imbued with five wallop-packing prestige spirits — is even adorned with gold leaf, like a collaboration between King Midas and Willy Wonka.
The amped-up espresso martini was “inspired by the grandeur and ceremonial indulgence of the French court,” or so suggested the restaurant’s exclusive marketing pitch to The Post.
The real story, though, is a bit less posh.
It was a flashback to NYC in the 1990s.
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