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Brow Beat Try the Santorum By Troy Patterson Posted Monday, Mar 12, 2012, at 05:12 PM ET Boerum Hill, March 6—  Brooklynites can't vote on Super Tuesday, but that doesn't mean they can't enjoy a little Santorum. A Fourth Avenue watering hole is pouring a delightfully sinful drink named after Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum—and the dirty Google problem that has haunted him ever since he irked syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage. "People really like it even though it's named after something gross–both the person and the Dan Savage meaning," said John Rauschenberg, co-owner of Pacific Standard. "It'll be an election fixture at least until primary season is over." … —Kate Briquelet, The Brooklyn Paper Pacific Standard is an easygoing pub with a high ceiling and tall broad front windows, and crisp daylight filtered capaciously through them this past Saturday at 5 p.m. Entering, I swerved among mellow clusters of baby-laden young professionals hovering at the front tables, passed beneath a projection of a Duke game muted in favor of The Cure, and settled near the end of the bar—at the bottom of the vertical of the "L" of the bar, as it were. Jean-Luc Picard looked on firmly from the backglass of a Star Trek pinball machine; beyond his arcade starship, in the backroom, couples and small groups got their microbrew on. I told a bearded barkeep I'd seen the story. He got to mixing. Like many conceptual masterpieces, the Santorum cocktail ($8) is a great icebreaker. My order caught the attention of the three young women ... To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE | READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Saletan: The Crazy Idea of "After-Birth Abortion" Raises Prickly Questions for Pro-Choicers Poll: Most Alabama Republicans Doubt Evolution and Obama's Christianity I Am So Ashamed That I Can't Stop Watching Hoarders	Advertisement
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