
The
Moon Bar at the Moon Hilton is the most popular drinking
establishment on the satellite. That probably has
something to do with the fact that it's the only drinking
establishment.
It certainly isn't because of
the drinks. With Scotch going for $30 a shot, most of the
cocktails are based on the alcohol distilled out of rocket fuel and
mixed with whatever vegetable juice is going cheap from the
hydroponics gardens. The bad news is that all the drinks come
courtesy of a high-tech machine that dispenses the libation of
choice in a manner devoid of the human touch. The good news is
that you probably won't go blind until chucking out time.
The management also has a mania for "theme"
weeks, so the drinks change names more often than some people change
underwear. A Moon Flower becomes Old Fashioned Pampas Punch
which becomes a Buffalo Stampede. Whatever the name, it's
still distilled rocket fuel.
Maybe that's why the Moon Bar
has seen some pretty spectacular bar fights in its day.