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Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete

It is widely accepted that hangovers are an unpleasant ordeal

Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete
Squeezing lemon on The Shaky Pete (All photos by Gustavo Ponce)

Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete

It is widely accepted that hangovers are an unpleasant ordeal

Bushwick Mixer: The Shaky Pete

It is widely accepted that hangovers are an unpleasant ordeal. However, there can be a certain beauty in them. The torture derived the day after is a long-lasting reminder of how well the night before went. Additionally, fighting a hangover can, at times, be a fun activity. When it comes to hangovers, there are two drinks: the ones that cure hangovers and the ones that induce them. Wine can give a terrible hangover, but curing a hangover with wine is unthinkable. The pleasure of a good Bloody Mary on a Sunday is a testament to its hangover-fighting abilities, but nobody ever made an epic night out of Bloody Marys.

The Shaky Pete, served at The Rookery on Troutman Street, manages to be the rare drink that can easily be both the cause and cure of a hangover. This drink…

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