Where do you stand on Mason Jars in restaurants?
 

Acceptable and cool or would you like to see a renewed interest in proper glassware?

Meh.

They're fine. Rarely used in the wrong setting.

Question-begging.

Fine, proper stemware.

I.E. a wine glass?

Or suitable alternative for, say, a bloody mary.

If you're drinking at lunch you're probably not as picky about what it's served in.

Valid argument.

Agreed. I see them generally in appropriate places.

I like them, too. Might even want a handful for home. Not for fancy events.

My son was served apple juice in a Mason Jar in Rochester, MN. It looked like a urine specimen in that jar.:eek:

Totally depends on the restaurant.

Definitely depends on the restaurant. Southern plate-lunch, bbq, or catfish place totally fine. Italian, French, or Japanese - run, don't walk, back out the door and find another place to eat.

"Proper" begs the question, since that is exactly what is at issue.

I personally found them to be a cute idea the first maybe 8000 restaurants to do it, but after that it gets old....

I don't care as long as my beer doesn't come in one.

The O/P is asking whether one ever gets a drink in a Mason jar that shouldn't be served in one. That sort of question does not constitute begging.

I'll refer you back to the Wiki link that you supplied. :p

I hate them. A reason to do takeout. Make that another reason to do takeout.

I find them revolting. I don't care what kind of dishwasher the restaurant has. I'm not sold on anything fully cleaning all the ridges and bumps right where one puts one's mouth.

True. But to start out by labeling the alternative "proper" is to presume what's at issue.

It's a tricky concept, I admit. :)

True. It also just feels weird on the mouth, and not in that good way.

For some conceptualization of proper that may be the case, I agree.

http://www.skymall.com/images/produc...204252333x.jpg

I don't mind them for my Grand Cru Burgundies.

Chris

I think there are some places, like catfish joints in the NC/TN mountains where they're mandatory.

Other places they're a fun novelty I can take or leave.

Would the proper smilie for this comment be :eek:, :p, or :o ?

Let's try to keep this PG-13, mmmkay? ;)

Got one of those beauties last Christmas. As a gag gift. Certainly made me gag.:rolleyes:

Saw it in Skymall this week.

Chris

Where do you stand on Mason Jars in restaurants?

I would imagine that the only safe place to stand on a Mason Jar would be on the lid, as it's really the only flat surface other than the base, upon which the jar itself would stand.

I do not usually stand on Mason jars in a restaurant — but if I did, the answer to where I would stand on Mason jars would be in a corner of the restaurant where no one would see me standing on them.

I would think that one would have to possess a reasonable sense of balance to do this, but I digress.

The other answer to this question would be that I rarely go to restaurants which use Mason jars as beverage conveyances, and their usage did not even make me think twice as I consumed my soft drink.

I have also seen restaurants which use Mason jars with food sealed in them as decorations — or perhaps they really do use them...

use a straw?

Cannot abide them.

Was taken to a bar last year in Montreal with them, thought they were absurd, and the cocktails in them were stupidly sugary - I think they were appealing to the 19 year old male 'more is more' demographic.

I did, however, buy my dear friend who was with me (it was her fancy man's choice of venue), the redneck wineglass demonstrated above, for Christmas :D

https://encrypted-tbn3.google.com/im...UlZq4RxF802HZ-

Now that there iz kultur, it shore iz.

Hate straws except for milk shakes.

Thar.

That them thar word iz thar....so that means that a straw is the last straw for you?

Strangely enough, I am sitting in one of my favorite steakhouses right now....

With a big mason jar of iced tea sitting in front of me. Tastes good on this 100 degree day.

Iced Tea + Apple Juice -

That is an interesting idea - never tried it....

I honestly can't say I've ever been anywhere that used mason jars to serve beverages, and I don't think I'd particularly like to use one for a beverage container. Unless using a straw, seems like it would be a little awkward.

In a good old style catfish parlor, BBQ joint, hole in the wall burger house they are fine....in La Tour d'Argent in Paris, Tantris in Munchen...no:D

Cheers,

Smoking......Its a bad habit.

My first experience of Mason (Canning) Jars used as a beverage container was way back in 1977. There was an interesting restaurant called Magnolia's Peach...they did some other innovative things at the time, like make their own Potato Chips.

Anyway, over the past few years, I've seen mason jars being used for crudites and other nibbles for catered events. The owner of the company I work for caused a moment of insanity for us, when he 'insisted' on a certain brand and type of European jars be sourced and used on one event; Hello OCD!!??

Them there jelly jars with handles are better, and I knew a girl who got her braces locked in the threads on a Mason jar while slurping sweet tea....