As Metro-North has left us with precious little to grouse about these days, we had to dig deep to satisfy our complain quote.
So we turn to beer selection.
While we’re unfailingly grateful to be able to enjoy an adult beverage on the evening train (or the morning train, if that’s what the day calls for), it’d be even nicer if Metro-North’s booze selection was shaken up (or stirred, for that matter) every once in a while.
See, we get a bit tired of the same old Bud bottle/Bud can/Bud Light/Miller Genuinely Bland Draft/Sam Adams-if-it’s-payday beer selections. How nice would it be if Metro-North took a page from the hospitality industry and went with seasonal selections: A nice Sam Winter Lager around this time of year, a little Negro Modelo in early May, perhaps a wheat beer come summer. Keep the Bud family intact, but offer up the premiums for a little extra.
Further borrowing from the bar biz, maybe Metro-North could import some attractive bartenders to work the Grand Central beers stands, flash you a quick smile with your beer, make you think they really truly dig you and want to ride the 5:46 to White Plains home with you. It’d be a far cry from the men in bowl cuts and baby blue MTA shirts currently hawking brews.
Just a thought.