We all came to love and adore the little girl who could sing, tap dance, and charm us with her curly locks and dimples. Restauranteurs even know how popular the yummy Shirley Temple cocktail is.
One Fat Frog likes to celebrate the lives of those who are no longer with us. The initial news is always shocking, but we learn to cope and eventually smile. Drinking makes some of us smile and deal with the pain. As I mentioned earlier, the Shirley Temple cocktail has become a favorite of many customers at restaurants and bars.
But how did the little girl get her name on the drink? The story goes back to 1938. Temple turned 10 years old, celebrating her double digit birthday at the Beverly Hills restaurant Chasen’s. A bartender created a non-alcoholic beverage for the childhood star so that she could drink something sweet and bubbly while she dined with parents and sophisticated celebrities.
Alas, the ginger ale and grenadine drink, topped with cherries, was born. So raise a glass and drink up to the childhood star. Whether it’s in a restaurant, a bar or a bakery, it’s nostalgic and celebratory.
Shirley Temple Black has been dubbed the “most famous childhood star of all times.” It was confirmed that Shirley Temple Black died in her home last night in Woodside, Calif. She was 85 years old. Temple lives on through the musical movies she starred and charmed in. And of course, if we’re feeling nostalgic, we’ll ask for that popular cocktail at the bar one more time.