LAKEVIEW — For some "Game of Thrones" fans, even a weekly dose of Westeros isn't enough.
Spritz Burger in north Lakeview has the solution: booze. The eatery has created seven "Game of Thrones" cocktails (in honor of the Faith of the Seven) for a secret menu that launched April 14, just before the HBO show's fifth season premiered.
Spritz, 3819 N. Broadway, has been toying with recipes for about a month, after assistant manager Seth Fulkerson came up with the idea to feature drinks based on one of his favorite shows.
"Some of them, we started with the character first or [liquors] with similar names. Others started with really wanting something, like I wanted to do a King in the North, because that's my favorite storyline through the first three books," bar manager Rachel Miller said. (The show is based on the popular fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin.)
The King in the North drink is made with North Shore's No. 11 gin — "A really heavy gin with a lot of really strong juniper backbone," said Miller — rosemary, black pepper, lime and soda.
If you prefer fire over ice, try the Targaryen Sigil, which, admittedly, "kind of about the gimmick," Miller said.
White rum, 7-year rum and orange liqueur get squirts of lemon and lime and doused in absinthe, which is then set on fire. The drink is actually a classic cocktail known as the Oh Gosh, but otherwise the Spritz cocktails are all original recipes.
The Lannister Debts (100-proof rye whiskey, ginger liqueur, roasted pineapple and bitters) and the Khalasar (bison grass vodka, dolin blanc, apple shrub and sage) have been two popular options.
The priciest drink is the $16 Brienne of Tarth, made with Brenne French single malt whisky, creme de cassis, lemon and egg white. A $7 Prince of Dorne has cognac, red wine vinegar, honey and soda, and a Castle Black includes Laird's Apple brandy, Nux Alpina walnut liqueur and CH amaro.
Those torn between the options can roll a seven-sided die at the bar, Miller said. The "Game of Thrones" drinks will be available through June, with a new list for the season finale. (Miller said she's open to suggestions from fans — she's already had some "hilariously specific critiques.")
Just make sure you always pay your debt ... er, bar tab.
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