Korova Milk Bar
The Korova Milk Bar (korova is Russian for "cow") appears in the novel and film A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess. It is a twisted version of a milk bar. The bar serves milk laced with drugs ("moloko plus"). The protagonist and narrator Alex lists some of the (fictitious) ingredients one can request: vellocet, synthemesc (synthetic mescalines), drencrom (adrenochrome). For the ingredient drencrom, he uses the phrase (drink the milk) "with knives in it," as it "would sharpen you up". By serving milk (instead of alcohol), the bar is able to serve minors. In the film, the bar has furniture in the shape of naked women and the milk is served from their nipples.
Alex: "The Korova milkbar sold milk-plus, milk plus vellocet or synthemesc or drencrom, which is what we were drinking. This would sharpen you up and make you ready for a bit of the old ultra-violence."
Other uses
There was a bar in New York City's East Village named the Korova Milk Bar styled after the bar in the film. The bar closed in October 2006; it had served as a gathering site for the city's goth, punk, industrial, metal, hardcore, and fetish subcultures for many years. In September 2007, the bar re-opened in White Plains, New York. This location has also since closed.
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Korova Milk Bar
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