Oh hell yeah they do! I mean those are a bit over the top, sure, but bits of snacks there, sausage, bacon, sign me up!
Yes, @Smapti , that seems to be what it is: a cocktail with a meal. I can picture the conversation in the restaurant:
“Can I get you a cocktail?”
“Yes, I’ll have the Surf and Turf Mary, please.”
“Sure thing. Have you decided on dinner?”
“No, we’re just in for a drink, thanks.”
Ba-dum-bum! 
@Aspenglow , dilled green beans? Sounds tasty! I’ve considered a dill pickle spear as a garnish, but never gone so far. But dilled green beans sound perfect. I’ll have to look for them; thanks for the tip.
Yes, indeedy! And they’re dead easy to make if you’re into canning at all. There’s a dandy recipe in the Ball Blue Book of Canning, or I’m happy to share the recipe if you can’t find a commercial version.
To me, a complete Bloody Mary includes 3-4 stuffed green olives, a stalk of celery and a couple dilled green beans. A perfect amuse-bouche to brunch. But I realize the thread is about over-the-top Bloody Marys, so my contribution isn’t on point.
Well, neither was mine, but we’re all talking Bloody Marys, so I guess we’re okay.
I’m not into canning, but a friend is, so if you could share the recipe, I’d appreciate it. My friend usually gives me a nice jar of homemade dill pickles, and sometimes pickled beets, at Christmas. That is, if her husband doesn’t get to them first. Anyway, I’m sure she’d appreciate trying something new, and if at Christmas, I get dilled beans for my Bloody Marys, so much the better.
When you have a moment to share it, of course. Thanks in advance!
I’ll dig up my recipe and send you a PM. 
Great, thanks!
I feel compelled to nitpick you on the assertion that the Bloody Caesar was invented in Canada. Surely it was invented 2066 years ago, in Rome.
(Apropos of nothing in particular, is it served with 23 toothpicks in it?)
It ain’t over the top unless you use real blood.
I appreciate the Caesar advice from a fellow Canuck, especially one who does not himself appreciate the glory of Caesars, due no doubt to some genetic defect. I’ll look for Matt and Steve’s rimmer but I don’t recall ever seeing it. I believe you reside in the noble province where the Caesar was invented, so there may be more Caesar-related offerings there than here in the uncultured east.
What we do have here, however – and which I buy occasionally – is “Walter” brand Caesar mix, named after Walter Chell, who should be elevated to sainthood for his inspired invention of the Caesar in celebration of the opening of a new Italian restaurant at the Calgary Inn in 1969. It’s lovely stuff but I don’t think it’s sufficiently different from any regular Caesar mix to justify the price. That’s the problem with small companies that get their start on Dragon’s Den (Americans may know this show as “Shark Tank” – same deal). The problem being that in pursuit of funding, the company owners brag about how little it costs to make and how big their profit margins would be!
Whoa! That’s way too busy and too big for me. I don’t even like them in simple form because I don’t like tomato juice itself as a drink.
Clamato is wonderful stuff, especially the picante version. I often get cravings for it. Hell, I just bought a quart of it last week and drank the whole thing in one sitting! It’s especially good on hot days when you’re sweaty and running a bit of a sodium deficit. I also like whatever Bloody Mary mix they serve on planes. Whatever it is about flying, I always crave tomato juice or, now that I know it’s an option, Bloody Mary mix.
Bloody Marys are a funny drink with their garnishes, or “garnishes” and pubs playing a one-upmanship game with each other in who could get the most creative/ridiculous with them. The other thing I find funny about them is that they are one of the few socially acceptable morning drinks (at least on weekends), along with the mimosa. If you’re doing shots at 10 a.m. on a Saturday or gin and tonics, people may look askance at you. But a Bloody Mary? No prob!
A few of these could tide me over till dinner.
Ok, not an over-the-top Bloody Mary, but it gives me an opportunity to tell this story:
On the morning we got married, Pepper Mill and I were driven to the site in separate vehicles. We’d already gone to have our wedding photos taken, because we wanted them taken on the carousel before the crowds arrived (we had our photos taken on an antique carousel). So we were already dressed for the Big Affair. My driver took me directly to the venue.
Unbeknownst to me, for a couple of years, my bride-to-be was taken on a detour to a local dive (that was open early on a Saturday morning) and ordered a Bloody Mary to fortify her for the shock and rigors of being married to me. Her drink of choice, ordered without thinking about it, was a Bloody Mary.
If she’d thought about it she would’ve realized that this was not the best choice, under the circumstances. Tomato juice stains, especially on a white gown. And it’s not as if she could run home and put on her spare Wedding Gown.
Fortunately, the bartender was swift of thought, and provided her with …a straw.
I see lots of things sticking out of those supposed Bloody Marys in the photos upthread, but the one thing I don’t see is a straw. It’s the only time I’ve heard of one, in fact.
She didn’t get anything on her gown, and got to the place in time not to arouse my suspicions. There were plenty of other things to go wrong that day, including the non-stop rain sand the lost wedding script.