'Impeachmint' cocktails and $5 Russian vodka shots offered

Bar keepers coast to coast offered breakfast specials like "impeachmint" cocktails and $5 Russian vodka shots on Thursday as they tuned their wall-mounted TV sets for live broadcasts of former FBI chief James Comey's congressional testimony.

From Capitol Hill to San Francisco's Castro district, television "watch parties" beckoned political junkies away from the morning rush hour to taverns, restaurants and living rooms to view an event some likened to the "Super Bowl of Washington." Comey, fired by President Donald Trump last month while leading a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe into Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election, was slated to appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT).

The high-stakes political drama of the occasion has drawn the kind of communal public interest more often associated with major sporting events and

awards shows.

In Washington, Shaw's Tavern was one of several bars promising to open its doors a half hour before Comey begins speaking, with a $10 "FBI" breakfast special – French toast,

bacon and ice cream.The Axelrad Beer Garden in Houston was said online: "Join us for an early morning beer and engage in friendly debate". They served a drink called the

impeachmint.