The Angel Shot Project

The Angel Shot is a program designed to help women who feel unsafe in bars seek help by ordering an "angel shot" from their bartender. The Angel Shot went viral on TikTok a few months ago but is a part of a larger, nationwide program called Ask for Angela. Starting in 2016 in London, bars and other venues sought to keep people safe by using a codeword to identify when they were in danger or felt uncomfortable in a situation.

The spirit behind this project is that bars should not be "high risk" environments for women. Women should not feel uncomfortable, frightened, or threatened in any way while participating in normal social activities. The program's goal is to make women feel like they can ask for help if they start to feel unsafe in any way. When we make our establishments safer places, we allow women to thrive and enjoy themselves in our communities.

How does it work?

The Angel Shot has three levels of intervention and you order based on what you need. These options correlate to actions taken by bar staff or servers. Here's how you order:

An Angel Shot Neat: bar staff will escort you to your car/ride.

An Angel Shot on the Rocks: bar staff will call you a taxi, Uber, or Lyft.

An Angel Shot with Lime: bar staff will call the police.

The Solano Commission for Women and Girls is working with bars around the county to encourage bartenders to be trained on this, so that bars have a plan in place to keep women safe in each scenarios. However, if your bartender does not know what the Angel Shot is, ask if they can Google the recipe for you.