at the bar 2023

Favourite bar with jukebox shut down, do i still go out tonight? would have to dodge and slip around all the manchester footy nobs, but off work for a week so feel i am obliged to have some fun.

Good time to scope out alternate spots imho

I'm posting up at this joint with my favorite bartender on earth; he lets me nurse a gin and tonic for an hour. I'm killing time before watching Passages around the corner.

How much did you pay for it?

$14. Hendrick's.

At the dive bar I hit on Thursday's it's $7 or *

She left the bar and walked up and down the street a couple of times, then came back in. Had a drink, left again, went to the curb to spit in the street. Had a cigarette, laughed to herself, came back in.

which Dubliners story are you quoting?

This afternoon's office is a friendly dive in the Little Five Points area of Atlanta. Dark wood, relatively cheap beer, crowd of regulars watching the Braves game. I'm doing a few hours work while my wife has a business meeting. They have two boozy slushies, the machines labeled in magic marker on masking tape. I assume they rotate them. Today it's Pink Lemonade and Peach Margarita, but I just went with a beer from a local brewery.

Order me the peach marg I’ll be there in ten

lwe had a tequila tasting at the bar this afternoon and then a booty bounce party begins in half an hour. gonna be lots of drunk young folks getting down in west philly tonight

we ran out of tequila by 1030 , and made tons of money. fun night too

tfw it’s happy hour and the bartender charges you $2 more than the price on the menu

tabes how many bottles of tequila do you estimate got put down

went to a little small town bar yesterday in Niles California... looked promising, it was called Joe's Corner

3 pint of beer was $27.75!! talk about UNhappy hour

unsustainable
Next time go for bottles and enjoy a 30% discount on your bill

The “.75” in your total leads me to think you paid with a credit card. At small bars, cash is king

You'd think so.. but this place had a sign saying they preferred credit cards, and if you pay by cash, NO COINS ALLOWED

they had the little rotating iPad things, my heart sinks when I see those

Here in WI if you pay with a card, a 3-ish% surcharge is often added. That is, if they accept cards at all.

tabes how many bottles of tequila do you estimate got put down

this party only lasted for five hours, mind you

Word

“Where have I been all your life?”

At one of my regulars, I get the feeling the staff see me as a narc of sorts, like I’m checking what everyone is doing on behalf of the owner or whatever. The place has an excessive amount of employees who all buzz around trying to keep busy

That’s part of the job, I would not take it personally

Thanks. Yeah I don’t. It’s just a contrast to most other places which are more laissez faire

Just got a $1 lifetime membership at the local bowls club at the end of my street (1 minute). Never been a bar person, but the basically half price (compared to your fancy bars) schooners are tempting me to hang out with the geriatrics….. Could be fun?

What is a “bowls club”

Four big lawn bowls squares branching out with a bar in the middle of it all. Entertainment includes: old rockers playing credence covers, pokie machines, meat raffle giveaways, trivia, cheap lunch meals, very cheep beers. It’s an Aussie institution.

Colloquially known as the “bowlo”, a bit of a dying tradition in Australia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaEU-tA5XIo

wow TIL

What is a “bowl square”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowls

So confused

That place sounds amazing.

would drink and bowl w/ H.P

It’s very classic. I did not grow up with them at all, yet walking into one for the first time last year it felt like a warm hug? It’s a simple ol’ institution. My wife and I are going to do some barefoot bowls next Friday night with some friends, really looking forward to it

Let me know when you’re in QLD sleeve <3

Someone come to bingo with me next Wednesday at 9:30am. $100 jackpot and $500 on calls (whatever that means!)

not sure what the AUS equivalent is but I think that is a "windfall" in UK parlance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_(British_version)#Windfalls

“Do some barefoot bowls”
I guess I don’t get the connection to the bar

you've never been on a golf course with a bar?

https://i.imgur.com/Tgo0LPq.jpeg

Ugh wtf I suck at posting images

https://imgur.com/a/Tgo0LPq.jpg

Greetings from the bowlo

huh, I’ve played bocce but not lawn bowling, bowls, whatever

I will never play golf. I draw the line at mini golf

This Belgian feather bowling place in Detroit is great fun... http://www.cadieuxcafe.com/featherbowling/

Okay sorry, I’ve finally figured out how to do images after a decade of messing it up. Three cheers for me.

https://i.postimg.cc/5Hddj3fg/IMG-3921.jpg

Bocce to bowls is like softball to baseball. Mostly the same, with one being a bit more difficult and holding a bit more prestige

this is anti-italian sentiment

Tell me I’m wrong

i’ve mostly played bocce on an incredibly uneven grass field at a family gathering years ago. not a lack of challenge, there