at the bar 2023

seat: first violin

^i love the idea of sitting "first violin" at a bar and i have thought of it every time i have been to a bar this month (twice)

Some bars are so starved for $ that they’ll serve any old asshole with their barking dog

Agh sorry to bring negative vibes

https://i.imgur.com/me0oPYU.jpg

there's a bar not far from where I live called He's Not Here.

https://images.app.goo.gl/ehWcZebrANGT65oC8

shit, maybe I'll try that again later.

Nah that’s ok

During my stint at a Manchester pub I legit had to tell the wife of one of the regulars “haven’t seen him” multiple times (while he was sitting at the bar of course). Felt like I was in an Andy Capp strip.

dude owes you $20

Got right and ripped last Saturday at one of my favorite bars, it changed hands (to one of the bartenders) during the early pandemic and it was my first time back. Basically the same place, but less crusty— same basic vibe tho.

Heat lamp hitting my bald spot so comfy

Fuck Monday

I mean, they’re playing the Sundays, so

Bartender at our local offered me a shot, I said bourbon* and he gave me Buffalo Trace <3

*All the other bar patrons asked for Jager bombs and peanut butter whiskey and shit like that 🤮

Sometimes I get the feeling that people who habitually order shots are less discerning than the average drinker

People who order shots are generally douchebags

otm
*grinds teeth to powder*

peanut butter whiskey?

https://www.winemadeeasy.com/media/catalog/product/cache/f8d2cb12a17084a7445beefcce31e97a/s/q/sqrrl_whiskey_nv_50.jpg

xp yes, specifically this shit https://www.skrewballwhiskey.com/

I have never tried it and have little interest in ever doing so… I mean, if the bartender is going to give me Buffalo Trace it's not even a question

The owner of my bar gets on extended stretches where his after service drink is a White Russian with the vodka replaced by Skrewball. He calls it a Nutty Russian and I let him have his fun without commentary.

The only time I order shots is with a beer, blue collar special.

I work at a bar/restaurant attached to a music venue and just got home from work. If this thread is deindexed (?) I’ll contribute.

My shiftie is almost always short beer + shot of Basil Hayden but tonight I had rosé lol

that's a solid shift drink choice

I have no idea if non-77 threads can be de-indexed but I bet WmC can help out there

I am obv in the minority (of the general populace, not ILX) b/c my shots, if I get them, are either amaros I haven't tried or expensive whiskey that I can't afford a bottle of

I work at a bar/restaurant attached to a music venue and just got home from work. If this thread is deindexed (?) I’ll contribute.

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, March 13, 2023 10:29 PM

deindexed

Ty WmC!

oh i've had a peanut butter whiskey, it was good

nooooooo

I still love u NV

i'm not making any claims for it beyond being pleasant :D

the proper way to shoot whiskey

a) shoot the whiskey
b) throw the empty glass at the nearest wall

please do not do this! ^^^
tbh i don't do shots -- i sip from a tiny glass.

yes, sip in bits

The only time I order shots is with a beer, blue collar special.

― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table),

I'll allow it

I had shots for the first time in three years on Friday for the last stop of our local village pub crawl. Russian Roulette - shot of vodka, topped with a lemon slice, topped with a little sugar, topped with a little 151 proof rum. Light it on fire and when the flames die down, you shoot the shot and suck on the lemon. I had two of them at the end of a few hours of drinking and it took me two days to recover. Might be six years until I have another.

i hate drinks with steps

I don't even like Corona with the lime.

deindexed

― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:07 AM

Ty WmC!

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:56 AM

oh i've had a peanut butter whiskey, it was good

― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:58 AM

The things you learn when a thread gets deindexed.

lol safe space

a whiskey and a beer is a delightful combination

Once a year, 2020 and most of 2021 excepted, a friend who still thinks we're 24 will order a round of Jägermeister shots.

well, at least it's not Malört

Jäger's not bad if you consider it some kind of apertif

Had two nights out at bars within the last week. Each time I met a friend at a bar, where we had one drink and then moved to another (less-crowded) bar for two more drinks. It was like pre-pandemic times.

Always say no to 151

isn't that discontinued now? or was that an urban legend I fell for

Getting smashed in the corner

“I ain’t the worst that you’ve seen…”

https://i.imgur.com/suqGnuf.jpg

The smallest table

Bartender drinking on the job
Not sure that’s the best idea

Not this early anyway

Starting a campaign of excessive tipping

Bartender refills glass of water w/out asking is solid, imho

Buying a cheaper drink and tipping the bartender more is real class solidarity imo

Greasy looking fellow having an interview for the bar back position, talks the ear off the bartender. “Just so you know, the chances of you becoming a bartender here are slim to none’l

barback has that just woke up at 4 am because it’s an emergency look

Getting change in scotch-taped 10s

I gave them back to pay for the next round

barflies:bartenders::hitters:pitchers

A pickleback and a guinness

barback is a replicant

tipping average over the last few weeks is above 50% drink price

This 1 seems to have no clue what a buy back is after 4 at 50% so I will have to decrease my tipping sorry

I don't get this tipping 50% business. So you've paid the price of six drinks, have been served four drinks, and are hoping for the bartender to graciously serve you a fifth drink?

Right

And your response to that is, I'll show that bartender, I'll pay for another drink and tip them a regular amount

Right

Yeah maybe just buy things that you want and intend to consume

The buyback white whale

“Cheers homie” not a phrase spoken to me much but it is most welcome : )

“Are you alright?” when entering also not often heard, this one a little less welcome

The WiFi went out so the bar is quiet. Wonderful

Adding songs I hear here to my at the bar playlist, which is played at the bar, circular reference warning

I can’t wait to start the 2034 thread

too soon

lol

#lifegoals

The drunk Nihonjin are here again, talking to and hitting on anything that is sentient

Classic or dud: bartenders who offer shots in lieu of buybacks

Depends on the shot I suppose:
something tasty that I've never had before or wouldn't have ordered myself = classic
My choice = oddly transactional but still cool
Something gross like jager= dud
***Bonus points*** if the bartender does a shot with you

When I bartended at a chain restaurant in the 90s, a cocktail waitress once told me a previous bartender there would make a special shot called the "fuck in the forest" for annoying drunks asking for free drinks at the end of the night - he would just dump the bar mats' contents into a shaker with ice and strain them into shot glasses.

Almost time for a new thread lads!

In the meantime I’ll have another porter, please