I'm currently working in Harrisburg PA. Which is the capital of Pennsylvania. It supposedly has a populating of 500k in the metro area. Oddly enough I never seen anyone around. I assume they are all Amish children. The restaurants are almost all shitty chains. However, near my hotel there is a brewery/pizza place named Al's of Hampden that is amazing. 100 beers on tap. 20 of which are made in house. Some classic styles, and a lot of way out there shit. It is cheap as fuck. I had three Devil Dancer IPAs, a draft of some Millbock beer that is smoked so well it would pair with the BBQ thread, a saison and a 15 inch 5 topping pizza all for under $40. The place is also odd in the fact that it is not a classic bar. There is one line to order pizza and another to get beer. There is no table service other than bussing shit. It is one of my favorite places on earth. Outside of the resume building and shit tons of extra cash I am making from being here I find it to be the only redeeming quality. The moral of the story is, I am drunk, full, and ready to face the day tomorrow. YAY
That sounds exactly like Pizza Port out of San Diego, hell I'm sure they took the inspiration from them. Pizza Port is a big deal in SD they have their own world class beers and have a few others on rotation. You go in and much like Frebis' place there's a line for beer and a line for pizza. Sitting is first come first serve on picnic benches. Awesome place, genius idea. Its kid friendly, so its not uncommon to have a bunch of kids running around, its a perfect place for parents to catch a buzz while the kids have fun. And its not a kid place, after dinner, it turns into a normal adult bar. Can't say enough good thigns about it.
It sounds like the same place. I'm sure the beer quality at Al's is sub par to Pizza Port, because I know that Pizza Port makes world class shit. Although Al's is rated a 97% on Beer Advocate, so that has to say something.
We have a place called Due South Brewery. No food. It's a bar inside a warehouse. They have a few tables, couple drinking games, two TVs on sports. For whatever reason, people drag their fucking kids here. Drives me nuts. I've seen babies, toddlers, 9 year olds running around like it is Chuck E Cheese. I know the place smells of stale beer and the floor is sticky just like your house, kid, but fuck off I'm trying to play Jenga. OH BUT THEY SERVE ROOT BEER. I hope a kid drowns in the port-o-potty outside. There is nothing family friendly about this place.
Nothing says family values while the kids run around with nothing to do while Mommy and Daddy get hammered. Does that place have "Bag O Glass" for the kids to entertain themselves?
"Whatever reason?" Florida. That's your reason. I had an unexpectedly great beer-drinking experience in Orlando of all places. At a chain bar, too but drinking up here is costly, and my childhood friend who lives there took me to the Miller sports bar that was near this incredible building that looked like the White House turned entirely upside-down. He wanted to go because it was Sunday in November, and we show up and everybody is in football jerseys, shouting at the dozens of giant televisions like abusive spouses. Let's just say I am unfamiliar with the U.S. football crowd. So, we start drinking pitchers of beer. Large ones, not those pathetic rip-off jugs bars pass off as "large". I think we had six or seven of them, we were just shitfaced, and the cheque came: 40 BUCKS. I haven't drank beer that cheap since 1997. I was astonished, I actually grabbed the server to make sure it was right. She told me it was and my accent sounds funny.
Wait, before your kid came along you didn't go to the bar to watch football on Sundays? What you experienced is not local to the Orlando region. It seems most bars have Sunday Ticket now so they can show all NFL games. If there is going to be a drink special it will be found on Sunday. Tons of people that spend their money drinking during the week chose family/chruch/sobriety on Sunday. You have to have specials to get them in the door. Sunday is my favorite day of the week to drink. Drinking is over by 7pm. Tons of food and booze specials. Football on the TV.
Pro tip: If your goal is to not have your lawsuit get thrown out of court as being frivolous, don't write a press release that screams "I'M DOING THIS FOR AMERICA!!!!" re: Donald Sterling confirms our suspicions Sincerely, American Alzheimer's Association
"Donald Sterling isn't the hero America wants, but he's the hero America needs."--Donald Sterling, to himself before he goes to sleep every night.
I can't wait until he gets to depose everyone involved in the NBA. For fucks sake, Stern threatened the players by saying "I know where the bodies are buried" during the lockout. There is going to be some very interesting stuff that comes to light.
This. I like Silver, but I cannot stand $tern. Every ounce of my being hates $tern. I wish him nothing but sadness and misfortune. As much as I wish Sterling would just sign off on the sale and go away, part of me really hopes he gets to depose (and ultimately, hopefully, bring down) those in power in the NBA. I'll stay tuned to this saga. I hope Sterling knows what he's doing with this, because if he does, he could make it VERY interesting. And if he doesn't, it'll just be a long, drawn out, boring process like all litigation is.
How long do you think it will take before the gold digging whorebucket that bugged Sterling and "totally and completely never slept with him" gets desperate and does nudes for Playboy?
Yeah, the Boondock Saints cat. At least you won't have to hear her speak. "Repellant" doesn't begin to describe her personality.
Silver is really refreshing. He's candid, forthcoming, and seems to be set on cleansing the league of some of the bullshit that went on under Stern's watch. Make no mistake, if Stern were still in charge, none of this shit would be happening.