Rounding up some casual observations book-ended by two recent Panther Sundays on the beverage circuit:
- Getting the worst of it out of the way early, a sullen writer seeking solace from the afternoon’s embarrassment at Soldier Field was satisfied with an overdue trip to Fox & Hound downtown for billiards and booze. $2.75 Coors Lights, although not my preference, sure helped rinse clean the filth in my mouth that accumulated from four quarters of no offense.
A pesto pizza and the aforementioned coldies did not help the pool game, but my playing partners were worse.
- One week ago, the year’s lone 4:00 kickoff “burdened” our tailgate with six extra hours of revelry, but I’m hard pressed to find a better post game than Angry Ale’s, which presented not only a fantastic late-night assembly of fans but a jukebox of fun to make your own dance floor, wherever.
It is important to note that they produce the best plate of nachos in the country. Chips, individually dressed with your requested ingredients, simply annihilate any competition in this field.
- Renovations are complete at Uptown Cabaret; it’s good to know that your hard-earned dollars once spent there moved the back bar to the front. Extra seating would appear to be the benefit, and in the interests of retaining the column’s PG-13 rating, dare we say, the scenery is still the same.
Downtown’s lone gentleman’s establishment offers free cover with ticket stub, so keep yours or rummage the top layers of area garbage cans for discards.
- I passed on Efren Ramirez’s visit to Crush last Wednesday night. Napoleon Dynamite’s “Pedro,” the affable Latino vying for class president, guest-DJ’d the evening to a reported low turnout.
One, the club circuit is well represented by the Observer’s Tonya Jameson, freeing up this former class treasurer for efforts better spent elsewhere.
Two, what did you think you would see? A low-rent actor out of costume, selling out to a college night crowd in
Hopefully he did some really sweet spins.
Sticking around for the Turkey Day weekend? Post your recommendations in a thread, or tell me you found better nachos somewhere.
2 comments:
J, I agree on noise (I mentioned that when I featured it some time ago). They need sound studio foam cushioning around there or something. It's like hearing it in a warehouse.
Angry Ale's is great for games but is the best for their pregames. Yes, it is loud. What do you expect on NFL Sunday? Put 100's of people in the same room watching football, I hope it is loud. You want peace and quiet, stay in your living room with your grandparents.
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