Tiny Beers! Tiny beers!
posted September 16, 2010 7:11 AM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Wed October 6 at 6:00 PM, Billy Goat Tavern
430 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, USA (Map & Directions)
As I am not witty, and have decided to just POST THIS ALREADY. October Meetup. The Goat. You know what's what.
Do I really need to write more? You all know the score.
(I'm also a poet and I don't know it).
(Also, let me know if I forgot any tags).
(I'm also a poet and I don't know it).
(Also, let me know if I forgot any tags).
Cheeborger! no fries!
Cheeps! Pepsi pepsi pepsi!
I am so there, dude
posted by baxter_ilion at 9:42 AM on September 16, 2010
Cheeps! Pepsi pepsi pepsi!
I am so there, dude
posted by baxter_ilion at 9:42 AM on September 16, 2010
I guess I should post
the Boiler Room meetup now
This haiku is lame
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:54 AM on September 17, 2010
the Boiler Room meetup now
This haiku is lame
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:54 AM on September 17, 2010
after taxes
fees and extras, my nice
hakiu is shot.
posted by eriko at 6:28 AM on September 17, 2010
fees and extras, my nice
hakiu is shot.
posted by eriko at 6:28 AM on September 17, 2010
Seven tiny beers,
A steak and egg, maybe two;
Karaoke? Yes.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:51 AM on September 17, 2010
A steak and egg, maybe two;
Karaoke? Yes.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:51 AM on September 17, 2010
I really like this
Writing haiku is good fun
but I like beer more.
posted by bibliogrrl at 6:17 PM on September 17, 2010
Writing haiku is good fun
but I like beer more.
posted by bibliogrrl at 6:17 PM on September 17, 2010
after a summer
spent away from Chicago
bring the tiny beers
posted by LMGM at 12:00 AM on September 19, 2010
spent away from Chicago
bring the tiny beers
posted by LMGM at 12:00 AM on September 19, 2010
As fall harvests start
Maraschino cherries fall
in Shirley Temples
posted by eamondaly at 10:25 AM on September 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
Maraschino cherries fall
in Shirley Temples
posted by eamondaly at 10:25 AM on September 20, 2010 [1 favorite]
WHAN THAT AVRILE WITH HIS SHOORES SOOTHE
Whoops.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:31 AM on September 20, 2010
Whoops.
posted by SpiffyRob at 10:31 AM on September 20, 2010
First Wednesday each month
How 'bout a beer, offers Payne
"All Night Long" follows.
posted by evisceratordeath at 10:37 AM on September 20, 2010
How 'bout a beer, offers Payne
"All Night Long" follows.
posted by evisceratordeath at 10:37 AM on September 20, 2010
Light, dark, maybe both
Raise your hand, Payne will bring beer
As darkness descends
posted by readery at 11:47 AM on September 20, 2010
Raise your hand, Payne will bring beer
As darkness descends
posted by readery at 11:47 AM on September 20, 2010
I will be there first
Up to me to claim our space
No VIP room
posted by Windigo at 7:29 PM on September 20, 2010
Up to me to claim our space
No VIP room
posted by Windigo at 7:29 PM on September 20, 2010
alas and alack
dancing lessons continue
to be a conflict
posted by kitarra at 8:52 PM on September 20, 2010
dancing lessons continue
to be a conflict
posted by kitarra at 8:52 PM on September 20, 2010
You guys had better
be some super sweet dancers
to make it worthwhile.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:20 AM on September 21, 2010
be some super sweet dancers
to make it worthwhile.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:20 AM on September 21, 2010
Dare I deliver
the grand tortas of Xoco?
Pork belly and bacon.
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:27 AM on September 21, 2010
the grand tortas of Xoco?
Pork belly and bacon.
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:27 AM on September 21, 2010
Damn, that last line had
One too many syllables.
Jack Kerouc rules?*
*Jack Kerouc said
Japanese isn't English
Fuck counting, daddy-o
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:31 AM on September 21, 2010
One too many syllables.
Jack Kerouc rules?*
*Jack Kerouc said
Japanese isn't English
Fuck counting, daddy-o
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:31 AM on September 21, 2010
Juliet Bana-
na, I would like to partake
In your tacos, please.
(That sounded dirty
it was only meant as a
desire for tacos)
posted by bibliogrrl at 2:46 PM on September 21, 2010
na, I would like to partake
In your tacos, please.
(That sounded dirty
it was only meant as a
desire for tacos)
posted by bibliogrrl at 2:46 PM on September 21, 2010
Xoco posesses
A lazerlike focus on
tortas-no tacos
However, some night
Finch and I crave Violet Hour-
Join us for Big Star?
posted by Juliet Banana at 3:16 PM on September 21, 2010
A lazerlike focus on
tortas-no tacos
However, some night
Finch and I crave Violet Hour-
Join us for Big Star?
posted by Juliet Banana at 3:16 PM on September 21, 2010
I would love that ve-
ry muchly. Dress up and go
out? YES PLEASE. MMM booze.
posted by bibliogrrl at 5:48 PM on September 21, 2010
ry muchly. Dress up and go
out? YES PLEASE. MMM booze.
posted by bibliogrrl at 5:48 PM on September 21, 2010
This is starting to
Remind me of Girl Scout camp
When we made haikus.
I don't know why we
Were even making haikus
In the first place, but...
My troop's skills kicked ass.
There was this one girl, though, Kate,
Who made me laugh. Hers:
Hershey's Syrup, yum.
Hershey's Syrup, yum yum yum.
Yum! Hershey's Syrup!
(Actually, her
Name was Whitney, but I used
Artistic License.)
posted by phunniemee at 6:04 PM on September 21, 2010
Remind me of Girl Scout camp
When we made haikus.
I don't know why we
Were even making haikus
In the first place, but...
My troop's skills kicked ass.
There was this one girl, though, Kate,
Who made me laugh. Hers:
Hershey's Syrup, yum.
Hershey's Syrup, yum yum yum.
Yum! Hershey's Syrup!
(Actually, her
Name was Whitney, but I used
Artistic License.)
posted by phunniemee at 6:04 PM on September 21, 2010
I'm bad at fancy
dressing; cocktail gowns replaced
by striped socks and sneaks
Thaankfully, Finch is
resplendent enough for like
ten motherfuckers
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:14 PM on September 21, 2010
dressing; cocktail gowns replaced
by striped socks and sneaks
Thaankfully, Finch is
resplendent enough for like
ten motherfuckers
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:14 PM on September 21, 2010
We gaze upwards, the
doppelgänger portrait hangs
Eamon of the past
posted by Windigo at 6:15 PM on September 21, 2010
doppelgänger portrait hangs
Eamon of the past
posted by Windigo at 6:15 PM on September 21, 2010
I am resplendent!
An assful of class, darlings.
Don't you forget it.
posted by Windigo at 6:16 PM on September 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
An assful of class, darlings.
Don't you forget it.
posted by Windigo at 6:16 PM on September 21, 2010 [1 favorite]
There once was a lady named Finch
whose ass we'd all like to pinch
She liked the Amaretto Sour
At The Violet Hour
Return visits are totally a cinch
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:28 PM on September 21, 2010
whose ass we'd all like to pinch
She liked the Amaretto Sour
At The Violet Hour
Return visits are totally a cinch
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:28 PM on September 21, 2010
Mark your calendar
cheap pizza, beer, and whiskey
YAY PIZZA MEETUP
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:47 AM on September 22, 2010
cheap pizza, beer, and whiskey
YAY PIZZA MEETUP
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:47 AM on September 22, 2010
Okay. I'm not about to open a MeTa about it, but we've got a meetup in three days, and nobody has posted in this, the corresponding meetup thread, for a week and a half.
We're a group that's probably something of an edge case: Guaranteed meetup with a fixed time and place every month, seemingly-certain auxiliary meetup every month, many of us hang outside of MeTa anyway. So, communication has other means. Plus we've got the waning days of the thread that ate the pizza that ate Chicago. Tul Der: We're freaks.
Still, does anyone else feel like meetup chatter, now that it lives outside of MeTa, is down like a clown? And not in the cool kid down means good way?
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:01 PM on October 3, 2010
We're a group that's probably something of an edge case: Guaranteed meetup with a fixed time and place every month, seemingly-certain auxiliary meetup every month, many of us hang outside of MeTa anyway. So, communication has other means. Plus we've got the waning days of the thread that ate the pizza that ate Chicago. Tul Der: We're freaks.
Still, does anyone else feel like meetup chatter, now that it lives outside of MeTa, is down like a clown? And not in the cool kid down means good way?
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:01 PM on October 3, 2010
...says the dude who has clearly not been pulling his weight here. Only one post? And it's frickin Chaucer? Not. Impressed.
posted by phunniemee at 3:29 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by phunniemee at 3:29 PM on October 3, 2010
Well shoot, that's kind of the point, nay? That even the best and brightest (yo) are shackled by the bounds that are IRL versus the verdant pasture that is MeTa?
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:39 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by SpiffyRob at 3:39 PM on October 3, 2010
Yeah, I miss Meta.
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:13 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:13 PM on October 3, 2010
Hey, it's there any time you want to visit. Just because you haven't bothered to call in forever. YOU'RE KILLING YOUR MOD.
posted by adamdschneider at 4:25 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 4:25 PM on October 3, 2010
I wonder how kosher it would be to open a new MeTa thread just for Chicago people to talk to each other when The Thread of Threads gets closed?
Also, I wonder how much the decreased talking in IRL is due to everyone still posting to TToT?
posted by phunniemee at 4:42 PM on October 3, 2010
Also, I wonder how much the decreased talking in IRL is due to everyone still posting to TToT?
posted by phunniemee at 4:42 PM on October 3, 2010
Thread of Threads, and Board of Boards.
posted by adamdschneider at 4:46 PM on October 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by adamdschneider at 4:46 PM on October 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
I am pretty sure that they'd let us open another TTOT. I mean, it's not like it would go to waste. We used every shred of that thread, Native American bison style.
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:51 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:51 PM on October 3, 2010
My gut feeling is that a TToT for TToT's sake wouldn't be allowed to stand. "Take it to MeCha or IRL" would be the gist of it, even if it were delivered more gently.
Besides, a TToTfTToTS kind of looks like a couple of boulders did moderate damage to a pi symbol construction plant.
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:20 PM on October 3, 2010
Besides, a TToTfTToTS kind of looks like a couple of boulders did moderate damage to a pi symbol construction plant.
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:20 PM on October 3, 2010
And then maybe there's like a giant snake defending the eastern boundary. Hisssssss!
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:21 PM on October 3, 2010
posted by SpiffyRob at 5:21 PM on October 3, 2010
I can see it, but only because I've played too much Dwarf Fortress.
posted by adamdschneider at 5:35 PM on October 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by adamdschneider at 5:35 PM on October 3, 2010 [1 favorite]
Magically transport both of us to Skylark down in Pilsen RIGHT NOW and I will pony up the $3.50 to buy us more tater tots than two people can possibly finish.
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:34 AM on October 4, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:34 AM on October 4, 2010
Oh, shit, I mean
Skylark's tater tots
Cheap, greasy, hot, delicious
'nother round, barkeep
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:36 AM on October 4, 2010
Skylark's tater tots
Cheap, greasy, hot, delicious
'nother round, barkeep
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:36 AM on October 4, 2010
We could create a fake call-out from one mefichi to another mefichi. And then ta-da! A new thread to play around in.
posted by Windigo at 11:21 AM on October 4, 2010
posted by Windigo at 11:21 AM on October 4, 2010
I would like to announce that I am forgoing the usual pre-Goat trip to Xoco.
My compatriots (Windigo and Betty Botter) and I will be going to The Drawing Room after The Goat to partake on complex cocktails and pork belly wrapped in bacon. Somehow I think starting the evening out with a pork belly bacon torta is not such a hot idea.
Whoever wishes to accompany us to The Drawing Room is welcome to. It should be pointed out that it is a rather dimly lit lounge-speakeasy atmosphere rather than the flourecently lit greasy cafeteria ambiance of The Goat and that the drinks uniformly cost a staggering $12.
Lord, there're some good cocktails though. (drifts off in dreamy remembrance of draughts and drams past)
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:59 AM on October 4, 2010
My compatriots (Windigo and Betty Botter) and I will be going to The Drawing Room after The Goat to partake on complex cocktails and pork belly wrapped in bacon. Somehow I think starting the evening out with a pork belly bacon torta is not such a hot idea.
Whoever wishes to accompany us to The Drawing Room is welcome to. It should be pointed out that it is a rather dimly lit lounge-speakeasy atmosphere rather than the flourecently lit greasy cafeteria ambiance of The Goat and that the drinks uniformly cost a staggering $12.
Lord, there're some good cocktails though. (drifts off in dreamy remembrance of draughts and drams past)
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:59 AM on October 4, 2010
$12? One of my favorite drinks costs $12, it's called "a fifth of Evan Williams."
posted by jtron at 1:18 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by jtron at 1:18 PM on October 4, 2010
and I say that as someone who makes his own ginger syrup
posted by jtron at 1:19 PM on October 4, 2010
posted by jtron at 1:19 PM on October 4, 2010
Whistler is $8 a drink, Curio is $11, Violet Hour is $12, Drawing Room is $12. Tasty motherfucking cocktails are expensive.
Of course, you can always pull a Windigo and get Cole of Cole's to mix you a $3 amaretto sour, but I don't recommend it.
posted by Juliet Banana at 3:34 PM on October 4, 2010
Of course, you can always pull a Windigo and get Cole of Cole's to mix you a $3 amaretto sour, but I don't recommend it.
posted by Juliet Banana at 3:34 PM on October 4, 2010
...Cole was so happy. No one has asked him to make a mixed drink since 1974. It's just been beersbeersbeers. I brought a little joy into his humdrum, tedious existence.
posted by Windigo at 4:31 AM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Windigo at 4:31 AM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
...was Cole alive in 1974? I know you're supposed to be a grizzled old curmudgeon to have a dingy bar named after you but dude is like, 30, max.
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:33 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:33 AM on October 5, 2010
I think you're missing out on the opportunity to have your evening sandwiched by pork belly, personally.
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:10 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by SpiffyRob at 6:10 AM on October 5, 2010
I am pretty determined to try the pork belly at every restaurant ever. So far:
Xoco (I have had like three of the Wednesday specials)
Drawing Room (bacon squared)
Longman&Eagle
The Publican (I think? We ate so much goddamn meat that night)
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:21 AM on October 5, 2010
Xoco (I have had like three of the Wednesday specials)
Drawing Room (bacon squared)
Longman&Eagle
The Publican (I think? We ate so much goddamn meat that night)
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:21 AM on October 5, 2010
I think the first pork belley I ever had (Hopleaf) is still the best. Could just be nostalgia.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:26 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 7:26 AM on October 5, 2010
(Why do I always want to spell belly with two Es?)
posted by adamdschneider at 7:27 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 7:27 AM on October 5, 2010
Holy fuck, Hopleaf has pork belly? I'm always too busy cramming my face with pomme frites and unpronounceable saisons to even look at a menu.
Dragging people to Hopleaf to eat pork belly and drink fancy beers with me is officially on the agenda.
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:46 AM on October 5, 2010
Dragging people to Hopleaf to eat pork belly and drink fancy beers with me is officially on the agenda.
posted by Juliet Banana at 7:46 AM on October 5, 2010
Check first to make sure they still have it! This was a couple years ago; it may have been a special thing, etc.
posted by adamdschneider at 8:34 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 8:34 AM on October 5, 2010
...was Cole alive in 1974?
The first and last time he was asked to make a cocktail - until I came along, that is - was at the age of 2. His life has been downhill since, for how does it make a man feel to know his pinnacle was reached while still pooping himself? I brought the man joy with my request.
Why do you hate joy, Juliet Banana? Why do you hate Cole?
Why?
posted by Windigo at 8:54 AM on October 5, 2010
The first and last time he was asked to make a cocktail - until I came along, that is - was at the age of 2. His life has been downhill since, for how does it make a man feel to know his pinnacle was reached while still pooping himself? I brought the man joy with my request.
Why do you hate joy, Juliet Banana? Why do you hate Cole?
Why?
posted by Windigo at 8:54 AM on October 5, 2010
ALSO Juliet B, you forgot the following belly o' piggy:
Big Star
Gaztro Wagon
Yes?
posted by Windigo at 8:55 AM on October 5, 2010
Big Star
Gaztro Wagon
Yes?
posted by Windigo at 8:55 AM on October 5, 2010
How could I forget Big Star? Gaztro Wagon, I can see, it's pretty new, but I'm actually considering getting Big Star's logo as a tramp stamp, so deep is my love.
I know we were just there not even a week ago, but, uh........we should go to Big Star soon.
posted by Juliet Banana at 9:59 AM on October 5, 2010
I know we were just there not even a week ago, but, uh........we should go to Big Star soon.
posted by Juliet Banana at 9:59 AM on October 5, 2010
Gaztro Wagon is fabulous. Big Star, by contrast, is just ok.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:07 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 10:07 AM on October 5, 2010
We should so totally go to Big Star soon. Like, really soon.
posted by Windigo at 10:09 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by Windigo at 10:09 AM on October 5, 2010
We can't all love the same things. I didn't dislike it, I just don't understand the X-treem Luv. It was fine. Tasty, etc. Just not overwhelmingly so.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:15 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 10:15 AM on October 5, 2010
I mean, from the way you guys talk, I expected an orgasm in my mouth. :-)
posted by adamdschneider at 10:16 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 10:16 AM on October 5, 2010
Adam, this is why we don't invite you to our occasionally-thrice-weekly Big Star outings. Just OK? Just? OK?!!?!?!?
What about the sour-sweet bite of the chopped pineapple contrasting with the spit-roasted crunch of the al pastor?
What about the house made tortillas, soft and pliable, cradling unctuous fillings of the highest culinary caliber?
What about the strong mean pours of top shelf liquor they slug into every cocktail, allowing me to get hella tipsy off one $7 cocktail?
What about the fact that for $20 you can get totally shitfaced with your full belly straining against the waistband of your jeans?
What about the pickled red onions on the Tostada de Pescado? They pickled those fucking onions for days just for you, and you dare to call it "ok"?
What about all the people watching? Drunks, keeblers, families, kids stumbling out of Double Door shows deafened, and Hungry Hungry Hipsters?
What about the luscious black mane of my favorite bartender, My Little Pony? What about the way he winks at every girl and possibly boy not in a shameless ploy for tips (well, maybe) but in genuine desire to share his sexiness with the world?
What about the rich dairy crema contrasting with the incredibly spicy greasiness of the Tostada de Chorizo con Papas?
What about the singularity of their vision in only serving bourbon, mezcal, and tequila, and only serving the best bourbons, mezcals, and tequilas?
What about the fact a Violet Hour veteran oversaw the cocktail program?
What about the fact that they convince hundreds of keeblers to trade PBR for Tecate or Lone Star, if only for a day?
What about the blood and sweat and tears and talent and pride that goes into every taco, Adam? What about that?
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:25 AM on October 5, 2010
What about the sour-sweet bite of the chopped pineapple contrasting with the spit-roasted crunch of the al pastor?
What about the house made tortillas, soft and pliable, cradling unctuous fillings of the highest culinary caliber?
What about the strong mean pours of top shelf liquor they slug into every cocktail, allowing me to get hella tipsy off one $7 cocktail?
What about the fact that for $20 you can get totally shitfaced with your full belly straining against the waistband of your jeans?
What about the pickled red onions on the Tostada de Pescado? They pickled those fucking onions for days just for you, and you dare to call it "ok"?
What about all the people watching? Drunks, keeblers, families, kids stumbling out of Double Door shows deafened, and Hungry Hungry Hipsters?
What about the luscious black mane of my favorite bartender, My Little Pony? What about the way he winks at every girl and possibly boy not in a shameless ploy for tips (well, maybe) but in genuine desire to share his sexiness with the world?
What about the rich dairy crema contrasting with the incredibly spicy greasiness of the Tostada de Chorizo con Papas?
What about the singularity of their vision in only serving bourbon, mezcal, and tequila, and only serving the best bourbons, mezcals, and tequilas?
What about the fact a Violet Hour veteran oversaw the cocktail program?
What about the fact that they convince hundreds of keeblers to trade PBR for Tecate or Lone Star, if only for a day?
What about the blood and sweat and tears and talent and pride that goes into every taco, Adam? What about that?
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:25 AM on October 5, 2010
It's pretty ok.
On the other hand, I'm impressed that you divined my opinion ahead of my actually voicing it so that you could avoid inviting me.
;-)
posted by adamdschneider at 10:33 AM on October 5, 2010
On the other hand, I'm impressed that you divined my opinion ahead of my actually voicing it so that you could avoid inviting me.
;-)
posted by adamdschneider at 10:33 AM on October 5, 2010
One Big Star addict can recognize another. Because we can't shut the fuck up about Big Star and how everyone should love it like we do.
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:42 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:42 AM on October 5, 2010
I liked it and enjoyed going with you ladies, though.
But Lone Star totally blows.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:43 AM on October 5, 2010
But Lone Star totally blows.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:43 AM on October 5, 2010
AND HOW DO THEY MAKE THEIR TORTILLA CHIPS SO TASTY AND PERFECT AND IS THAT LIME I TASTE?
posted by Windigo at 10:54 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by Windigo at 10:54 AM on October 5, 2010
Shit.
Now I want some mothereffin' Big Star in my belly.
posted by Windigo at 10:55 AM on October 5, 2010
Now I want some mothereffin' Big Star in my belly.
posted by Windigo at 10:55 AM on October 5, 2010
Yeah, Finch, you better not be teasing me on Twitter about going to Big Star this weekend, because it's been 6 days since we were last there and my hands are already starting to tremble in taco withdrawal.
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:10 AM on October 5, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:10 AM on October 5, 2010
A $12 cocktail better come garnished with a slab of ribs, 'cause that's ridiculous. Fuck that noise.
posted by eamondaly at 1:07 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by eamondaly at 1:07 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
A $12 cocktail is great for a person who can nurse a single beer for a couple of hours and is pretty buzzed after two beers.
posted by Windigo at 1:35 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Windigo at 1:35 PM on October 5, 2010
A $12 cocktail averages out quite will with lots and lots of $1 and $2 PBRs to a reasonable alcoholic's drinking budget.
posted by Juliet Banana at 1:44 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 1:44 PM on October 5, 2010
I refuse to believe a $12 cocktail is 200% tastier than a $6 cocktail.
posted by eamondaly at 2:09 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by eamondaly at 2:09 PM on October 5, 2010
I have seen venues charge $6 for a plastic cup filled with chipped ice, well gin, tonic sprayed from a gun, and one sad wedge of lime.
A perfectly prepared cocktail made with top shelf liquor and hard-to-source liqueurs and homemade syrups/bitters and ice prepared specifically for that type of drink and love is absolutely at least 200% tastier.
posted by Juliet Banana at 2:40 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
A perfectly prepared cocktail made with top shelf liquor and hard-to-source liqueurs and homemade syrups/bitters and ice prepared specifically for that type of drink and love is absolutely at least 200% tastier.
posted by Juliet Banana at 2:40 PM on October 5, 2010 [1 favorite]
Eamon, it's about the experience. Live a little, buddy.
posted by adamdschneider at 2:53 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 2:53 PM on October 5, 2010
The menu's intriguing; I can definitely see myself paying twelve and tip for many of those drinks. I think I'll give the Bukowski a miss, though.
posted by Iridic at 2:54 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Iridic at 2:54 PM on October 5, 2010
Hey, I've had a $50 glass of Scotch, so I know a thing or two about special drinks. But cocktails are just blends-- and as delicious as they may be, they're neither rare nor precious. You're paying double for ambiance, and that just seems like a waste of money to me. Spend the money on a dessert instead!
posted by eamondaly at 3:42 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by eamondaly at 3:42 PM on October 5, 2010
Eamon, please, please, please show me the dank, ambience-free neighborhood bar that can make me an exquisite Last Word or Gin Gin Mule, or make Finch her beloved egg-white-foam Amaretto Sours without giving her salmonella, for $6. I am not being sarcastic. I will seriously become a regular.
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:06 PM on October 5, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 4:06 PM on October 5, 2010
This challenge is kind of win-win for me. Either he can't find a place and I win the "a $6 cocktail is not the same as a $12 cocktail" argument, or he finds one and I have a new favorite bar.
posted by Juliet Banana at 5:16 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 5:16 AM on October 6, 2010
Oooh, The Drawing Room has a new fall food menu.
Duck Pecan Pie
Confit duck leg, Acorn squash, Cippolini onion, savory thyme apple butter, Cabrales Blue, spiced pecans, brown butter puff pastry
Don't worry, I'm sure they're still serving Bacon Squared.
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:37 AM on October 6, 2010
Duck Pecan Pie
Confit duck leg, Acorn squash, Cippolini onion, savory thyme apple butter, Cabrales Blue, spiced pecans, brown butter puff pastry
Don't worry, I'm sure they're still serving Bacon Squared.
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:37 AM on October 6, 2010
Don't lie, Rob. You're skipping it to play Minecraft.
posted by adamdschneider at 7:26 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 7:26 AM on October 6, 2010
It is entirely possible that I'll get some Minecraft in between bouts of the vomits, yes.
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:32 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by SpiffyRob at 8:32 AM on October 6, 2010
Not responded yet
I'm bringing back the haiku
at the Goat tonight!
Coming down the stairs
can hear Eamon's booming voice
Two Horny Goats please.
posted by cittehkitteh at 8:44 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
I'm bringing back the haiku
at the Goat tonight!
Coming down the stairs
can hear Eamon's booming voice
Two Horny Goats please.
posted by cittehkitteh at 8:44 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Coming down the stairs
can't hear Eamon's booming voice
bitter Horny Goat.
posted by cittehkitteh at 8:47 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
can't hear Eamon's booming voice
bitter Horny Goat.
posted by cittehkitteh at 8:47 AM on October 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
I like my goats like I like my women...?
posted by adamdschneider at 9:29 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 9:29 AM on October 6, 2010
...hairy and the source of grief for multitudes of Cubs fans?
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 10:07 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 10:07 AM on October 6, 2010
...or below street level and full of tiny beers?
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 10:08 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by BevosAngryGhost at 10:08 AM on October 6, 2010
I was thinking bitter and horny, but both of those work well, too.
posted by adamdschneider at 10:26 AM on October 6, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 10:26 AM on October 6, 2010
I am out due to broken-down-ness. I am going through one of those times where everything I own is either in need of repair or replacement which is both time consuming and expensive.
Do we own things, or do they own us?
So bitter and horny, but not below street level full of tiny beers.
posted by readery at 12:44 PM on October 6, 2010
Do we own things, or do they own us?
So bitter and horny, but not below street level full of tiny beers.
posted by readery at 12:44 PM on October 6, 2010
Looks like I'll be showing up closer to 7-7:30, but with bf in tow. If that group of (what were they-realtors?) is back and taking our spot again, send out a nautical flare. Or yellow skull.
posted by phunniemee at 2:23 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by phunniemee at 2:23 PM on October 6, 2010
If I show up to this on my way home from work, how will I know which people are From The Internet?
posted by booknerd at 2:43 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by booknerd at 2:43 PM on October 6, 2010
Tonight, too much work
Will arrive at six o'clock
Bring me tiny beers
posted by misskaz at 2:46 PM on October 6, 2010
Will arrive at six o'clock
Bring me tiny beers
posted by misskaz at 2:46 PM on October 6, 2010
I get there pretty early, booknerd. Usually we grab one of the tables to your left as you enter. I feel like we're pretty obviously the table of weirdos. If all else fails look for a dude with a beard and a brown t-shirt on (that will be me.)
posted by evisceratordeath at 2:48 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by evisceratordeath at 2:48 PM on October 6, 2010
Beard, brown t-shirt. Got it. I'm going to head out of here on the Hyde Park express in 20 minutes or so (woo!), so I should be there unfashionably early. Little girl, lost-looking, glasses and short hair. Poke me or something, then point me towards the bar.
posted by booknerd at 2:54 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by booknerd at 2:54 PM on October 6, 2010
I showed up at about 8:15, and nobody was left at the Goat. Diss-appoint.
posted by me3dia at 7:02 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by me3dia at 7:02 PM on October 6, 2010
Sorry I called you
internet nerds and then left.
But various things
awaited. Like trains,
and spouses, who care not for
internet strangers.
Another time then,
perhaps when I have resumed
my former account.
posted by thusspakeparanoia at 7:02 PM on October 6, 2010
internet nerds and then left.
But various things
awaited. Like trains,
and spouses, who care not for
internet strangers.
Another time then,
perhaps when I have resumed
my former account.
posted by thusspakeparanoia at 7:02 PM on October 6, 2010
Well, maybe I'm being rash. The only group larger than two that I recognized was a bunch of guys from the Tribune's app team. Did you head somewhere else? Or did only booknerd and evesceratordeath (neither of whom I know) show up?
posted by me3dia at 7:04 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by me3dia at 7:04 PM on October 6, 2010
It was a really early night tonight. You just missed us. I was only there for a little myself. Sorry :(
posted by halonine at 8:52 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by halonine at 8:52 PM on October 6, 2010
A large contingent split off a bit before eight for fancy overpriced-according-to-Eamon cocktails. I cannot speak for the rest.
posted by Juliet Banana at 8:55 PM on October 6, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 8:55 PM on October 6, 2010
Dusers, those cocktails were SO worth 12 bucks.
They even give you little free amuse-bouche cocktails!
posted by Windigo at 5:04 AM on October 7, 2010
They even give you little free amuse-bouche cocktails!
posted by Windigo at 5:04 AM on October 7, 2010
I'm in love with the idea of free cocktails-before-my-cocktails.
posted by booknerd at 6:17 AM on October 7, 2010
posted by booknerd at 6:17 AM on October 7, 2010
I think maybe they're nicer to dates than groups because when I was there with a dude they seriously gave us like three-four amuses and I basically would have been shitfaced off those alone.
...who wants to go on a pretend date with me? Finch, you have coupons.
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:20 AM on October 7, 2010
...who wants to go on a pretend date with me? Finch, you have coupons.
posted by Juliet Banana at 6:20 AM on October 7, 2010
I'm really sorry I didn't make it last night. Things are crazy but in hindsight, I really should have had a tiny beer night to wind down.
Did the Drawing Room Crew1 try the Duck Pecan Pie? Because I didn't see that until this morning...and wow, that in a place with fancy cocktails seems like a dream come true to me.
1- whitest name for a rap group ever
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:52 AM on October 7, 2010
Did the Drawing Room Crew1 try the Duck Pecan Pie? Because I didn't see that until this morning...and wow, that in a place with fancy cocktails seems like a dream come true to me.
1- whitest name for a rap group ever
posted by MCMikeNamara at 8:52 AM on October 7, 2010
Nope. There was oxtail melt and fried quail had. Both delicious.
posted by adamdschneider at 9:44 AM on October 7, 2010
posted by adamdschneider at 9:44 AM on October 7, 2010
It was $26, which is reasonable for what it is, but if I'm gonna drop that much dime I'm going to a restaurant I've never eaten at before. My "fancy places I can't really afford but am gonna try anyway" is a mile long.
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:11 AM on October 7, 2010
posted by Juliet Banana at 11:11 AM on October 7, 2010
Dusers? Dusers?
Duders. You are duders, not dusers.
posted by Windigo at 12:02 PM on October 7, 2010
Duders. You are duders, not dusers.
posted by Windigo at 12:02 PM on October 7, 2010
Just a reminder
Next meetup's at Boiler Room
Hope to see you there
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:10 AM on October 8, 2010
Next meetup's at Boiler Room
Hope to see you there
posted by Juliet Banana at 10:10 AM on October 8, 2010
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The most appropriate form
Of R.S.V.P.
posted by phunniemee at 9:15 AM on September 16, 2010