Monthly Archives: April 2009
B.L.U.E.S. | Chicago, IL
I’ve got the quit-making-out-in-front-of-me-and-rubbing-each-others’-legs-and-standing-up-from-your-stools-and-bumping-into-me-you-gross-old-people-from-the-suburbs-that-have-had-too-much-to-drink-and-should-just-get-a-room-and-I-know-that’s-what-you’re-thinking-because-I-just-saw-you-pop-a-Viagra blues. Deh dah-dah dum dah-dum dah-dum … photo credit: swanksalot So I was feeling the blues, and Carlos Johnson spoke to my soul, though his actual blues source may have been different than mine. Great band. Good bar. Attentive waitresses. The crowd … The crowd was wild. Seemed to be mostly [...]
Pfister Lobby Bar | Milwaukee, WI
I think it’s because hotel bars can charge more, and because of the lack of crowds or the land-locked clientele, they have to or they can. But the service seems better, more attentive. The assumption, perhaps, is that you’ve already dropped $200 a night on a room, so the drink you just ordered had better [...]
Publican | West Loop, Chicago