Showing posts with label bars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bars. Show all posts
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Respect Yourself.

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I'm just the beer guy, and so I can't speak for everyone at Pints&union, but it's a great feeling to know you're work...
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Friday, August 28, 2020

Open Arms: Indiana enthusiastically welcomes COVID-cuted Kentucky diners, drinkers.

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"Duh" just doesn't do it justice. Not only that, but every now and then, 125% is the new 75%. Some Louisville bars repor...
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Friday, August 07, 2020

Eine kleine Nachtmusik.

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It's complicated. If the solution is outdoors, there'll be understandable NIMBY in response, at least in some cases. As usual, Be...
Thursday, August 06, 2020

Birds of Prey.

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True; the whole class is losing recess because of the actions of a few. At the same time, local governments have refused to enforce th...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: What is a "bar" and what is not; who can open now, and who must wait?

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The Frozen Weenie Chronicles of 2014. Last week my friend Jeff at Riverside Cigars/Match Cigar Bar in Jeffersonville posted a conundru...
Tuesday, April 21, 2020

My homes away from home are gone, so the SOCIALIST is having BEERS WITH himself.

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And with his wife, of course. Let's take a look at the calendar. Oktoberfest? Nope. The Fiesta of San Fermin in Pamplona? Cancele...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Sam is stepping away from Sam's, but the institution abides with new ownership.

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Photo from Payne-Koehler Road in 1980, with the Fourth Dam Tavern (future Sam's) on the left. Sam Anderson is stepping away from t...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

It won't be pretty: "You know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself."

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George Thorogood was right on the money, and we're all going to be given the chance to prove it very soon. As of Sunday evening, a ...
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Thursday, October 31, 2019

Amadeo Lázaro and 50 kilos of snails on Sunday: “There are no bartenders like me any more, I’m a museum piece.”

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Photo credit: EL PAÍS This article was suggested by Jeff and Karen, who recently spent time in Spain. I find myself deeply moved. A lon...
Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Honky Tonk Night at Pints&union is Thursday 11 July, with live music by Hugh E. Bir.

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I can't locate the previous discussion in which we tried to determine the downtown New Albany food and drink establishment which has ...
Monday, April 15, 2019

Recbar in Jeffersontown to open second location in downtown New Albany.

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NA Social shared RecBar's post. For more about RecBar Louisville, click here . That's all I have, seeing as prior to seeing NA...
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Saturday, December 15, 2018

LIVE TO EAT: The advent of La Catrina, Mirin and The Earl proves that investments in food and drink downtown are not abating.

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It may seem as if there is no connection between  The Onion's all-time classic "War Declared by All" and the restaurant/ba...
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Monday, August 06, 2018

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: "When you think of your favorite spot to grab a beer, what architectural features come to mind?"

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Jeff Speck forwarded the following link at Twitter, and if you're like the lady who wrote to the newspaper the other day from an angui...
Saturday, July 28, 2018

The Double Barrel bourbon lounge on Main Street is open for business.

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Double Barrel opened yesterday. It's on Main Street opposite the forthcoming Reisz Mahal, in the former Match cigar bar location. I...
Wednesday, July 25, 2018

BEER WITH A SOCIALIST: The forthcoming beer list at Pints&union (bottle and can edition).

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This one's NOT on the list. Yesterday I wrote briefly about the opening draft list at Pints& union, but first a quick reminder: ...
Thursday, July 12, 2018

ON THE AVENUES: Thanks to Joe Phillips, there'll be pints, union and good times downtown.

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ON THE AVENUES: Thanks to Joe Phillips, there'll be pints, union and good times downtown. A weekly column by Roger A. Baylor. I...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

THE BEER BEAT: "Dives and hives" in Nawbany, a new brewery coming to Floyds Knobs, and other tales of the drinking life.

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It's late notice, but if you're out and about today between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., drop by Donum Dei Brewery (3211 Grant Line R...
Saturday, January 06, 2018

Puzzlement compounded: How smoking kept cigar smokers away from the cigar bar, and other tales of the just plain weird.

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"After almost seven months, Match, the cigar bar in New Albany, is closing and will be replaced by a smoke-free establishment."...
Sunday, July 02, 2017

THE BEER BEAT: Are barstools even necessary? There ARE alternatives, you know.

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Blog readers often must endure the senior editor chiding local officials for their failure to grasp placemaking. With community-based par...
Sunday, June 11, 2017

All available info points to a Hitching Post Tavern renovation after the fire, so all the best to them.

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Since prattling at length on the topic in late May , I've heard nothing to contradict an eventual Hitching Post Tavern comeback, and ...