#35 - The Laughing Pint
A neighborhood bar in Highlandtown with some slight pretensions. It has a nice outdoor seating area, which was not usable in the sub-freezing temperatures. I did not get the fresh-squeezed greyhound (I previously joked that sounded inhumane). But Jon and I did have a discussion about what to add to a traditional greyhound to make it a 'Zuni.' Out best answer was black sambucca. But it's hard to image what effect that would have on the taste. Friday - December 10.
\#36 - Bentz Street Sports Bar
The former Bentz Street Raw Bar, this was the first stop for the '12 Bars of Christmas' bar crawl sponsored by Key103, where my friend Brian works. It was a nice coincidence that his bar crawl was during the tour. Bentz street is the Penn State bar, I think my dad has watched a game or two here. It also had a banner calling it Frederick's Cleveland Browns bar, go figure. We were a little late and each stop was only an hour, but the picture above indicates we wasted no time. Saturday - 11.
#37 - Wag's
I didn't even realize Wag's was licensed. Of course, I don't think i've been there in 20 years since I was ten. I seem to remember going with my mom when she worked at the library main branch. We packed the place with buzzed patrons with goofy Santa hats. Jon made a beer sculpture:
Saturday - 11.
Only one hour and we were on to the next stop.
#38 - Cafe NOLA
A newer establishment in Frederick (well, newer since it wasn't there when I last lived in the area). Combination restaurant/coffee bar, but they did have Chimay. We were spreading the gospel of Chimay to some newbies, which always feels good. Who know how many $10+ bottles of beer they will be buying, though.
(no mention of Key 103--and no Coors or Miller was consumed on this tour)
#39 - Cacique
My text message to James sums this one up: this place kicks La Paz in its ass. We headed over early to make sure we had enough time to eat (we needed it at this point). Has some nice cevice and calamari. Managed to escape without doing a shot. A sign on the wall turned into a facebook post that folks seemed to enjoy 'with enough Margaritas you can do anything.' Saturday - 11 still.
#40 - Olde Towne Tavern
Home of Anderers for decades. The home of most of my friend's 21st birthdays (and my replacement 21st, since I was down under for the real thing). It's kinda of a dive now that I think about it. Maybe 4 in the afternoon is not when Old Town is at its best. Sorry, Xande, I don't think Boobriella works there. Saturday - 11.
#41 - Guido's
A newer edition to the bars along Market (read: opened in 2000 or so). Guido's became what Olde Towne used to be to our crew. I spent a Wednesday night before Thanksgiving or three there. I had a PBR and a shot of rail tequila (Nicole was curious about the bottle called 'Old Mexico'). At bar #6 for the day I was supposed to meet up with my friend Meredith and have dinner, then head to the Government Issue reunion show at the Black Cat, but I managed to combine the next stop on the bar crawl with dinner and we went to:
#42 - Magoo's
The bars are getting newer and the names are getting funnier. I'm not sure when Magoo's arrived on West Second Street. It might be very recently cause it doesn't show on google maps. We met up with Jon's brother Chris, who I hadn't seen in close to five years. We hung for a bit and then took off for DC.
#43 - Black Cat
The other music club in DC. I have been to many shows here, and even some at the old location down the block on 14th Street. Government Issue, a band that was around almost longer than i've been alive, played a reunion and benefit show. I have several drinks included the back bar and upstairs where the main stage sits. Ran into some friends from the scene and managed to hurt my ankle pretty severely, which has resulted in a lack of progress since last Saturday. Saturday - 11, which is 8 total bars in one day. Caught me right up.
Currently the progress stands at 43 bars in 48 days.
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