Just a Heads Up
In case you were thinking about complaining about the lack of Waco Bar Reviews, I’m here to help.
Every morning on my way to school, I drive past a bar on University and La Salle called Tom’s Tavern. At 8:45 AM the converted garage, is usually packed and I’ve been dying to go inside. So at the beginning of next quarter I’ll be starting the FromMalibuToWaco Bar Review.
Rather than covering Crickets, Bogart’s, Treff’s, Scruff’s, or Georges I’ll be taking you to places you’ve only heard about or seen from the comfort of your fast moving, locked car.
From Sonny’s B.Y.O.B. to The Crying Shame, I plan on covering the best Waco has to offer.
Suggestions and accomplices welcome.
posted by Jon Swanburg @ 10:46 PM
14 comments
14 Comments:
i really like a crying shame. will you also add chapter 11 to your list? i've never been there.
Patroning hole in the wall watering holes is one of my specialities. If you need a cameraman to document the review, just call me Jimmy Olson.
oakleys, the grape, hemingways are a few you should go to...
i don't like oakleys. law students always get into a fight there.
the grape and hemingways are good. the grape has a wine tasting once a week i think...and hemingways is tiny and apparently invisible to anyone under the age of 30.
Chapter 11: smokey and full of creepy middle aged men who have a staring problem. also, limit the drink orders to beer, b/c i ordered a vodka tonic and the bartender replied, "let me go see if we have that". uuhh....after several seconds he returned only to inform me that the did not have any tonic...whatever. if this happens though, and you make a stink about it, the creepy, old manager will be happy to trot to the mysterious back room and compensate you with a few happy hour coupons (circa 1987). BUT, there is a Ms. Pacman machine and poor lighting...which makes it all worth while. not to mention that they have happy hour from like 8am to 8pm...which might come in handy after a particularly nasty exam.
a professor used Chapter 11 as an example a few times in class this quarter.
Article re Dean Fed Tax:
http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=42473
Obviously Haley will be coming to all these places as my bodygaurd. Carver will be taking pictures, and Thomas will be petting the feral cats as they walk across the pool tables.
there are two places on Lake Aire that look....interesting and there is that sports bar downtown near the Tejano bar. If you want somebody to actually drink with you (who won't have a job) let me know
If you still have your California ID, you better not go to Oakley's. I attempted to buy a drink there with an out of state ID, and they would not serve me. although apparently people like to play darts there from what I hear.
All of the suggestions will be taken into account. I'll come up with a schedule one of these days and all will be invited.
The Brass Rail.
Sue's #1 is still around (RIP Sue's #2).
Fred and Wally's.
If you can make it to all three of those and survive, you'll receive the BearMeat Local Libations Award.
A word of caution: some Waco bars are safe for Baylorites and others are not. Make sure not to offend sensibilites with flip-flops, Abercrombie, or a "I'm slumming it" reckless abandon.
manarcas? that place is a little sketchy though and they don't serve hard liquor, but if your looking for local.
i second the hostility towards baylorites disclaimer...its definitely important to dial down the rich, snobby, vulnerable white kid.
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