Blue Monday
Unless you hate crowds, Mondays are a rough night to go out. Maybe not happy hour so much; I’m thinking more of those last...
No Frills Indeed
I’d seen No Frills Grill & Sports Bar’s ads, and I’d driven past its locations in Arlington and Keller, but I’d never cared to...
4/20: Shaka Brah
Months ago, I had a story idea that I was going to pitch to Weekly editor Gayle Reaves as a Second Thought column. I’d...
Thinking Applebee’s
Do you know somebody who goes to Applebee’s on the reg to get drunk? If you do, is it your weird Uncle Mustache or...
Up Next, The Bearded Lady!
Last summer, after being informed by some self-important neighborhood denizen that The Boiled Owl, where I tend bar, needed to serve food, I griped...
V.I.Poltergeist
OK, here’s a question: Have you ever seen a ghost at a bar? Because I’ve drunk at lots of the allegedly haunted bars in...
The Winged Serpent
Maybe I’m getting old. I forget the name of the place, but according to Yelp, the bar I should have gone to was a...
Blarney Blowouts
Last year, as South By Southwest drew to a close, I had this moment when I almost went against my innate urge to avoid...
Once More to the Nerdcore Show
I think there comes a point when, if you’ve consistently been under the influence of various intoxicants for awhile, you have to stop the...
Front Burner Taking Over Gold Standard
And we were just starting to become good friends.
The impending demise of The Gold Standard might come much sooner than anticipated.
Tomorrow (Friday), said Gold...
