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Keller

11-02-2009, 06:27 PM

100 beers on tap, 500 beers in stock, 5 cask ales, gastro pub upstairs, bistro downstairs. If the food is decent (and it should be as the executive chef and pastry chef have a rediculous pedigree from NYC restaurants), it will be jam packed for years to come. Think Matchbox with MUCH better beers and more than just pizza.

Revalos

11-02-2009, 06:29 PM

CHUUUUURCHKEEEEEEY. Yes, although there was quite a protest from the old Dakota Cowgirl crowd when it closed there, the quality of the new bar has completely silenced that.

When are we going to do a PC drinkathon there?

septus

11-02-2009, 06:50 PM

100 beers on tap? nice. Wish a bar around me would have Aventinus on tap. Of course an Oscar Blues restaurant just opened down the street from work. And their brewery is right down the street. Really fresh beer on tap. I smell the hops every time I drive home.

Allereli

11-02-2009, 09:17 PM

just looks like a Brickskeller/RFD imitator

Daniel

11-02-2009, 09:18 PM

Not to rain on any parades, but I'm not too enthused about drinking on the same block as a club named "Titan's Ramrod". Just not my scene.

Back

11-02-2009, 09:23 PM

Brickskeller does have an amazing beer selection but not on draft.

I’ll try anything once. Looks like I need to get to work!

radamanthys

11-02-2009, 09:27 PM

Not to rain on any parades, but I'm not too enthused about ... a club named "Titan's Ramrod". Just not my scene.

I’ll try anything once. Looks like I need to get to work!

Hehe.

Allereli

11-02-2009, 09:42 PM

Not to rain on any parades, but I'm not too enthused about drinking on the same block as a club named "Titan's Ramrod". Just not my scene.

Bar Louie has been fun lately. $4 burgers on Sun nights after 10 pm

Parkbandit

11-02-2009, 09:50 PM

It's no World of Beer http://westchase.wobusa.com/ but I'd go.

Trouble

11-02-2009, 10:29 PM

I'm up for another PC DC drink-a-thon anytime. As long as it's metro-accessible, the location is irrelevant IMO.

It's been about a year since the last one, right?

Gan

11-02-2009, 10:55 PM

I'm up for another PC DC drink-a-thon anytime. As long as it's metro-accessible, the location is irrelevant IMO.

It's been about a year since the last one, right?

It sounded like you said metro-sexual there for a moment...

Revalos

11-02-2009, 10:58 PM

More than a year I think. It is high time. I am willing to go elsewhere as I have been Churchkeying it up a few times since it opened, but it is a pretty awesome place. It isn't very metro accessible though, so if that would affect turnout I'm game for somewhere else.

Keller

11-02-2009, 11:40 PM

just looks like a Brickskeller/RFD imitator

Both Brickskellar and RFD have (1) inconsistent beer selection, (2) very few on draft, (3) have probably never heard of a cask ale, and (4) horrible food.

This place will have (1) 100 beers on tap, (2) 5 cask ales, and (3) a kitchen with an executive chef/pastry chef from legit NYC restaurants.

It is a gastro pub, not a dingy basement with generic fried food.

Keller

11-02-2009, 11:42 PM

I'll be going to Churchkey Wednesday for dinner and drinks. I'll report back on the food. I expect to select from the available casks.

Back

11-03-2009, 12:37 AM

Totally down for a PC DC Drink-a-thon.

Sean of the Thread

11-03-2009, 12:41 AM

Totally down for a PC DC date rape-a-thon.

fixed

Back

11-03-2009, 12:58 AM

rofl. I would totally date rape Trouble.

Paradii

11-03-2009, 07:39 AM

rofl. I would totally date rape Trouble.

Who the hell would even go on a date with you?

Allereli

11-03-2009, 09:54 AM

rofl. I would totally date rape Trouble.

he looks like he might be good in bed. You should.

Parkbandit

11-03-2009, 12:00 PM

rofl. I would totally date rape Trouble.

You know he's a guy, right? Although you being attracted to him clears up so many creepy questions about you.

NocturnalRob

11-03-2009, 12:46 PM

Keller, is that the bar above Birch & Barley?

bluesmith

11-03-2009, 01:01 PM

Wow. I live all of 2 blocks away from here.

Trouble

11-03-2009, 02:57 PM

Lol, the address as 1337 14th Street. It must be a happenin place! Leet on 14th! Although 14th doesn't quite have the reputation it did 15 years ago, it's all upscale now.

You know he's a guy, right? Although you being attracted to him clears up so many creepy questions about you.
We met at the last DC PC Drink-a-Thon, so he knows, assuming he remembers meeting me. Either way, thanks Back and Aller! I'll take any compliments I can get, regardless of the intent.

I'll make sure to maintain control of my beverages at all times though. :whistle:

Keller

11-03-2009, 03:15 PM

Keller, is that the bar above Birch & Barley?

Yes.

NocturnalRob

11-03-2009, 03:21 PM

Yes.
My friend bartends there. I'll try to find out what night he works.

Keller

11-03-2009, 03:27 PM

My friend bartends there. I'll try to find out what night he works.

He will get to know me well . . . I have a serious soft spot for good food and great beer.

Back

11-03-2009, 09:21 PM

We met at the last DC PC Drink-a-Thon, so he knows, assuming he remembers meeting me. Either way, thanks Back and Aller! I'll take any compliments I can get, regardless of the intent.

I'll make sure to maintain control of my beverages at all times though. :whistle:

Heh. I remember.

Trouble is an upstanding guy. Clean, handsome and not an alcoholic. If we do another drink-a-thon you single ladies in the area might want to come check him out.

Androidpk

11-03-2009, 09:35 PM

I'll be interning in DC come summer 2011, I'll have to keep this place in mind.

Keller

11-04-2009, 12:01 PM

I went to the bar last night after The Get Up Kids show.

The kitchen wasn't open, but I did have the cask Two Hearted Ale from Bell's.

I was not at all impressed by the bartenders. The bar was sloppy with excess dishes (emply glasses and food plates). But I'll be back on Friday for some dinner and drinks.

NocturnalRob

11-04-2009, 04:21 PM

Hahaha...yeah, i chatted with my friend last night. I don't think he's going to be there much longer. He said that the quality of employee there is absurdly low. Unfortunately you get people who hop from "hot spot" to "hot spot" in DC without really making an effort.

It'll get worse before it gets better, but don't just give up on it. I think that place will be a go-to for a long time. I'm headed down to DC on Thursday for the night, and am going to make an effort to check it out.

Revalos

11-04-2009, 04:49 PM

Sheesh...it must have gone downhill fast since like two weeks ago when I last went there. Maybe it is because people have started to learn about it and are crowding the hell out of it now.

NocturnalRob

11-04-2009, 07:47 PM

M.O. of DC: "OMG A FUN PLACE TO HANG OUT?! WHERE WHERE WHEREZZZZZ?!?!?!11!"

LMingrone

11-04-2009, 08:01 PM

Trouble

11-04-2009, 09:20 PM

M.O. of DC: "OMG A FUN PLACE TO HANG OUT?! WHERE WHERE WHEREZZZZZ?!?!?!11!"

Thats why the dive places in/around DC are the best. Less pretentiousness and better service.

NocturnalRob

11-04-2009, 09:59 PM

eh, find me a place with good drafts. i don't really care about much else.

Back

11-05-2009, 02:04 AM

Thats why the dive places in/around DC are the best. Less pretentiousness and better service.

eh, find me a place with good drafts. i don't really care about much else.

So true, Troub.

A draft is great... if you can get it under $5 and refilled in a timely manner.

Allereli

11-05-2009, 10:01 AM

Friend of mine is going down there tonight. I'll ask how it went

NocturnalRob

11-05-2009, 11:40 AM

A draft is great... if you can get it under $5
sorry, i forgot to preface that with the rule that it has to be a GOOD draft beer.

keep drinking your bud light with lime.

Sean of the Thread

11-05-2009, 12:02 PM

Not to be off topic, but I like to brag sometimes. Here's a place I did all the signs and graphics for. I made the football field too. Awesome place. http://www.myspace.com/pointafterct

That place looks pretty cool but I still remember back at FSU a bagel shop that had all you could drink beer on tap at each table/booth and you could be served as soon as it was legal to serve. Now that was a novel idea.

Sean of the Thread

11-05-2009, 12:04 PM

sorry, i forgot to preface that with the rule that it has to be a GOOD draft beer.

keep drinking your bud light with lime.

Hey I found a place locally that sells Stella Artois for $3.50 a pint. It's just too bad I can't afford it.

<---Likes Belgium beer/lager/ale

Back

11-05-2009, 12:08 PM

Hey I found a place locally that sells Stella Artois for $3.50 a pint. It's just too bad I can't afford it.

<---Likes Belgium beer/lager/ale

Heh, you’ll be seeing a lot of Stella anywhere Budwieser is sold.

Back

11-12-2009, 10:21 PM

Meeting a one off at Churchkey tomorrow night and getting properly polluted.

bluesmith

11-12-2009, 11:03 PM

Took the wife and baby last Sunday before the evening rush. Stone Pale Ale was very nice, the space is great and the menu -- both liquids and solids -- very decent.

Back

11-17-2009, 10:45 AM

Heh. I went last Friday. Here is the story...

So I invited this one nighter that has been texting me to hook up again. I got there first at 6:30pm Friday night. There was a line so I said fuck that and went up the street (14th) looking for another place to chill while the crowd died down.

Found a place not to crowded that had a decent menu only a block away. Playbill. Its across from Busboys & Poets and a theatre. It seemed very low key but when I walked in EVERYONE in the bar turned and looked at me.

I found a roomy spot at the bar and got a draft. Then I started noticing things... movie musical posters on the walls, Diana Ross on the sound system, no sports on the tee vees, all guys in the place, the bartender with an affected lisp... oops! Yep, gay bar. lol.

Anyway my friend showed up looking like Joan Jet after an ice cream binge and we laughed about it. Went over to Church around 8 and actually found a seat in the lounge in back.

Great place. My only disappointment was that they don’t serve 22oz. Very hip professional crowd. Keller was right. It is the new place to be in DC.

Unless you like Diana Ross and musicals.

Allereli

11-17-2009, 10:56 AM

I'm still loving Bar Louie. $4 burgers after 10 pm on Sunday night and $3 very large beers (anything they have on tap)

Keller

11-17-2009, 11:02 AM

I'm still loving Bar Louie. $4 burgers after 10 pm on Sunday night and $3 very large beers (anything they have on tap)

I go there often for their wings as they are good and I can walk there without ever stepping foot outdoors.

But their beers are pedestrian. Not that I mind a $3 larger beer -- but I usually go for $3 domestics on a Saturday afternoon while watching football. Not Sunday evening when I'm trying to get ready for the week.

Allereli

11-17-2009, 11:06 AM

I go there often for their wings as they are good and I can walk there without ever stepping foot outdoors.

But their beers are pedestrian. Not that I mind a $3 larger beer -- but I usually go for $3 domestics on a Saturday afternoon while watching football. Not Sunday evening when I'm trying to get ready for the week.

yeah I don't give a shit about microbrews. I go after work Sunday nights.

petroglyph

11-17-2009, 11:20 AM

Found a place not to crowded that had a decent menu only a block away. Playbill. Its across from Busboys & Poets and a theatre. It seemed very low key but when I walked in EVERYONE in the bar turned and looked at me.

I found a roomy spot at the bar and got a draft. Then I started noticing things... movie musical posters on the walls, Diana Ross on the sound system, no sports on the tee vees, all guys in the place, the bartender with an affected lisp... oops! Yep, gay bar. lol..

More to the point, the service there is awful. It's one of the few places where I've ever stood up and walked out part way through ordering.

Daniel

11-17-2009, 11:54 AM

I'm still loving Bar Louie. $4 burgers after 10 pm on Sunday night and $3 very large beers (anything they have on tap)

I used to be a regular at Bar louie last football season. I would still be cuz of proximity to my place if I wasn't deployed.

All that said, I'll be back in DC mid to late Dec if anyone is up for another get together.

I'm trying to cut down on my alcoholism so won't be boozing as much. but I'm down for a social event.

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 11:58 AM

All that said, I'll be back in DC mid to late Dec if anyone is up for another get together.
sounds good, man. i'll be in DC for a week or so before i head to Puerto Rico.

I'm trying to cut down on my alcoholism so won't be boozing as much.
pussy

Daniel

11-17-2009, 12:01 PM

sounds good, man. i'll be in DC for a week or so before i head to Puerto Rico.

When is that? I'm still trying to confirm flights but looking like 12-23 Dec will be a timeframe I can work with.

pussy

Your face.

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 12:06 PM

When is that? I'm still trying to confirm flights but looking like 12-23 Dec will be a timeframe I can work with.
well, i took the 11th off because...I dunno, because I fucking felt like it. So I'll probably be in DC that weekend. I'll stick around until after the Skins/Raiders game at 4 and then schlep back on a bus or some shit.

Your face.
i get quite a bit of pussy on my face. Fact.

Daniel

11-17-2009, 12:14 PM

well, i took the 11th off because...I dunno, because I fucking felt like it. So I'll probably be in DC that weekend. I'll stick around until after the Skins/Raiders game at 4 and then schlep back on a bus or some shit.

Alright. Sounds good.

Anyone else in?

i get quite a bit of pussy on my face. Fact.

Your fat hairy cousin doesn't count.

Back

11-17-2009, 12:15 PM

i get quite a bit of pussy on my face. Fact.

Its amazing what the wolf shirt can do for you.

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 12:33 PM

Your fat hairy cousin doesn't count.
she's not fat.

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 12:37 PM

I agree.

She just has a fat hairy labia.

Back

11-17-2009, 12:40 PM

Anyone else in?

Oh what the fuck why not?

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 12:43 PM

You're on the left and Rob and Daniel as per their previous avatar are on the right.

http://static.pyzam.com/img/funnypics/b/thirdwheel.jpg

Back

11-17-2009, 12:48 PM

Tears of a clown. :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Om-nZeSBUU

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 12:53 PM

You're on the left and Rob and Daniel as per their previous avatar are on the right.
pfft...whatever. he bought me a drink. i owed him.

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 12:54 PM

Blasphemy. There is only one Tears of a clown or Tracks of my tears for that matter... and they're both sung by Smokey.

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 12:55 PM

pfft...whatever. he bought me a drink. i owed him.

I don't bust your guys balls because at least there was a chick in the middle.

Back

11-17-2009, 12:59 PM

Blasphemy. There is only one Tears of a clown or Tracks of my tears for that matter... and they're both sung by Smokey.

Truth.

Consider it an awesome homage?

And I don’t intend to get between the man daters.

TheEschaton

11-17-2009, 01:28 PM

I don't bust your guys balls because at least there was a chick in the middle.

Chick in the middle/pushed to the back, whatever.

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 01:32 PM

i wouldn't want to deprive you of an unobstructed view of my enormous cranium

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 02:02 PM

Chick in the middle/pushed to the back, whatever.

I still have pics of you and dudes in a hotel bed surrounded by empty alcohol transport devices...

Put the brakes on!

Keller

11-17-2009, 02:31 PM

I still have pics of you and dudes in a hotel bed surrounded by empty alcohol transport devices...

Put the brakes on!

Why you (1) took a picture of drunk dudes in a hotel bed and (2) saved such picture is beyond me.

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 02:33 PM

1) someone had to hold the camera
2) the more he drinks, the more he needs physical items to refresh his spank bank

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 02:35 PM

Why you (1) took a picture of drunk dudes in a hotel bed and (2) saved such picture is beyond me.

Haha no Alok left his photobucket open to the public once and I found it. It was definitely during his super hippy tree hugger days.

And I didn't save it I just bust his balls. I lost that blackmail two hard drives ago.

Back

11-17-2009, 03:11 PM

Haha no Alok left his photobucket open to the public once and I found it. It was definitely during his super hippy tree hugger days.

And I didn't save it I just bust his balls. I lost that blackmail two hard drives ago.

But you did save it and remember doing so.

And people call me creepy.

Still have the bra shot?

Sean of the Thread

11-17-2009, 03:19 PM

Sorry even though she's long gone Kranar has asked me not to post the moldy bra anymore.

*Also TheE pic wasn't as bad as I make it out to be I'm just ribbing.

Bunch of peace corps dudes on what looked like a layover getting high and drunk. There wasn't any nudity or shit like that. I just found it to be a funny picture and ammo to mess with him.

Back

11-17-2009, 03:23 PM

rofl!

Good times, Sean. Good times.

Tecate para tu! Salud!

TheEschaton

11-17-2009, 05:26 PM

The picture in question was when me and 4 of my closest friends went to Disney World for spring break (we were in high school, come on) and just got stoned for the whole week. Stoned in the park, stoned on the bus, stoned in our hotel room, where yes, 5 17 year old guys shared one room with two king sized beds and one couch. We were young, and poor.

-TheE-

TheEschaton

11-17-2009, 05:28 PM

BTW, in that group of five, you have one doctor, one psychiatrist (psychologisT? The one without an MD), one lawyer, one Lexus dealership owner, and....well, one drug-addled wannabe philosopher who lost his mother a few years later and hasn't yet got over it.

-TheE-

NocturnalRob

11-17-2009, 05:54 PM

TheEschaton

11-18-2009, 12:43 AM

Oddly, the doctor is the one who didn't smoke, only drank. ;)

Back

11-18-2009, 12:52 AM