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29 May 2012

A Scumbag’s Guide to Portland – Part 4

Yeah. With your dumb orange car.  Hey cats and kittens, it’s that time again! Happy belated Memorial Day. Hope you’re still making out with a soldier you met last night, and eating leftover BBQing burgers, cooked in the name of our brave civil war heroes. It’s that blissful time of year when day-drunk

Chloe Newsom - Dive Bar Desperado 0
23 Feb 2012

A Taste Test of FREE Pizza Options in NYC

Two weeks ago while at Lulu‘s listening to The Fear and Trembling live, I savored my delicious free pizza. I stared at my empty tin round and started to wonder if this truly was the best deal in town. Turns out that the other 3 places I know of with free

Steph Garcia - Freelance Frugal 0
09 Apr 2011

The Zombie Hut and Why Everything’s More Fun with Fire

Desperate times call for desperate measures. We are solidly into April, ie spring, but my winter coat is still on and my skin is still an “indoor kid” shade of pale. So off I go to where a lei and drink shots that have been lit on fire even though

Jill S. 0
05 Apr 2011

Yelp Does Something Worthwhile, Gives You Cheap Booze

Allow me a second to pour on some haterade. Yelp provides a good basic service at its core, but it leads to abuses of power that drown out any actual establishments voice in its own reputation. Frankly, any star system seems pretty petty when trying to objectify an opinion, and

Dan Cerruti - 99 Cent Store Cowboy 0
28 Mar 2011

Pool Party for Mermaids at the Grace Hotel

Calling all mermaids, sea serpents and pirates: have you been on land too long? Are you waiting for the summer when you can jump back into your watery homes without getting hypthermia? Tomorrow night, you can get your fins wet at the Grace Hotel Pool Bar party. No seashell bra

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
26 Jan 2011

d.b.a. opens in Williamsburg, becomes less annoying

Some people love being in a huge crowd, using their best cheerleader voices while surrounded by a sea of different people and their corresponding drink-spilling elbows. I am close to the exact opposite of this kind of person. d.b.a. on 1st Avenue was one of the few overcrowded bars I

Jill S. 0
29 Dec 2010

FREE Trivia Night at Pine Box Rock Shop

The only shoes I brought home for Christmas were my cowboy boots, and I’m regretting that now that I’m heading back to NYC. They’re not built to be snow shoes, and I’m going to have to wrap my feet in plastic bags when I land. As I’m prepping for the

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0