So what is the new "Safe House"?
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O'Rourke's
This place rocked - everything about it was very cool, from the attentive and patient wait staff to the $30 shot of scotch Mr. Twin Rose nursed for an hour.
As far as distance - it ain' walking distance, but it's not far, either. On the ride out there, we had a cabbie who apparently decided to play "Ring around the Indy" with us, so our trip out took more than 45 minutes and cost us way too much.
The trip back, however, took all of 15 minutes on the freeway and cost us about $5 a head (five of us in the car). The nice couches, tables, and generally less boisterous atmosphere made it a nice place to sit and chat (yeah, potter boy, I'm talking to you).
On the other hand, the World Mardi Gras place was pretty cool Thursday and Friday night, but a freaking nightmare on Saturday when the locals came out to play. Drink prices went up about 250% and the general atmosphere became much more "skeevy place to hook up with skeevy people" than during the week. By the time we got there (around 11pm) the floor of one of the bars was sticky. On closer examination, we found that the floor was carpeted, squishy, AND sticky. I still feel dirty.
The cool thing to do, of course, would be to get a nice little shuttle service going to and from downtown to O'Rourke's for at least one night. This, however, is probably going to require quite a few folks to guarantee they'll show up and be willing to put some cashola down to back up their claims. Once you get out there, though, there's tons of space for gaming and a fine, fine bar to take care of your alcohol needs.
If the O'Rourke's people buy a bar downtown - yeah, I'm all over that, provided we get the same staff down there. 'Cause they rocketh muchly.
I've got nothing against the Ram, either, though they were clearly unprepared for what hit 'em. Service was intolerably slow Saturday night, and if the bread pudding dessert hadn't been completely amazing, I'd have been pretty pissed after a meal that took almost three hours from the time we hit the table until the last bit of the pudding was gone. If they get their act together and are ready for us next year, it'll be a great place, I think.
For my money, the best place downtown was the Hard Rock, a chain I'd previously not much cared for. The wait staff were great every time we were there and the food was universally good (wish I'd have known about the GenCon pins they had, but they sold out too early for me to get one). On the flip side, the Alcatraz left me feeling decidedly bleargh and I'd have to get my arm twisted pretty hard to go back.
Still, everything in Indy was at least as good as in Milwaukee and the increased space made it even better.
This place rocked - everything about it was very cool, from the attentive and patient wait staff to the $30 shot of scotch Mr. Twin Rose nursed for an hour.
As far as distance - it ain' walking distance, but it's not far, either. On the ride out there, we had a cabbie who apparently decided to play "Ring around the Indy" with us, so our trip out took more than 45 minutes and cost us way too much.
The trip back, however, took all of 15 minutes on the freeway and cost us about $5 a head (five of us in the car). The nice couches, tables, and generally less boisterous atmosphere made it a nice place to sit and chat (yeah, potter boy, I'm talking to you).
On the other hand, the World Mardi Gras place was pretty cool Thursday and Friday night, but a freaking nightmare on Saturday when the locals came out to play. Drink prices went up about 250% and the general atmosphere became much more "skeevy place to hook up with skeevy people" than during the week. By the time we got there (around 11pm) the floor of one of the bars was sticky. On closer examination, we found that the floor was carpeted, squishy, AND sticky. I still feel dirty.
The cool thing to do, of course, would be to get a nice little shuttle service going to and from downtown to O'Rourke's for at least one night. This, however, is probably going to require quite a few folks to guarantee they'll show up and be willing to put some cashola down to back up their claims. Once you get out there, though, there's tons of space for gaming and a fine, fine bar to take care of your alcohol needs.
If the O'Rourke's people buy a bar downtown - yeah, I'm all over that, provided we get the same staff down there. 'Cause they rocketh muchly.
I've got nothing against the Ram, either, though they were clearly unprepared for what hit 'em. Service was intolerably slow Saturday night, and if the bread pudding dessert hadn't been completely amazing, I'd have been pretty pissed after a meal that took almost three hours from the time we hit the table until the last bit of the pudding was gone. If they get their act together and are ready for us next year, it'll be a great place, I think.
For my money, the best place downtown was the Hard Rock, a chain I'd previously not much cared for. The wait staff were great every time we were there and the food was universally good (wish I'd have known about the GenCon pins they had, but they sold out too early for me to get one). On the flip side, the Alcatraz left me feeling decidedly bleargh and I'd have to get my arm twisted pretty hard to go back.
Still, everything in Indy was at least as good as in Milwaukee and the increased space made it even better.
Teflon Billy
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Man, I never dreamed my little old "What Bar?" thread would get shut down for political commentary
I wish I had given odds now.
Krieg said:
Man, I never dreamed my little old "What Bar?" thread would get shut down for political commentary
I wish I had given odds now.
Krieg
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: So what is the new "Safe House"?
Hmm, I tried to "spread the wealth" so as not to bash a specific socio-political mindset. Should I have thrown in the ACLU & the 700 club as well?
Teflon Billy said:
Man, I never dreamed my little old "What Bar?" thread would get shut down for political commentary
I wish I had given odds now.
Hmm, I tried to "spread the wealth" so as not to bash a specific socio-political mindset. Should I have thrown in the ACLU & the 700 club as well?
Larry Fitz
First Post
To sum up before Billy's fine thread gets closed...
The ram is the new "Safe House" until Clay's brother gets his downtown location and perhaps names the bar something gamer friendly? All us publishers could donate stuff (like original artwork and such).... maybe something like "The Dungeon" or somesuch?
The ram is the new "Safe House" until Clay's brother gets his downtown location and perhaps names the bar something gamer friendly? All us publishers could donate stuff (like original artwork and such).... maybe something like "The Dungeon" or somesuch?
