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Plan B
I first set foot in the University Pub 20 years ago. It was in August of 1999, the summer I turned 21, right before...
Traveling to The Moon Tower
The other night, I went to this old bar on the West Side that’s been recently revived as The Moon Tower. Prior to the...
Grand Cru: Not Sideways
To be honest, I’m not stoked about the whole Frank Kent Wine Bar/Honda Showroom thing happening on the Near Southside. Oh, sure. I saw...
Communication Breakdown
Look around a lot of bars these days, and you'll find more people talking by text than actually interacting verbally. Texting certainly has advantages:...
A Man and a Dog Walk into a Bar
About halfway through football season, when I caught on that the 49ers were moving out of a decade of bad coaching and worse ownership...
Take a Lefty
If you’re one of those people who wonders what goes on in the dilapidated dives lining East Lancaster Avenue, I’d venture to say that...
Gallery Night: Epilogue
I'm not saying that I count down the months, weeks, days, and seconds until Fall Gallery Night every year, though if I told you...
Grillin’ in SoDo
Restless restaurateur Jarrett Joslin almost dropped out of the scene when his last upscale venture, the lost and lamented Sapori, turned out not to...
Naturally Peppy: A Sobering Fact
I noticed something during the three hours I spent at Lola’s Saloon on Saturday: People didn’t seem that drunk. I was there during the...
Stop! Promo Time
Back in May, I picked up a side gig handing out samples of beer on behalf of a marketing company, an easy job that...
