by Felgerkarb » Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:14 pm
Heh, funny, LaudJohn, I think I was there with you upstairs the last time you were there.
The current owner of the bar is a friend of mine, and has had no luck with his former partner over the changes (which he HATED). Then, he bought the bar and ran out of money before he could change anything back to the better. He had to leave so he could make money, not just for the bar, but to live on. I hope when he gets back things will change back. I still go to the bar out of loyalty to him (I met Missy there when she was helping out as a temp for two weeks). I know two of the girls that work there (one of them used to work for me at Sugar as a bartender), and they are not hard on the eyes, so it is worth a few times a week. Heck, one of the day crew has been there for ages, and I like her, so again, I go, eat 10 bucks of food and brew, and give them a 20$. If that place shuts its doors, that may do it for me for the riverfront, as the other places I go to because I find a few of the board rogues in them...if they were NOT there, neither would I, because they have no soul, spirit or fun, they represent to me the neo-investor with the Euro style I despise. No amount of cheap drinks will keep me in a place like that....crazy maniacs like me look out of place in them anyway.
There was time, a very brief window, where I considered buying it off of him (at a more standard rate) and restoring it to its former glory, but my losses in the wasteland were too great this year, so I could not swing it.
As for Freebird, they do have some of the greatest service in town. I have known and been a friend of the owner for 20 years. He can be abrasive if you bother his crew, behave like a fucktard, try and be the know-it-all expat type, or are utterly full of shit (he can spot those when they come through the front door) -- not that you are any of those, but to witness him in action ON any of those, you may think he is a jerk. But, where else can you sit with senior CPP, royalty, local expats, businessmen, yours truly, and pretty local ladies all at the same time in an expat bar?
Heh, funny, LaudJohn, I think I was there with you upstairs the last time you were there.
The current owner of the bar is a friend of mine, and has had no luck with his former partner over the changes (which he HATED). Then, he bought the bar and ran out of money before he could change anything back to the better. He had to leave so he could make money, not just for the bar, but to live on. I hope when he gets back things will change back. I still go to the bar out of loyalty to him (I met Missy there when she was helping out as a temp for two weeks). I know two of the girls that work there (one of them used to work for me at Sugar as a bartender), and they are not hard on the eyes, so it is worth a few times a week. Heck, one of the day crew has been there for ages, and I like her, so again, I go, eat 10 bucks of food and brew, and give them a 20$. If that place shuts its doors, that may do it for me for the riverfront, as the other places I go to because I find a few of the board rogues in them...if they were NOT there, neither would I, because they have no soul, spirit or fun, they represent to me the neo-investor with the Euro style I despise. No amount of cheap drinks will keep me in a place like that....crazy maniacs like me look out of place in them anyway.
There was time, a very brief window, where I considered buying it off of him (at a more standard rate) and restoring it to its former glory, but my losses in the wasteland were too great this year, so I could not swing it.
As for Freebird, they do have some of the greatest service in town. I have known and been a friend of the owner for 20 years. He can be abrasive if you bother his crew, behave like a fucktard, try and be the know-it-all expat type, or are utterly full of shit (he can spot those when they come through the front door) -- not that you are any of those, but to witness him in action ON any of those, you may think he is a jerk. But, where else can you sit with senior CPP, royalty, local expats, businessmen, yours truly, and pretty local ladies all at the same time in an expat bar? :D