How many of you guys frequent bars?

[Sarcelle]

Beer is a sign that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

That, and chocolate.

 

[Unnamed]

That’s why you take classes. I was lousy too then I took classes and practiced and ended up performing swing dancing in front of one of these guys who invented it.

 

[JanSobieskiIII]

Clearly those guys were wussy’s.

I’ve turned a girls mother into my wingman

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Throw in some beer and whiskey and I’m with Hillaire. I also very much enjoy religious-themed bars. Ale Mary’s in Baltimore, Het Elfde Gebod in Amsterdam, and Righteous Tap House in Chester County PA are three of my favorites.

 

[brian_custer]

i used to enjoy spending time in the local sports bar imbibing a pint (or two) of brew & watching sports on the big screen TV

but then the local police decided “sports bars” were a great place to park their camouflaged race cars; chat on their cell-phone & make hay for the township ticketing everyone & anybody leaving after 11:00 pm

no thanks; not doing that anymore

 

[Augustinian]

I also very much enjoy religious-themed bars. Ale Mary’s in Baltimore, Het Elfde Gebod in Amsterdam, and Righteous Tap House in Chester County PA are three of my favorites.

In Pittsburgh, we have the Altar Bar. Used to be St. Elizabeth’s Church- mother church for the Slovak Catholics here, before the building was sold.

I would feel strange drinking there, after all, my grandmother gave sacrificially to pay for the place, but if she were alive today, they’d never let her past the velvet rope to get in.

 

[dochawk]

Two of those bars I would strongly suggest Catholics avoid. I’m guessing you can guess which ones.

OK, the karaoke, and which of the others?



hawk, who many would pay not to sing (but he sounds much better after his audience has had three or four . . .)

 

[TheOldColonel]

Indeed. If you choose the right place.

https://i.gifer.com/2MLD.gif(image larger than 4096KB)

 

[Seagull]

I remember this one guy - who went to morning mass - tough face - angry eyes -
I went too - was unemployed - and just loved to start my day that way -
It was close enough to walk too
Anyways, I would arrive an hour early - stay an hour afterwards -
but this one time I had to leave early for a job interview -
As I was walking, the middle aged guy was about 100 yards in front of me…walking…
I wasn’t sure if he was going to turn around and look at me - lol
Anyways. He walked right into a bar afterwards. The Red Horse Tavern.
The roughest bar in town. Always trouble. Fist fights. Peeing outside.
That - was a shocker - to see.

 

[DignumEtJustum]

Rarely I may sit at the bar at a restaurant for a quick bite or visit a “public house” with a few friends.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

I was at the Altar Bar for a concert a few years ago. I think my niece also went to shows there. I thought the place closed a couple years back and was sold to a nondenominational church who wants to return it to use as a church.

I know Pittsburgh has another former church that is now a gastropub and while you’re eating you get to see a giant beer brewing apparatus in what was once the sanctuary. I’m torn between being happy that the building is at least preserved rather than torn down, decaying or gutted by Protestants, and being sad that the people who used to worship there would have to see their church become a bar.

 

[MonteRCMS]

Added up the $ … and decided to put the money into my 401(k).

 

[Augustinian]

I’m torn between being happy that the building is at least preserved rather than torn down

The city really doesn’t want notable church buildings torn down. Historical preservation types have a definite agenda here. There are numerous church buildings that are being reused, both Catholic and non-Catholic, in the city. and building which have switched religious affiliation.

 

[Joe_5859]

I know Pittsburgh has another former church that is now a gastropub and while you’re eating you get to see a giant beer brewing apparatus in what was once the sanctuary. I’m torn between being happy that the building is at least preserved rather than torn down, decaying or gutted by Protestants, and being sad that the people who used to worship there would have to see their church become a bar.

The Church Brew Works? I have friends who have gone there, but I’ve never been. I feel similarly torn about repurposing an old Church for such a purpose.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

That may have been the name. It’s been a few years since I was there. They made a big deal out of the fact that they had pierogies. I don’t buy into the hipster pierogi trend, I grew up a stone’s throw from Parma and there are pierogies sold by every other church and bar in my old neighborhood since probably 1910.

 

[Seagull]

Those type drop 50 bucks at the bar - 5 bucks in the Sunday collection.
Even a five dollar tip - would shock and offend the silly waitress !

 

[neophyte]

How many of you guys frequent bars?
Do you find it a good place to meet people?

I used to, and it was a wonderful place to meet people I wouldn’t want my parents to know about. Eventually that got really old; nowadays the only time I’m ever in a bar is if there’s a REALLY good band showing up, my beverage is tonic and lime and there’s always someone there who reminds me why I’m grateful I don’t have to drink any more.

 

[CelticWarlord]

I go to the bar everyday. It’s where I eat lunch when I’m at work in the hotel which has employed me for 37 years. Empty and quiet at 11:30am, it’s one of my favorite spots.

But to answer your question in the manner in which it was intended, I haven’t been to a bar for social reasons in at least 30 years. They’re loud, crowded and boring. Cheaper to drink beer at home.