Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:32:42 -0400
From: Jeff
Subject: Re: Chatham Chatlist #4130
On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 04:45, Chatham Chatlist wrote:
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:51:42 -0400
> From: “Richard D. Allen, Esq.”
> Subject: Re: beer parlor?
>
> Has anyone ever heard a bar called a “beer parlor” before? Sounds so
> disreputable. I haven’t been to City Tap recently, but I’m imagining cowboys
> firing off six-shooters and throwing each other through the front window.
>
> I Googled the term and it seems mostly to be used in Canada. Perhaps there
> is a Canadian agent among us working to undermine the American alcoholic
> beverage industry.
>
I recently watched the latest episode of the crime drama “The Glades” and one of the parts to the story was a couple of bars selling legal corn liquor by promoting the idea that they were actually selling unlicensed moonshine under the table. This ploy drove customers wild and made for very profitable nights at the bars in question.
So, I would certainly visit City Tap MORE if it was called a “beer parlor” or a “speakeasy”. I really should drop in up there more than I do, actually, but I don’t often have reason to just drive into town. Perhaps the chance to hang out in a “beer parlor” would be just the excuse I need.
“Sorry honey, I can’t watch Next Top Model with you tonight. I’m meeting the gents at the Beer Parlor where we’re going to consume libations and compareour large moustaches. Must be careful though, moustace competetion always leads to fisticuffs, and we don’t need that sort of row around here!”
Heh… Beer Parlor… I just see guys with very large handlebar moustachesdrinking pints and bare-knuckle boxing…
I for one have NO problem at all if City Tap decides to start marketing themselves that way 🙂
Jeff