More stuff that has come in since my last post:
– The Westin lobby bar will be open early for Tiger fans and Tiger game watching tomorrow morning (10:35 game time). Add that to the list of places opening early, which already includes Sole, Calhoun’s, and Silly Goose.
– The Majestic Grille is hosting the live broadcast of the Tiger game today at 3 PM. Pre-game starts at 2, then the game will be shown on their big screen. They’ll do an early happy hour with two $9 flatbreads, $2 domestics, $3 imports, $3 wells, $4 selected wines.
– The Flying Saucer is having an Easter Keg Hunt. You have to locate and figure out various clues, which you will then use to figure out where an Easter Keg will be hidden early next month. First team to find the keg and bring it back to the Saucer gets a party for 100. Sorry, that’s all the info you’ll get from me about this one. Why should I say more and help my competition find the keg before I do? Stop by the Saucer for details.
– Orleans on Front sent me their new happy hour menu. There are a number of appetizers in the $4-6 range, a pound of boiled shrimp for $7.75, and a grilled oyster skewer for $8. Booze-wise, there are five wines at $4 per glass, and several $4 New Orleans-style martinis. $1 off wells, calls, bottled beer; $2 PBR cans every day; $3 Miller High Life every day. 2 for 1 draft specials during happy hour as follows: Blue Moon Tuesdays; Abita Wednesdays; Bud Thursdays; Bud Light Fridays.
By the way, I want to remind everyone that I have a happy hour search engine where bar/restaurant owners can go in and add their own listings, or edit existing listings. (I don’t have a Delete option, to prevent bars from deleting their competitors’ specials; you’ll have to e-mail me if something is out of date). This gives you a way to post your happy hour info without waiting for me to get around to it. You’re still welcome to e-mail it to me as well, though, for mention on the blog. I haven’t updated Orleans’ info there yet, so what I posted above supersedes anything you find there for now.
– I also have a copy of Voodoo Room’s new late-night menu (10 PM to 3 AM). For apps they’ve got hand-cut mozzarella stix with marinara, parmesan fried green tomatoes with comeback sauce, hand-cut fries with comeback sauce, a pound of peel & eat shrimp, and house salad with blackened or grilled chicken or shrimp.
For entrees they’ve got the Voodoo Burger (half pound beef, beer braised onions, a fried green tomato, comeback sauce, lettuce, sourdough bun, hand cut fries), My Big Fat Cajun Omelet (3 eggs, cheddar, andouille sausage, crawfish, grilled shrimp, peppers and onions, topped with chip-chup), trio cheese crawfish dip with toasted French bread, double cheeseburger with fries, pork chop poboy with fries, shrimp poboy with fries, soft shell crab poboy with fries, chicken poboy with fries, catfish poboy with fries.
That Voodoo Burger sounds amazing. So does the omelet. I’m sure my health guru AL is having a heart attack at the thought of me eating those dishes.
Also, booze specials in the Voodoo Room: $3 Jager on Sundays, $1 PBR draft on Mondays, $2 domestics on Tuesdays, dollar off draft on Wednesdays. They now have Bud Light, Fat Tire, Blue Moon, Ghost River, Yazoo (they didn’t specify which Yazoo but I’d assume Pale Ale), and PBR on draft.
– The CCC asked if they could use my “Soul of Downtown” itinerary on their site. Of course! I’m delighted that they want to do it. Glad they think Downtown visitors will find it useful.
– Beers have been added to Calhoun’s “Bracket Buster” challenge – buy any Guinness, Ghost River, Blue Moon, Dos Equis, Lazy Magnolia, Stella, IPA, or Fat Tire between Sun 3/15 and Wed 3/18 and receive an NCAA bracket to fill out. Hand it in to Max when you’re done (by Wed 3/18) at the latest, and winning bracket gets a $100 bar tab.
My agenda for the day: Tiger game watching at 3; a birthday party in South Main at 7; the Dempseys at Automatic Slim’s at 11. I haven’t made up my mind where I’ll watch the game, with the Saucer, Silly Goose, and the Majestic Grille being possible options. Haven’t checked the Fire Sale yet.
Watched last night’s Tiger game at the Goose, then moved to the Saucer to catch the Dempseys. However, by the start of their second set I was more interested in what was on TV… Syracuse and UConn in a game that went six overtimes. Syracuse never led at any point during the first 5 but managed to keep the game tied. By the beginning of 6 OT UConn was winded and couldn’t keep up. So UConn lost 127-117. That could be the end of their #1 seed in the NCAA. Pitt and Oklahoma lost as well, and Pitt may survive but the Sooners are almost certainly down to a 2 now. Memphis definitely got some help last night in its quest for a 1.
And that’s all folks… I’ll figure out my Tiger watch location by 2:00 or so.