After some Pint Nite beers at the Saucer, I wandered down to the Green Beetle for their (re)opening night. In case you missed it, I posted several pics yesterday in a sneak preview<\/a> post. Here are some more.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/dt>\n: View of the TV from my mid-bar seat. Not zoomed in at all. At the Beetle you don’t have to crane your neck. As for why it’s on the Joy Behar show, I don’t know. And guys, you know you own the TV now, you can remove the plastic packing tape around the edges.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n
Two other major improvements from the old Beetle that I want to mention. 1) They actually bothered to air condition the place a little. It’s no longer 5 degrees hotter inside than outside; and 2) clearly they brought in an exterminator. I loved the old-school Beetle but am glad I don’t have to watch Mr. and Mrs. Roach and Baby Roach race around the counter as I drink my beer. Nice and clean and sanitized now.<\/p>\n
A very impressive first night. I’ll be back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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