{"id":21145,"date":"2018-06-25T12:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=21145"},"modified":"2018-06-25T12:47:50","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:47:50","slug":"smoked-manhattans-pontotoc-lounge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/smoked-manhattans-pontotoc-lounge\/","title":{"rendered":"Smoked Manhattans @ Pontotoc Lounge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in high school, there was this park called Reservoir Park in west Little Rock where we would all gather. There was a fireplace and during the cold months they&#8217;d let us build a fire as long as we put it out before we left. I have never smelled anything quite like the smell of that smoke.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Until yesterday. There was a celebration of a 30-year FedEx anniversary at Pontotoc Lounge brunch yesterday and B-RAD made Smoky Manhattans. He had special pieces of wood he burned over the cocktails to give them that smoky flavor, and it smelled so good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21146\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-2-48-52-PM.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If that sounds appealing, give one a try next time you&#8217;re in Pontotoc. Brad is there from 11 to 4 every Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21147\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?resize=375%2C500 375w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?resize=225%2C300 225w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?resize=1200%2C1600 1200w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?w=1680 1680w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-11-37-51-AM.jpg?w=2520 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 85vw, 375px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>She thinks she found another troll.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what Brad&#8217;s regular customer Rahul has been up to lately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-12-17-19-PM.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-21149\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-12-17-19-PM.jpg?resize=425%2C500\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-12-17-19-PM.jpg?resize=425%2C500 425w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-12-17-19-PM.jpg?resize=255%2C300 255w, http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Photo-Jun-24-12-17-19-PM.jpg?w=750 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 425px) 85vw, 425px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not friends with Rahul on Facebook and Instagram, you&#8217;re missing out on this and the other 106 memes he posts daily.<\/p>\n<p>I found Zambodian greetings in my email today. Prince Mongo has an apartment for rent near the trolley stop at Main and Butler. It&#8217;s a 1 bedroom for $950 a month, all utilities included, all appliances furnished. It&#8217;s a quiet and secure location and the neighbors are good people. Shoot me an email at paul@paulryburn.com if interested and I will put you in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The Flying Saucer is having a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/204408516878403\/?ti=icl\">seafood boil<\/a> On Wednesday, July 4 from 4 to 7 PM. For $15 you can have crab legs, shrimp, clams, and crawfish. There will be canned beer specials and $4 drafts as well. If you&#8217;re coming, they ask that you get on the Facebook event listing and mark yourself as &#8220;Going,&#8221; so they can get an idea of how much seafood to prepare.<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Lee Harris will be the featured speaker at the monthly Downtown Neighborhood Association meeting. It will be held at Sleep Out Louie&#8217;s tomorrow, Tuesday, June 26 at Sleep Out Louie&#8217;s. 6 PM social, program at 6:30. Sleep Out&#8217;s will provide light appetizers, and they will have happy hour prices on drinks.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve made it to the finals of the College World Series. #5 Arkansas plays #3 Oregon State at 6 PM tonight, tomorrow night, and if necessary, Wednesday night. After work I will make the journey south to Max&#8217;s Sports Bar to watch my Hogs. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in high school, there was this park called Reservoir Park in west Little Rock where we would all gather. There was a fireplace and during the cold months they&#8217;d let us build a fire as long as we put it out before we left. I have never smelled anything quite like the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/25\/smoked-manhattans-pontotoc-lounge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Smoked Manhattans @ Pontotoc Lounge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21145"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21145"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21150,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21145\/revisions\/21150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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