Bar

Bar #25: Bar, 13th and Sansom

Emily and I left Time with a plan to check out McGillin’s, an Irish bar that was supposedly right around the corner. We did indeed find a bar right around the corner, and after reading the sign on the door that said “cash only motherf#ckers,” we assumed we were in the right place. We went inside and received further confirmation from the laminated menus at the bar, which include the following sections: “Beer,” “Hot Dogs,” “Cup Noodles,” and, perhaps best of all, “Hot Dogs + Cup Noodles.” For whatever reason, this was precisely what we expected from an Irish bar called McGillin’s. We sat down at the bar and ordered beers: a Bells Two Hearted for Emily and a PBC Walt Wit for me. I also convinced Emily to order a Cup Noodles, which was exactly what it claimed to be.

Beers at...?

Bells Two Hearted and PBC Walt Wit

About 15 minutes later, Emily was in the midst of an intense debate regarding the legitimacy of ordering extra maraschino cherries for a drink when the guy she was talking to claimed that the bar had only been open for two weeks. Still thinking we were at McGillin’s, we insisted that he was wrong. Well, TURNS OUT he wasn’t, though by now you probably saw that coming. We were, in fact, at the newly opened and questionably named “Bar (Drink About It).” In retrospect, it was a pretty cool place—the beer list had some great selections, there was an extremely entertaining movie playing called “Kung Fu Frenzy,” and the bartender was friendly and told us how to ACTUALLY get to McGillin’s when we left. At the time, though, we were completely disoriented…a bar called Bar? Really? I guess we’ll just have to “drink about” that one.

Bar Ratings

The Bar Graph: Bar

Did we manage to make it to McGillin’s, or would we stumble upon another unknown bar? Stay tuned to find out!

—Brynn