| Last Night. |
[Jan. 11th, 2008|01:35 pm] |
So, Eric Craft and I went to a new bar opening in Grand Rapids last night. They are not opening until saturday, but last night was a special night for members of ratebeer.com and beeradvocate.com. Everything was 1/2 off. It is a really cool bar, with over 150 bottles and 48 micro brews on tap, over half of it michigan beer.
Eric and I had ordered burgers and we were hanging out in this cool lounge upstairs when we noticed lights outside. We then realized there was a raging fire in the dumpster. We ran downstairs and told them and then ran outside where they used two fire extinguishers to put it out. Everything ended up ok except for the melted dumpster lid.
It was a great night overall, we met a couple and talked with them for a couple hours. Even sharing our beer. Eventually a brewer from Founders brewing joined us and we talked with him for awhile. It was cool to ask him lots of geeky questions. It was getting late so we headed downstairs to leave. But not before running into Larry Bell (owner and founder of Bells Brewing). I talked to him for a few minutes and couldn't help myself from heaping on the praise.
It was a great bar, great food, great company, and really good beer. The exlamation point for the night came when we found out that they let us eat and drink for free because we told them about the fire. It doesn't get much better than that. |
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