Lone Palm - $6

Peppery flavor.

Dog behind bar - cute!

Original art on the walls. Table cloth on tables. Actual Lone Palm growing outside.

A blind date next to us.

Folks talking about Lotus Girls and Burning man proclaimed "I was told it would be much better if I participated in a project". Doh!

Dinner at Tuba.

Uptown - $5

Had "Old Fashions" instead of the usual Manhattans. Bourbon served over ice with a squished fresh quarter orange and cherry.

Bartender is always great here. She suggested we try the old fashions.

Dinner at ever popular smallest restaurant Yamu.

Manhattans in Manhattan

Broken Records on St. Patrick's Day - $5

They didn't have any sweet vermouth at first but the bartender made a phone call and found a bottle.

The bartender was good and the made good drinks. Price is always good and large here.

The two cooks were sick so limited menu today.

Little puppy in the bar - very cute.

A good mixed crowd. Ball playing crowd too.

Dada - $7.00

The Happy Hour lasted until 9:00pm. The $5 happy hour drinks were only for "certain" drinks. Our therefore ended up being $7. Did seem right.

The drinks were good even though the bartender had to top off.

We have started to notice that that many of the ice is really too watery to begin with which makes the drink watery too.

The bartender poured two beers while our Manhattans sat in the "ice". That is not cool.

Dinner at Thai restaurant.

The Brickhouse - $5

Both Manhattans and the food here tonight were served next to the window (our favorite) as the one chair is actually a real chair size.

We both had the seafood salad - Great!

The Manhattan are $5 - a bargain - not with the lethal red dyed cherries. We asked for orange rind instead. The bartender made a knot on the rind - cool - and no cherry juice. Great.

Madrone Art Bar - $4.00

Best Deal in Town!!!

Bartender is nice. "I don't like those fake ones" reference to the maraschino Cherries. He had REAL cherries. Yum!!

We came between 4-8pm for Happy Hour. The drinks were great - Did I already say that?

The art is fun here too. Serious. Wallpaper and mural cool. The art is not the usual art seen in bars. Thought it may be from the Art Institute. There is room for a band too. Dr. Strangelove projected onteh back wall. Has nice couches and high ceilings. The women's bathroom has pink walls. BTW the drinks stirred on shaken - acutally good - in this case. The waitress is wearing a rug! This is way cool.

Dinner at Herbivore.