Ongoing Double WIndsor Awesomeness Thread

I can do without TVs at bars (and babies...blech). I will wait until I see them. Last thing I want is another Rhythm & Booze-type place. I go to bars to get away from tvs and screaming kids

I have to get my gimpy ass back down there again and see what's going on.

doo wrote: My own feeling is that TVs are completely wrong for this place. I like bars where I can escape the glowing screens. Maybe I'm the only one.

I completely agree. TVs are the reason I don't go to Rhythm and Booze. R&B overall is nice: cheap drinks, friendly and has locals. The food sucks, but I just go there for the booze part. But there are too many TVs. You can't escape them. If Double Windsor gets TVs, they basically will become R&B 2.

i wrote the review on yelp about the tvs. i'd be horrified if this place became another r&b, i don't think the place needs like 8-9 tvs. you've got a good point about escaping the glowing screens, i don't like bars where i feel like i'm in a navy commercial. from a business standpoint i think it would be smart if there were perhaps one television and it was arranged so it wasn't the center of attention. the gate has two tvs and it is totally possible to escape their glow and i think this place has enough space where that is totally possible. if you can do both then you can cater to more people while giving them what they want and not forcing what they don't want at them. all that aside, if the place was walled with tvs it'd still be hard to deny that vanilla porter.

jschneier wrote: It totally doesn't feel like a TV kind of joint...although I certainly plan on bringing my infant despite any glares I might get. Sorry guys.

seriously? Why would you bring a baby to a bar? Did your parents bring you to bars? Bars are for adults and for drinking. I understand that having a baby might make you NEED to drink, but hearing a crying baby while in a bar is not good.

If your baby's first words are "Fucking HELL!" instead of Mama or Dada, you have bringing them to a bar to thank.

Subject: Umm

jschneier wrote: It totally doesn't feel like a TV kind of joint...although I certainly plan on bringing my infant despite any glares I might get. Sorry guys.

To be fair, she premised by saying that the DW did not feel like a TV kind of joint, implying that the bar was something different than a rowdy, obscene bar.

Who, other than the moral police above, cares if a mother watching her child enjoys a glass of wine in an empty bar on a sunny afternoon?

When I'm drunk and dancing on the bar, I don't want to be worried that I'll knock little Susie's bottle over or trip over sweet Johnny's gourmet mac n' cheese.

^really? And you got all of this out of "although I certainly plan on bringing my infant despite any glares I might get. Sorry guys."

Impressive (insert eye roll)

Any baby I catch in a bar, I eat. Done.

Nyco: I'll buy you a drink when you're there

nyco wrote: Look, my wife and I are planning on having a drink at the DW. And guess what, our son is coming with us.

We too think babies don't belong in bars (unless you're in any other country than this one) where it's ok (Ireland, England, Italy, etc.).

Which is why we also plan on visiting the DW during non-peak hours so people like Flexi and all don't have to deal with us.

This baby-hating is juvenile. It's the fault of the parent that the baby "runs around" and "is plopped on the bar" (if that even really happens). There are those of us who respect others and understand your point.

Don't feign outrage because of this gross generalization you have in your mind about babies running rampant in bars. I've been around a long long time, and have yet to see any of the scenarios those who rant about babies describe. Lighten up.

It's not "baby hating". It's "inconsiderate parent hating"...and if you haven't seen the behaviour I described, then you must never go out in PS. I have seen babies ON the bar with my own eyes. Babies changed on bathroom sinks. Babies throwing food with the parents not stopping them. Again....inconsiderate PARENT hating.

nyco wrote: [quote=Flexichick] It's not "baby hating". It's "inconsiderate parent hating"...and if you haven't seen the behaviour I described, then you must never go out in PS. I have seen babies ON the bar with my own eyes. Babies changed on bathroom sinks. Babies throwing food with the parents not stopping them. Again....inconsiderate PARENT hating.

Ok, so if the parents are considerate, then what the hell's the problem?

IF the parents are considerate is a HUGE if.

What's a considerate parent? -

- your kid cries...march them out the door IMMEDIATELY (I don't care if you are in the middle of a meal or a drink...so am I)
- your kid should not be running around
- your stroller should not be blocking traffic
- your kids should not throw things, climb on the table or do anything else to disrupt other diners
- if you need to change a diaper, do it somewhere appropriate (this does not mean bathroom sink, bar, chair or table...ick all around). I doubt they have a baby changing station at the DW

If all of that is being done consistently, I don't really have a problem with babies....but a BAR is for GROWN UPS. Seriously. We have parks, we have coffee houses, tons of family-friendly restaurants....More than most other places I have lived or visited....Why do babies need to be in bars, too?! Can't there be ONE place where you go and expect not to be with babies?

(btw, I don't think dogs should be in bars or most stores either......even though that's not a popular sentiment and even though I love dogs).

Beave will still just eat your baby. She's hungry.

I'm still not getting it…

So, you're saying that according to you my wife and I can not bring our 2 year old (who's the most behaved baby ever conceived) to the DW at noon on a Saturday for lunch (when they serve)?

Is that what you're saying? Really?

Wait,… how old are you? If you're under 25 this conversation's way over.