Park Slope Happy Hour 7/20/06

but wait. you said five
four is not five :shock:

oh man. is there some vote rigging going on?
there's already 4 votes to see tightshirts at perch :shock:

Subject: Cheese!

"alafairnadia wrote: I'm guessing there's a collective vote by horny people who want to see the tight-shirt girl and cheap people who want a free drink.
I fall into neither category, which is why I voted for FF. I want manchego.

I'll bring you a piece of manchego to munch in the corner while the rest of us enjoy our free drinks (and those so inclined to do so ogle :oops: ).

BTW did you ever try the archly feminist Womanchego from the cheese stall at the GAP Greenmarket? Gender politics aside it's quite a nice piece of cheese (although it doesn't come close to their hilariously-named Hooligan). With luck my son will want to watch Wallace & Gromit tonight - I feel the urge to watch A Grand Day Out with all this talk of cheese.

Meredith wrote: you guys - i am psyched that you are considering coming to perch for happy hour! btw... we do have food. no manchego cheese... but really yummy cake. what's better than cake???

i started a myspace page dedicated to getting people to come to perch. you can browse if you like... and add me as your friend! xo

www.myspace.com/mzeitlin

cake works.

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another logout issue

what about the new bar on union?
any word on what that's like?

perch really isn't a bar (I know they sell beer and someone has sworn to wear a tight t-shirt or something, but it's not what I define as a bar).

oh well, I'm sure a good time could be had there as anywhere

I'll admit that I've only been to Commonwealth (isn't it singular?) twice. my initial thoughts about it regarded the circumstances in which was opened, which seemed kinda petulant and distasteful. as such, I went in there expecting it to be really awesome - I thought the owner had something to prove.

in any case, the jukebox was okay, a little loud and obnoxious. I was there with a group of friends from boston and we were catching up. the place didn't seem very busy and we were drinking a lot. the bartender wasn't very chatty, but whatever, maybe he was having a bad day. he also didn't give any buy backs - but maybe that's bar policy. there wasn't much to look at, and it was a little ... unfeeling, which was honestly just my own impression. so I left feeling blah about it - nothing really drawing me to the place.

a few months later, I went on a PS bar crawl with some guys I know, and we hit most of the old standbys - the gate, the royale, great lakes (all really different places, I think) - and then we wandered into commonwealth and were stared in the face by like ten 22 year olds. the music was a little green dayish and we all just looked at each other and went back to great lakes.

I tend to give bars about two tries before writing them off. I don't think that's "slander", I think that's just prioritizing. and hey, you can't ... click a mouse? (throwing a rock seems excessively violent) on this board without coming across someone's negative impression.

maybe instead of dissing my opinion and acting like I'm attacking you (which is different than me saying "I fucking hate Commonwealth"), you should try to tell people why you like the place and maybe they'll agree with you. reading your opinion of the place makes me think the joint is full of overly-sensitive whiners. prove me wrong.

alafairnadia wrote: maybe instead of dissing my opinion and acting like I'm attacking you (which is different than me saying "I fucking hate Commonwealth"), you should try to tell people why you like the place and maybe they'll agree with you. reading your opinion of the place makes me think the joint is full of overly-sensitive whiners. prove me wrong.

ha, nope, you nailed it, it's a place full of overly-sensitive whiners. Nice!

No need to prove you wrong (although they do give buy backs and the crowd tends to be in their 30's, plus they have an outdoor patio now that's really rather nice). I now like that you hate it.

It's all come to a happy conclusion.

Kid_Baco wrote: didn't mean to post as guest
another logout issue

what about the new bar on union?
any word on what that's like?

perch really isn't a bar (I know they sell beer and someone has sworn to wear a tight t-shirt or something, but it's not what I define as a bar).

oh well, I'm sure a good time could be had there as anywhere

I confess, my vote for Perch was made under the assumption that it is an actual, like, bar - do they have hard liquor?

That place on Union looks intriguing...going to need to check that out down the road.

meredith wrote: sigh. you guys - this is my POINT. perch has a FULL bar - wine, beer, liquor, sangria... everything. just no one knows about it.

i swear.

and did i mention the garden?

can you get some manchego?
and some bread would be nice too...

I have to agree with alfairnidia, I can't fucking stand commonwealth. What it lacks in personality, it more than makes up for in a certain upper east side Dorian's charm.

alafairnadia wrote: [quote=Kid_Baco][quote=alafairnadia]maybe instead of dissing my opinion and acting like I'm attacking you (which is different than me saying "I fucking hate Commonwealth"), you should try to tell people why you like the place and maybe they'll agree with you. reading your opinion of the place makes me think the joint is full of overly-sensitive whiners. prove me wrong.

ha, nope, you nailed it, it's a place full of overly-sensitive whiners. Nice!

No need to prove you wrong (although they do give buy backs and the crowd tends to be in their 30's, plus they have an outdoor patio now that's really rather nice). I now like that you hate it.

It's all come to a happy conclusion.

oh, good. just so you know, you'll HATE Soda. please avoid it. thanks.

you guys are welcome to bring manchego if you like - i'll even put it in the fridge for ya we do have bread... and a full dinner menu. the mac 'n' cheese is outtasite... and we just added a new salmon dish, smoked trout and beet salad, and crispy rosemary chicken...

i was out on 5th las night and trying to find somewhere to keep drinking and grab a bite. So, strolled into Perch and met Meredith, who was thrilled to see a DS'er, apparantly none of us had taken her up yet for shame. She's a quality mixologist, cute as a button, and they make a good BLT.

If I had to compare the place to anywhere, it's like a hipper Cocoa Bar.

someone said it's close to ginger's on 5th

flatbush farm 4 : perch 6
it's close :shock:

i'm in for thursday
they're both good

not as good as royale.... but

Hard to believe it, but it may just be you and Q. I'm going to be caught up with something in the early evening it looks like.