Thistle Hill Tavern - Fat Mike

you're just going to have to taste test all of my drinks then

Thanks for the review Scarlett. I've been waiting for this place to open... should be a good place tonight to celebrate finishing grad school... assuming not too many moms out and about.

Tried to go for dinner last night around 8. The bar was over capacity, every table was full and they told us it would be 45 minutes wait. Grrr. Steinoff's trout special was underwhelming.

http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2010/05/streetlevel_new_89.php

Flexichick wrote: Hopefully Fat Mike won't serve you shots of his piss. Check this out :-)

http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/26/nofx-singer-tequila-fat-mike-cokie-the-clown-urine-shots-video/#comments

Really, this disgusting pig is part owner?

The singer of NOFX is reportedly under investigation after secretly spiking fans' drinks with urine at a SXSW concert. Fat Mike ended his set of dark songs by revealing the subterfuge in a video.

The Pinpoint music blog reports that Fat Mike, real name Michael John Burkett, swaggered into the Emo's Annex venue wearing the face paint of his character Cokie the Clown. Holding a bottle of Patrón Añejo tequila, he poured 40 shots for himself and others in the crowd before taking the mic and bringing the Austin festival to a new, GG Allinesque low.

Although the 43-year-old played acoustic versions of several of the punk band's tunes, the heart of the show was a string of sordid "true" stories – touching on rape, suicide and the alleged smothering death of his mother. "By the time he started talking about his relationship with his father, all of Mike's friends who were standing near me had noticeably changed their demeanour," the blogger reports. Fat Mike also played a new song, thick with foreshadowing: Drinking Pee.

"As Mike finished his last song, he announced that he had a video that he had prepared especially for this evening," the blogger recalls. "The mood in the building was completely fucked at this point. Upon instruction, his videographer hooked up the same camera he had been recording on the entire time to a 20-something inch TV that was positioned stage left. His camera man rewound through the entire footage to reveal a scene that occurred kitty-corner to the artist entrance of this venue."

The video showed Fat Mike urinating into the same Patrón bottle he seemed to have brought into the club – and poured from for dozens of fans. "I confirmed that urine was not classified as a biohazard waste and not subject to the risks of legal ramifications of blood, semen, or feces," Fat Mike told TMZ in an interview.

The Austin health department is now reportedly looking into the incident.


http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/mar/29/fat-mike-nofx-spiked-fans-drink-urine

John Bush told me himself that Fat Mike is NOT allowed anywhere behind the bar or in the kitchen. He is a silent partner only. But if it means there will be fewer people there whenever I try to stop in for dinner or a drink, by all means, keep on posting ridiculous history.

scarlett wrote: John Bush told me himself that Fat Mike is NOT allowed anywhere behind the bar or in the kitchen. He is a silent partner only. But if it means there will be fewer people there whenever I try to stop in for dinner or a drink, by all means, keep on posting ridiculous history.

So why is he NOT allowed anywhere behind the bar or in the kitchen then?

Welcome, HOG!

Question:

Any update to this, pictures or anything like that?

(tattoos for Gorilla Coffee ex-staff)
http://brooklynian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=681531#681531

Just curious.

Had dinner there last night. Arrived at 6:30 and was very empty. Left around 9 and was packed. Martinis, cocktails and wine were all delicious. The server was friendly and accommodated a special request. The special artichoke soup was silky and delicious. We got the fried fennel and I had asked the server if it was pan fried and he said it was flash fried. It was thickly battered and deep fried and while normally I love deep fried stuff, I love fennel and I just couldn't really taste it. My date had the duck confit and while he normally doesn't eat much, he polished off the entire dish and the bread basket, which came with butter and oil. I had a scallop special over pea puree. It was supposed to come with speck and I requested it come without. When the plate arrived covered in the stuff I asked them to remove it. The waiter asked me if I was allergic and while I said no, it didn't seem like they just scraped off the speck, it seemed a new dish came out. The scallops were baby fist sized perfectly seared rounds of deliciousness. Yum! We were considering getting a brandy or coffee but the waiter never returned with dessert menus and was prettty busy, so we got the check and left. I will be back.

Der because of his naughty history and raunchy acts.

scarlett wrote: Had dinner there last night. Arrived at 6:30 and was very empty. Left around 9 and was packed. Martinis, cocktails and wine were all delicious. The server was friendly and accommodated a special request. The special artichoke soup was silky and delicious. We got the fried fennel and I had asked the server if it was pan fried and he said it was flash fried. It was thickly battered and deep fried and while normally I love deep fried stuff, I love fennel and I just couldn't really taste it. My date had the duck confit and while he normally doesn't eat much, he polished off the entire dish and the bread basket, which came with butter and oil. I had a scallop special over pea puree. It was supposed to come with speck and I requested it come without. When the plate arrived covered in the stuff I asked them to remove it. The waiter asked me if I was allergic and while I said no, it didn't seem like they just scraped off the speck, it seemed a new dish came out. The scallops were baby fist sized perfectly seared rounds of deliciousness. Yum! We were considering getting a brandy or coffee but the waiter never returned with dessert menus and was prettty busy, so we got the check and left. I will be back.

mummm baby scallops....

We started very slowly with cocktails.

eggcream wrote: [quote=scarlett]John Bush told me himself that Fat Mike is NOT allowed anywhere behind the bar or in the kitchen. He is a silent partner only. But if it means there will be fewer people there whenever I try to stop in for dinner or a drink, by all means, keep on posting ridiculous history.

So why is he NOT allowed anywhere behind the bar or in the kitchen then?

it could be that he doesn't have the sanitation certifications that the business requires since he doesn't cook. It doesn't necessarily mean he's not "ALLOWED" because of some sort of behavior issue, it could just be that there's no reason for him to be back there if he doesn't cook or bartend (MANY businesses have silent partners who wouldn't ever be seen actively engaged in the operations of the business. The salon I work at has a silent partner who would not be "allowed" to take part in anything related to our service as he is not licensed and we could be fined if he was even holding a comb when we get inspected.)

Had dinner there last night and it is delicious. We ordered a lot of things and really enjoyed them all. Service is lovely and the owner was really nice as well. It's a great addition to the 'hood...I just wish it was bigger!