A friend just sent me this link to Keggers of Yore, a hilarious collection of party picture from days gone by. It has all of our favorite elements: bad hair, bad fashion and lots and lots of booze.
Got a great boozy link? Submit it in the comments!
Here at the Barfly, we looooove our bartenders, especially when they’re fun, flirty and good-looking. We love them so much, we are dedicating a whole page just to the sexy-fine bartenders of SoNaMa Counties!
Because we are sexy sexist pigs here at the Barfly, we are starting with MALE bartenders only…but don’t worry, female bartenders will [...]
Imagine my surprise when reading the September issue of Real Simple magazine and I came across this advice in an article about tipping, “If I get bad service at a restaurant, should I still tip? Based on a standard tip of 15 to 20 percent for average to excellent service, tip perhaps 12 percent,” advises [...]
Atmosphere: Upscale whiskey bar and restaurant
Clientele: Whiskey drinkers = older, more refined crowd generally speaking
Spirits: Full bar plus whiskey, whiskey and more whiskey
Staff: Good looking young men
It was my first trip to Jack and Tony’s Whiskey Bar, not just on a Saturday night, but ever. I was very excited for my visit, having recently acquired [...]
Atmosphere: Upscale California Wine Bar
Clientele: Older (30’s+)
Spirits: Full bar, fine selection of beer and wine
Staff: Just look at the picture
I know you must be thinking…a full bar and a cute bartender, is that what it takes to get a perfect score on the Barfly? Well, no, but it doesn’t hurt.
Located at 8050 Bodega Avenue in [...]
Atmosphere: PacNW Brewery Meat Market
Clientele: Teeming throngs of beer-only drinkers
Spirits: Beer and its cousins
Staff: Friendly, efficient*
Another in the long list of beer only establishments in Sonoma Co., at least the Russian River Brewing Co. has an excuse. They are an actual brewery. Located on 4th st. in downtown Santa Rosa, even I can get behind [...]
or Why I’m Such a Bitch
Did you know that being a waiter (used in the non-gender specific way, like actor or author) used to be a profession and not just a way-point on the path of becoming something else? It is the same with being a bartender. Once people actually trained for these jobs and [...]
Atmosphere: Sports-Pub
Clientele: Refreshingly over the age of 22
Spirits: Beer and its cousins
Staff: Bored
Let’s just jump right in with what pissed me off from the get-go. First of all, as you may have already gathered, your dedicated servant (that’s me) doesn’t drink beer. This means when I go to places that only have a beer and [...]
Atmosphere: Homey Hippie-Hipster Brewhouse
Clientele: People who wear Tevas, Crocs and Birkenstocks.
Spirits: Extensive beer menu, limited cider offerings, smallish wine list. No hard stuff.
Staff: Effusive.
You are probably thinking, “Girl Wonder is giving high marks to a place that doesn’t even serve vodka? Has she lost her ever-lovin’ mind?” but I tell you, Barley & Hops [...]
Tuesday Happy Hour was getting a little crowded for my taste over at Jasper O’Farrell’s on Tuesday so my date and I headed over to Hopmonk to enjoy some cocktails in their beer garden. Now I ask myself, “what the hell did you do that for?”
The first face you see when you walk in the [...]
