[reply]The pub itself looks like a pretty fun place, regardless. Has anyone here eaten there or seen any shows there?
So many questions.
It’s a Clark Street bro/sports bar. I was out last Thursday night with an old mutual friend of mine and Al’s and he related a story about how last year Al rang him up and told him to come out and party. When my friend showed up at the address, the same joint we’re talking about, he found Al in a muddled state camped out in a booth with a bunch of bros who he’d just met that evening. My buddy made an attempt to extricate Al from the place but had no luck and so he left.[/reply]
He should have just stayed and ate pizza with Al and his bros. Looks like a fun place.
He should have just stayed and ate pizza with Al and his bros. Looks like a fun place.
Well if they’re the kind of ‘bros’ that I’ve regularly experienced while running the gauntlet from the Addison blue line stop to the Metro / Smart bar, I can’t blame Wemp’s friend for not breaking bread with 'em.
Perhaps the situation has changed since I last lived there, but my memories of Wrigleyville dudebros are of J. Crew catalog clones who couldn’t hold their liquor and always wanted to pick a fight over some trivial deviation from their lifestyle (and not even stuff like having an ‘industrial culture shock trooper’ appearance…more like being called a “faggot” for the crime of walking down the street with a couple of books in hand…)
Think of the character ‘Mac’ from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, subtract whatever goofy charisma that character has, and you’re almost there.
He should have just stayed and ate pizza with Al and his bros. Looks like a fun place.
Have you tried the food, Wemp?
I’m a vegetarian health-nut. Bro-pub food ain’t exactly my thing. At my age you really need to fine tune your diet or you’ll end up looking like, well…Al.
It’s really more telling that Al was in a sports bar in Wrigleyville for his birthday. Metro/SmartBar is two blocks away yet for some reason he had to spend it with strangers in a brobar. That oughtta tell you something.
I looked at the menu. Mostly faux pizza with decidedly unChicago toppings like chicken, shrimp, celery and …gasp… pineapple. Even the salads were sprinkled with bacon.
It’s like something you’d find in a Dallas strip mall Tilted Kilt.
I’m not sure if it’s allowed in Bro-pubs, and the practice may be a bit Un-Chicagoish, but most of the pizza places I’ve been to do this radical thing where they actually let you choose your own toppings.
I don’t think I’ve heard the term Smart Bar since Billy Idol’s “Cyberpunk” or perhaps one of the deleted scenes from “Hackers”.
It’s really more telling that Al was in a sports bar in Wrigleyville for his birthday. Metro/SmartBar is two blocks away yet for some reason he had to spend it with strangers in a brobar. That oughtta tell you something.
It tells me he likes getting paid.
If someone would offer me a pile of cash to show up at a Bro-Bar, push a few buttons on an iPod every once in a while, and get drunk, I’d do it every day.
What is a bro? Where I am from “bro” is basically slang for a home boy.
combination jock/frat/pretty boy whos into extreme sports like dirt bike riding. They like to drive around trucks that are “lifted higher than your truck bra’h.” and “the brim of my hat is straighter than your brim bra’h.” they like to act aggressive cause “whatever it is, I’m better than you at it bra’h.” You know, those douche nozels
Just glanced at the Cubs vs Cardinals game on TBS (Game 4). There’s a dude behind home plate in Cubs gear that looks a lot like Al - wearing a stocking cap and holding a beer. Good for him!
[reply]What is a bro? Where I am from “bro” is basically slang for a home boy.
combination jock/frat/pretty boy whos into extreme sports like dirt bike riding. They like to drive around trucks that are “lifted higher than your truck bra’h.” and “the brim of my hat is straighter than your brim bra’h.” they like to act aggressive cause “whatever it is, I’m better than you at it bra’h.” You know, those douche nozels[/reply]
Also, they LOVE celery.
They put that shit on everything.
Especially pizza.
[reply][reply]What is a bro? Where I am from “bro” is basically slang for a home boy.
combination jock/frat/pretty boy whos into extreme sports like dirt bike riding. They like to drive around trucks that are “lifted higher than your truck bra’h.” and “the brim of my hat is straighter than your brim bra’h.” they like to act aggressive cause “whatever it is, I’m better than you at it bra’h.” You know, those douche nozels[/reply]
Also, they LOVE celery.
They put that shit on everything.
Especially pizza.[/reply]
Yeah, I’ve always just used the term “bro” to mean “pal” or “buddy”, especially if they’re longtime or close friends. “I’ll be back later tonight, Dear. I’m just gonna go meet up with a couple of my bros downtown for some bacon salad and celery pizza.”
I’m not sure if we really have a widely used term for the type of fella that Grumps is describing, though I know the type. I tend to use the term “meathead” a lot, or just “douchebag”.
I guess in NY/NJ they have “guidos” which are just the same type of numbskulls with some degree of Italian descent. Snookie and J-Wow also call them “Juiceheads” and “Gorillas”, so there’s that.
Just glanced at the Cubs vs Cardinals game on TBS (Game 4). There’s a dude behind home plate in Cubs gear that looks a lot like Al - wearing a stocking cap and holding a beer. Good for him!
I saw that guy. I couldn’t tell if it was him or not. He should be back at Delilah’s.
They like to drive around trucks that are “lifted higher than your truck bra’h.” and “the brim of my hat is straighter than your brim bra’h.” they like to act aggressive cause “whatever it is, I’m better than you at it bra’h.” You know, those douche nozels
Yeah. I hear they also have a shitty taste in music and have no idea what David Lynch looks like. They also love bacon, have Slash tattoos, poor creative writing skills and marry fat women.
Yeah. I hear they also have a shitty taste in music and have no idea what David Lynch looks like. They also love bacon, have Slash tattoos, poor creative writing skills and marry fat women.
I can’t really tick off any of the other boxes, but I do love bacon. I don’t think I have EVER ordered a salad, though. And celery on pizza sounds like something the Nazis would have done to torture the Jews. It’s cruel and unusual and just plain wrong.
[reply]They like to drive around trucks that are “lifted higher than your truck bra’h.” and “the brim of my hat is straighter than your brim bra’h.” they like to act aggressive cause “whatever it is, I’m better than you at it bra’h.” You know, those douche nozels
Yeah. I hear they also have a shitty taste in music and have no idea what David Lynch looks like. They also love bacon, have Slash tattoos, poor creative writing skills and marry fat women.
Know anyone like that?
Naaah. I reckon ya don’t.
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Oh yer back. Get a good cry out? Maybe went to the massage parlor cause you have to pay people to touch you. Good for you. Although, mystery why youre not in a better mood. [:)]