Saturday, May 16, 2009

Honeypie


So the geniuses behind our favorite hangout have opened another place down the 15 line in Bayview. Honeypie is it's name and the food is terrific! An excellent beer list, of course, is provided by the infamous Drew and Sam... but only in bottles at this place. The food of course it's more of the slow-food Comet is famous for, but differs from the Comet in that it has a more meal-like feeling to them. The decor is very comfortable and relaxing, not too loud when full. There are plenty of nooks and crannies to hide away in if you choose to go the more private route. Of course eating at the bar is still an option, where the staff is always great for conversation and the patio is a welcome place now that summer is here. We're looking forward to spending more time down in Bayview (the Southern Eastside)... just have to pry ourselves away from the Comet once in a while!


5 Crusties!

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

British and Irish... all the ishes

Pretty photo to come


Recently stopped by two new bars in the last month... Dogs Bullocks and The Black Rose. Dogs Bullock is and English bar, very open and airy with all the usual English suspects on tap. Good selection, but nothing too adventurous. They are supposedly going to offer food, so it should be interesting what they interpret English style food to be, so definitely will be stopping by to try that. Should be a good place for a patio beer in the summer. Overall it's a comfortable spot.  

The Black Rose is where Oakland Trattoria's bar used to be. There's no food, but it looked like you could get food from the still-connected Trattoria. The beers here were definitely not at all adventurous and not a place to stop for any kind of taste on the ends of the scales. Since it's and R.C. Schmidt restaurant, Water Street Brewery beers were on tap, tho unfortunately not any of their more adventuresome styles. The bar was very cozy, which could get a bit crowded at busy times. A decent neighborhood addition but not a destination bar for us at all.