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http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_up ... proom.htmlThe early online buzz that tagged the Memphis as yet another "yuppie" bar rankled Hartranft. After all, he has worked 70 hours a week with his partners and wife, Leigh Maida, to transform an aging shot-and-a-beer hall that once hosted wet-T-shirt contests into an ambitious bar and neighborhood restaurant where hipster families now flock to brunch.
It's you, c_c (and me too).coqui_chris wrote:http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_up ... proom.htmlThe early online buzz that tagged the Memphis as yet another "yuppie" bar rankled Hartranft. After all, he has worked 70 hours a week with his partners and wife, Leigh Maida, to transform an aging shot-and-a-beer hall that once hosted wet-T-shirt contests into an ambitious bar and neighborhood restaurant where hipster families now flock to brunch.
Is it me, or does it sound better the original way?
I think c_c's issue might be that they're trying too hard to present themselves as a "down home" kinda joint (I mean, the writer drew comparisons with Applebee's), without earning that cred.Smatter Noguts wrote:I would agree with Frank; places change for better or worse depending on your point-of view.
A bar is a business, there to make money for the owner. Regulars sometimes seem to take a proprietary interest in a joint having established social networks and spent dollars there, but they are still just customers. If yuppies buying haute cuisine makes the place more money than my cheap draft backed by a bar bourbon, then so be it.
And Lionshead Light, described as "the thinking-man's Light Beer."peetie44 wrote:I mean, the only regular beer they have is MHL? I wonder(?) if they free-pour their liquor, for instance...
People like that are one of the best arguments for drinking at home.coqui_chris wrote:moving into old factory loft buildings, flannel shirt wearing, thrift store shopping.
(I've also learned that hipsters have recently embraced Bruce Springsteen's early E Street era music. This saddens me)
This is the beer of the hipster who thinks he's the savior of America's inner city, and "thinks" he's a species above the old neighborhood shot-and-a-beer crowd.
Although, in Philly, the hipster has been innoculated to the shot-and-a-beer by Bob and Barbara's and the Tritone, where PBR and a shot of Beam have been marketed to the girl-jeans-wearing crowd. So knock one back, and rub the excess out of your ironic mustache with the back of your hand, you brave urban renewer, you!
Almost went to college there - King's College, but decided against it.Trebek wrote:Don't be jaded about Lion's head, Chris. It does the job on the cheap.
Oh, and I can't believe anyone here has even HEARD of fucking Scranton.
It always seemed to me that a successful old-man/dive-bar had one very important thing going for it: neighborhood customers.FarmerJones wrote:Hopefully there will always be a home for dive bars. I've seen them tucked quietly away in upscale business districts all the time....sure, some may close or change their business hoping to make more profit, but I'm sure the one who don't change like it even more when they get new regulars.
Couldn't have said it better.peetie44 wrote:What makes some of these recent "insta-dives" NOT work is that they are often advertising outside the immediate area and so become trendy "destination bars" in the eyes of some of their more occasional and transient, non-local customers.
People coming in from outside the neighborhood and -- while that's cool to a degree -- suddenly you're having a large turnover of strangers passing through. And, sadly, some of these "passers through" just don't understand neighborhood-bar etiquette.
Here's to the TRUE local bars everywhere, and their denizens!
**clink**
Some people don't have enough room for a shuffleboard or a pool table in their rowhome.People like that are one of the best arguments for drinking at home.
