I'm not ready to go back to work yet. Soooooo here's a few things.
My friend let's call him Chris (cause that's his name) asked me if there were any restaurants in the area that have caviar on the menu. Now Chris has an insatiable appetite for seafood and is personally responsible for much of the world's declining fish stocks. You have to respect the fact that he is looking to the future. And betting that the sustainable seafood stocks are eventually going to dwindle down to minnows and finally just the eggs are going to be left out there.
So why wait till all the good eggs are eaten? He wants to eat them all now. So, who has caviar on the menu. Anyone know?
Pasteurized vs unpasteurized beer
It's that age old question we've never asked ourselves. I'm currently drinking Great Crescent IPA from cans purchased from the Keg Liquors in Clarksville, IN. Nope you probably can't get it from any of those highfalutin liquor emporiums over on the south side of the river. You must come to the high side and good ole Todd will fix you right up. You can drink this fine beer unpasteurized right from the can or you can get yourself to the NABC Pizzeria and drink this “lively” ale poured into your 20oz glass. While you're there you can order their famous “Big Ten” pizza, garlic cheese bread, beer cheese, or do like I always do and get the best damn ham sandwich ever, the “Ham and cheese our way” (also unpasteurized) with NABC's better than mom's potato salad. They don't actually call it “better than mom's” but I do. While your there if you stare into the glassed walled brewing area long enough for your eyes to adjust to the darkened lighting, among the gleaming steel tanks and confusing tangle of hoses, you might just spy the master brewer himself skulking around turning things and poking things, and occasionally glaring out you like “what the hell are you looking at rube?”
Impellizzeris Family Pizza
Tony started it all and he is back. In New Albany on Charlestown Road that is. His deep dish Sicilian pies are the antithesis of light fare. These things are so thick and dense they acquire their own gravitational pull. I ordered one last night. Two slices put me down into a stupor. NO it wasn't the beer. I stopped drinking several hours before attempting to consume this behemoth. It took them over an hour to assemble and cook this thing. It will take several days to consume it all. But consume it we shall; like stray dogs will a roadside deer carcass.
Finally, if you ever decide to check out the Troll Pub Under the Bridge just prior to a U of L game the following information may prove helpful.
1. Get there more than two hours before tip. The bar will be too crowed to even attempt by this time and the wait for a table may required you to check your calendar for suitable dates.
2. The buzzer they give you, when you put your name on the wait list because you're too dazed to realize the futility, will not work up at Doc Crows. It will continue to blink at you and the Doc Crow's staff will look at you funny. Just go ahead and order beers and food at Doc Crows.
3. When it's time to report for your courtside seats, don't bother to return the buzzer thingy to the Troll Pub. It will still be there when the game finishes.
4. Evan Williams in a plastic cup at half time is not as satisfying as you might think.
5. When you return the buzzer to the hostess stand don't say a word. Just head to the bar and order a drink.
6. Finally, stopping at Dish on Market for a burger on the way to the car is a good idea.