Will definitely be coming back here! Thank you fellow Yelpers!
We weren't ready to go home after work and dinner last night (Thursday) and didn't want to cross the bridge. Somewhere cheap to have a beer and play some pool where no one will bother us or try to win the table. I should clarify that by play I really mean practice - we have a slatron table at home that we can play well on, but it's SO different from slate that we're embarrassed playing at bars with our friends because we're too used to our own table.
We were definitely the youngest ones here, and the bartender carded us because, and I quote, "I don't know you," which probably means most of the crowd are regulars. She was nice about it, and seemed apologetic that she needed to ask (per New Orleans custom, almost all local bartenders that card young-looking people apologize in the process).
We each got a beer and I told her we would like to each take a shot, but that I didn't want something rough - did she have anything fruity? Soco or something easy to down? She suggested the dollar Jolly Rancher shots - I was a little worried because the one I had at Napoleon's Itch was green and I hate apple-flavored anything, but accepted the shots. They were DELICIOUS. Really, I could have slow sipped it. She made sure we enjoyed them and told us the bar makes them from rum and melted down Jolly Ranchers. It didn't give me a "whoosh" like I get from a regular shot, but I wasn't really looking for one, so it worked out fine. Our beers were cold, and the bill was $7.50, so $2.25/beer and $1/shot. Not bad. We played two rounds of pool on the 50 cent tables (there were 4-5 tables) and headed home when we were done. The bartender had to make quarters for our dimes and nickels for the second game and didn't seem put off by it, which was sweet. All-in-all, a good night! =) read more