After being in Italy for some time you start to crave beer. I'm not talking any beer, I'm talking real beer. Yes, that's right Italy I just put down all your beer! Wandering Florence one day after a long day of site seeing I thought I saw NFL on some tvs...and I stopped for a second to confirm and it was the NFL! I looked around and I was standing in front of Tartan Jock's.
I walked in, sat at the bar and ordered a Guinness. The Guinness was so good after drinking all these Italian beers that tasted horrible. I'd equate my happiness with this Guinness with breaking a dry spell, it was just that damn good after a few weeks of terrible beer.
I was in during happy hour (aperitivo) were you get access to a buffet of free appetizers for buying a drink. I didn't have any food but they looked like they had a large selection of risotto, pasta, veggies and fried bar food.
Now the pub itself is ok but the crowd that was there that night and possibly every night was a blast! The bartenders and owners are from North America and there are a lot of ex-pats that come here from the UK and surrounding area.
I had a lot of great conversations with everyone here as they all stopped to chat. The local regulars that didn't speak much English dropped by and made sure to have a conversation with me and bought me a ton of rounds. This is what I love about going to awesome pubs, it's the people. People aren't compartmentalized into their own groups. Everyone hangs out and has a good time.
I don't find this at a lot of the pubs I go to in my current home town. read more