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| - Friday night drinking. I was trying to come up with a description for the crowd here, but failing. I finally decided on--bros with receding hairlines who just came to the realization that they have outgrown Oakland.
Okay, not everyone had a receding hairline, but the boys were of that age where that just starts to become a concern for them (mid-20s to mid-30s). And I did spot quite a few that were making their first attempts at combovers. I guess you just notice it less when the dudes have longish hair or cover their head with the cliched slouchy beanie, whereas Mario's is filled mainly with young professionals in ironed dress shirts, mid-priced jeans, and conventionally short haircuts. And to use some collegiate slang, this place was a total sausagefest. Which you'd think would be a good thing for a single girl such as myself but...it's really kinda not. Didn't see enough hot boys with tattoos here. Not that I expected any but...there were so many dudes here...why were they all so unattractive...why??? I saw a guy with two ballpoint pens in his pocket! Serious business.
The women's bathroom was GROSS! I went to Penn State and have a lot of friends who currently go to Pitt, so I'm totally used to nasty college bar bathrooms. This was among the worst I've seen. I expected more for a yuppie Shadyside bar, for real. YOU'RE AN ADULT NOW, PEOPLE! PISSING EVERYWHERE ISN'T VERY ADULT! (And don't forget to alert your fellow ladies when the stall is out of TP!)
I did like that there were actually servers for the booths and you do not need to order food to sit in a booth (cough, Mad Mex!). It was really crowded so having the beer brought to us instead of going up to the bar was a nice change. Our server was really friendly and attentive, which was unexpected.
One of my friends played a lot of shuffleboard. I guess it's an upgrade from the beer pong of your college days, right?
I guess it's a good addition to Shadyside, though it's not really my scene. I'm personally sick of all those restaurant-slash-bars. This is more of a bar-slash-restaurant, which makes all the difference.
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