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| - I'm of two minds about this place. I and my man have been going to Shady's on a somewhat regular basis pretty much since it opened.
The bartenders' level of vanity is bewildering. Weezer typically chats up anyone other than the customer he's serving. His sidekick, Mr. Facial Piercings, looks at you like you just kicked him in the balls and he's waiting for the pain to register. I've yet to determine the deal with this increasingly shabby treatment. I suppose the attitude could be based on mistaken identity. Speaking of attitude, a new bouncer / ID checker / empty glass collector was hired within the last year. He is young and angry with a shaved head and looks like a live-action mug shot. He does not speak. He looks as if he's about to murder someone and gleefully dispose of the remains in a shark tank. Given his colleagues, I can see why.
Removing the staff from consideration, Shady's is a cool bar. The draft beer selection isn't huge, but they do have Stella, and a number of decent imported canned beers w/ the widget. The mixed drinks, by all accounts, are quite generous. The jukebox, excellent people-watching, and continuous showing of an interesting assortment of movies on a few small TV screens (w/ subtitling) throughout the bar are other highlights.
Man, I wish the bartenders weren't such self-regarding dickwads, because Shady's does have much to recommend it.
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