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| - Tuesday nights special is the Burgers and Local Beers offer. $10 burger basket with choice of any AZ beer selection.
How could I not?
Slowly looking around, with Staind's It's Been Awhile playing on the speakers, I notice only six other customers... all sitting at the bar. Six customers, comprised of three duos.
As Eddie Vedder now purrs along to a mandolin, my focus shifts to the redhead and a young man in a button up shirt, engaged in a spontaneous conversation... seeming to truly enjoy each others company.
Feeling a little jealous, in part due to this emotionally charged Lynyrd Skynyrd song, I wish I had someone sitting across from me... someone that could draw me in with her words and wit.
At the corner of the bar sits a rad looking young black couple. Her dreds are interwoven with blonde, giving off a striking look. They sit quiet, seemingly watching a tennis match on the overhead flat panel.
Feeling a little jealous, since this is a long winded Skynyrd song, I wish I had a tennis partner, someone whose serve was as blistering as her wordplay.
Closest to me, sits two plus size girls, friends... sympathetic to each others social awkwardness, in turn, able to be there for each other. The barkeep asks them how the "Za" is. Something from the depth of my heart rages at the hipster pizza pie nickname.
My heart also rages against this loneliness that I feel, the desolation I see playing out before me in this empty restaurant, illustrated by the few patrons who are frequenting it this forlorn evening.
As Kirk's 12 string acoustic leads in to Metallica's Nothing Else Matters, my heart sinks, as I fear the haunting melody will chaperone more emotion my way. If I try hard enough, I can almost see her sitting across this dimly lit quaint booth, but not for long, as James' vocals chase her apparition away.
All in all, the burger special didn't disappoint, and I got to try Sleepy Dog Red Rover Irish Ale. However, the people watching and soundtrack were unparalleled
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