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- An UPDATE
THREE THINGS..I NOTICED IN LAST SUNDAY's Happy Hour:
1. Its Happy Hour STARTS at 4pm, NOT at 5pm as I had mistakenly thought before.
2. Beware: There is "NO Happy Hour SEATING at the Bar Counter downstairs"!
3. Its HH is POPPING during game time with excited screaming fans (me included)!
YES, its attractive offers are still ALL there, i.e.:
- 22oz draft for $2.50; wine, 3; well drinks, 4; delicious HH bar dishes ($3-6) );
- Its reverse HH still goes between 10-midnight (I've got to give it a try after movies sometime)!
YELPY DETAILS YOU CAN IGNORE:
- After a long walk in Pueblo Park yesterday (Sunday) afternoon, I wisely decided to hydrate myself properly, well, deliciously! So, I went to CBC for the 22oz draft and thin crust pepperoni pizza($6 plus $1 extra for pepperoni)...over exciting NFL games!
- And...What a healthy HYDRATING experience it was, indeed!
Now, here's something STRANGE about "Seating at the BAR COUNTER", though:
- When I got in CBC around 4:30, I first went upstairs to take a look at their small loft bar. The bar counter itself was completely full; the lounge area still had a few bar tables. However, other than the lone barkeep, I did not see any server upstairs (perhaps, not until after 5pm).
- As I was alone this time, I wanted to sit at the bar counter, so I went back to the downstairs lounge. Here I was surprised to find out that the Happy Hour seating is "restricted" to the lounge area! In other words, one cannot have HH at the downstairs bar counter itself!
- I think the reason for CBC's doing this is that they want the gaming machines available to playing customers. Perhaps, CBC knows that most their HH customers are NOT INTERESTED in playing video poker machines?
- There's no such restriction in the loft bar lounge, however.
- Well, luckily, I got a comfy bar table along the wall, with a great viewing angle for several tv's! The food and drinks were great! My server was pleasant and attentive. And the atmosphere was just right for the occasion! The lounge area was almost completely full by 6pm, full of screaming fans for the 49ers and later for the "home team" Bears [who lost, if you care to know, to the Texans!]
BTW: - Oh yes, there's an elevator, too, hidden around the corner of the bar. So, CBC is handicapped friendly.
Peterskis, Nov 2012
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