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| - Upon getting out of the car in the Vermillion neighborhood and walking to the front door of the newly-reopened Tin Pan Alley (the bar formerly known as Harvey's), my roommate's girlfriend spied a street sign that read: Tin Pan Alley.
"Oh," she said. "That's where it gets its name!"
With that mystery solved, we opened the front door and climbed the staircase to the upstairs bar and...virtually everything was the same as Harvey's. Same hardwood floors, rectangular bar, same sports posters, banners and memorabilia peppered on the walls (that I could tell...there might have been a few different pieces).
The lone pool table was in the same location, the hand-powered shuffleboard table (so much fun!) still against the back wall.
The place is not big, but it does have a number of TVs and enough drink specials and events such as trivia night and live music to keep people returning.
My favorite on this particular Trivia Night was the $1 PBR (Pabst Blue Ribbon) cans. I remember PBR mostly for being the beer upperclassmen would force pledges to drink in college. On this night, with little money in my wallet, it was the nectar of the gods.
This was also the first time I had eaten here, or even looked at the menu, so I can't say how much or even if the selection had changed. The menu was full of sandwiches, pizzas, calzones and appetizers. I had a calzone which was excellent,and grabbed a stray chicken finger off someone's plate, which was also tasty.
In the end, I was out the door with a total tab under $20, so I was very pleased.
So what have we learned?
For someone looking for a low-key scene with lots of sports bar atmosphere and good beer specials, it is a good choice.
We also learned that PBR is made in Milwaukee. Says so on the can. Who knew?
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