Hear me out. Had 40ish minutes to kill before a late res last night so we found some tiki bar to sit in. The bartender told us our drinks would be brought to us in the back and didnāt charge us. They played great music and had some indeterminate early Tom Hanks movie playing, and everyone just seemed really friendly, but the bartender totally forgot about us. We chatted and had a great time and left after 25 minutes none the poorer and not way too drunk for a place with great cocktails.
Yesterday my friends and I went out to this bar that was supposedly some hot new thing. To our surprise, it was almost completely empty when we walked in. We got a table in the back corner that was dimly litāideal for conversationāand played hangman. I donāt really like crowded bars so I guess it makes sense that I liked the empty one as much as I did. In a perfect world maybe all the ācool newā bars would be empty on a Saturday night at 1:00 am
