Food & Drink Jun 10, 2010 at 4:00 am

Bar Exam

The Grizzled Wizard

Bethany Jean Clement
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It's a painting of Slater from Saved by the Bell, not Christian Slater. And Al's is so full of hipster scum it should be on Capitol Hill. Didn't the Hold Steady once hang out at Al's? Doesn't that permanently strip the joint of any dive cred?
shazamabad on June 10, 2010 at 10:25 AM Report this
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@1: Fixed, thank you—I regret that I apparently cannot recognize either of the Slaters in question. As far as the clientele at Al's, last week the two standouts were a misanthropic-looking man as big as a building playing pool, and a heartbreaking little old guy with the shakes spending a small pile of cash he had in front of him on the bar. I don't know about the Hold Steady, but it still seemed divey to me.
Bethany Jean Clement on June 10, 2010 at 2:02 PM Stranger Staff
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During weekday happy hours at Al's it's all old-timers. The kids don't start showing up until 9-10pm or so.
Bill Nordwall on June 10, 2010 at 2:49 PM Report this
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any bar playing any Dio whatsoever shall receive my patronage posthaste. lol. will have to check this one out!
thunderchaps on June 12, 2010 at 8:54 AM Report this
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Are you reviewing the griz or al's? Because I really couldn't tell. Good job on editing your mistake of thinking it was Christian Slater. How old are you, 60?
on June 12, 2010 at 12:17 PM Report this
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Just a note on the pinball game: If you've ever wanted to be demeaned by the mythical Black Knight while simultaneously serenaded to Queen + 8-bit Golden Axe, this is the place for you.
AJzer on July 4, 2010 at 10:16 PM Report this
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I heard this lady was in the bar at 6:00 on a weekday. Is this a review of the Grizz or a tip of the hat to Al's? What a joke. Dear The Stranger, maybe you should have someone under 40 doing your bar reviews.
motthehoople on February 2, 2011 at 6:19 PM Report this
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I heard about this review and that this lady was in the bar at 6:00 on a weekday- I'm no journalist but this doesn't seem like the ideal time to write a review on a bar. Is this a review of the Grizz or a tip of the hat to Al's? What a joke. Dear The Stranger, maybe you should have someone under 45 doing your bar reviews. P.S. this bar rules. P.P.S. I want to fucking party with a person that thinks a picture of a tiger sucking another tiger's dick isn't extreme.
on February 2, 2011 at 6:38 PM Report this

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