Two States Upstream

Thursday 4 June 2009
Upstream Brewing, Omaha NE

Upstream Brewing, Omaha NE

We took a little trip over the three day weekend to Omaha. It’s only three hours from KC, we’d never been there, we found a coupon for a great discount at a nice hotel, and we heard they had a good zoo. We packed our bags and off we went. Unfortunately, that weekend was the beginning of a bad cold that I’m still fighting. Cough, cough. So during our entire stay there, we went to only one drinking establishment, and I had only sips of Jim’s beers.

On Sunday evening, we walked from our hotel to the Old Market area for dinner at Upstream Brewery. Jim’s sister and brother-in-law had gone last year and recommended it to us. I thought it was worth a bar review, even though I didn’t get to enjoy the brews much. Read more »

Our Neighborhood Pub

Tuesday 5 May 2009
My heart of Brookside

My heart of Brookside

Charlie Hooper’s Bar and Grill, in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City, is near and dear to our hearts. It was the favorite bar of each of us even before we had met. Our first date was there. The food is good, as is the beer selection. It has a nice neighborhood feeling, and the staff is (usually) friendly. We felt it was a good place to start our blog. Read more »

Methods for Reviewing Bars

Friday 1 May 2009

We do occasionally leave the friendly confines of the house. For times when we go Bar Hunting we will use the following criteria to judge the establishment. The purpose or goal of the bar will be taken into account when we rate the place. A dive bar and a swank club should not be judged on the same scale. They serve different purposes. Read more »