digging tunnels said:

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I went to Kenneally's last month on a Tuesday for a nostalgic annual TNDC for a friend's bday. It was dead as hell. Maybe another 10 people besides our group of 10ish. But the Shamrock Pizza was still damn good and the Guinness still tasted great.

And got to see Mario from Kay's Lounge still working there as well

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A TNDC around 2010 or so was probably the last time I went there. Loved the place for years, but our happy hour tabs got padded one too many times to think it was coincidence, then I read a thread on Murray Newman's blog where he and several others were talking about the same thing happening to them. It was a couple of old blonde broads bartending, who would be drinking w/ their friends while on shift, and I guess adding their tabs to whoever they thought the suckers were.

That's a pretty quick way to kill off normal business and distill your crowd down to do the daily drunk Barney's who still find the old broads attractive enough to not care. Since I heard Mr. Flowers passed, I've never been tempted to go back by.

Good to hear Mario is still around. Haven't seen him since Hefley's closed.

Tuesday Night Drinking Club needs to revived now that it doesn't mean I have to show up to work hungover on Wednesdays

The Wonderer said:

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We must protect Keneally's at all costs.

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Have you been recently?

Stopped by in early December to to kill an hour about 500 on a Thursday.

It was depressing as hell. Clientele looked like they had been sitting there and not gotten up since I was last there a decade ago.

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This is how the Shiloh Club used to be back when I lived down the street about a decade ago. Depressing as hell, but cheap drinks and the clientele made me feel better about myself. It was like a bunch of people who had just given up on AA.

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I need to go to the Loh again soon.

TBones is my dive of choice lately.

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Is TBones really much of a dive after they renovated a few years ago?

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Yeah, not really a dive like some others. Def good people watching and Wednesday burger special can't be beat.

Ooohhh...is it time for a good legalistic debate over what does and does not "constitute" a dive according to the connoisseur? A group I belong to on another social media platform has a 600 comment thread going to define the necessary and proper characteristics.

To some people, it means pickled egg jar on top and a baseball bat behind the bar. For most people these days, it simply means neighborhood bar where you don't really worry about your appearance. The arrival of dive bar decor and dorky ass reporters producing rankings of the area's "best dive bars" probably altered the standard forever.

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The Wonderer said:

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drumboy said:

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Brittmoore Car Club said:

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Panama Red said:

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Chewy said:

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We must protect Keneally's at all costs.

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Have you been recently?

Stopped by in early December to to kill an hour about 500 on a Thursday.

It was depressing as hell. Clientele looked like they had been sitting there and not gotten up since I was last there a decade ago.

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This is how the Shiloh Club used to be back when I lived down the street about a decade ago. Depressing as hell, but cheap drinks and the clientele made me feel better about myself. It was like a bunch of people who had just given up on AA.

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I need to go to the Loh again soon.

TBones is my dive of choice lately.

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Is TBones really much of a dive after they renovated a few years ago?

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Yeah, not really a dive like some others. Def good people watching and Wednesday burger special can't be beat.

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TBones is great, we are in there probably once a week. Agree on the burger deal, plus their crawfish is pretty good too

swimmerbabe11 said:

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Tuesday Night Drinking Club needs to revived now that it doesn't mean I have to show up to work hungover on Wednesdays

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I would love it to be revived. I'm so out of touch with all the new bars that have popped up. But that's Catch's thing, and he unfortunately doesn't come up to town that much, if at all, anymore

digging tunnels said:

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swimmerbabe11 said:

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Tuesday Night Drinking Club needs to revived now that it doesn't mean I have to show up to work hungover on Wednesdays

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I would love it to be revived. I'm so out of touch with all the new bars that have popped up. But that's Catch's thing, and he unfortunately doesn't come up to town that much, if at all, anymore

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Is there no younger generation beer whisperer on this board that can take up the reins?

Is it mostly just us old late 30 and 40 somethings that have stayed here all along and all the younger generations have cooler social media they stick to?

I mean but really how much work is it?
Make a TNDC thread, decide on a spot to get buckets of beer each week and show up?
I can't promise to show up literally every tuesday but I can certainly make a thread.

I dont think it would be hard at all. I'm not gonna take the reigns though as my tuesday nights are already accounted for.

TNDC went the way of Zed.

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Is there no younger generation beer whisperer on this board that can take up the reins?

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You aren't suggesting that there is someone that could replace Catch are you?

Just in case that is what you were suggesting - GtKYN - Catch

swimmerbabe11 said:

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I mean but really how much work is it?
Make a TNDC thread, decide on a spot to get buckets of beer each week and show up?
I can't promise to show up literally every tuesday but I can certainly make a thread.

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It's going to require a modest amount of younger, unmarried professionals to really drive it and keep it going though. Most of us older farts probably expend whatever available time they have to regularly get drunk at a bar with their HLSR committees, if at all.

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Is there no younger generation beer whisperer on this board that can take up the reins?

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You aren't suggesting that there is someone that could replace Catch are you?

Just in case that is what you were suggesting - GtKYN - Catch

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Of course no one can fill his shoes. He's apparently been taking his show on an international tour more as of late.

Just someone cut of the same cloth that could be reliable enough to show up whenever booze is involved.

Memory, of course, is a fickle friend at this late stage in many of our lives, but I seem to recall that Catch used a facebook page so the weekly detes didn't need to be posted here. Also, I don't think it was exclusively Aggie. Lots of folks will proudly declare that they quit facebook 30 years ago, so idk what would be cool now. Probably some blockchain or NFT thing.

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lots of great memories at kenneallys and griffs. practically everyone in houston was in one of those two places on st. patrick day in late 90s.

theres a reason they are called memories. the luster and charm of both has long since worn off.

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Hell yeah. Had some great times at both those places.

I'm sure it ain't hard at all to get it started. Pick a place, meet up a few hours, go home.

I think the hard part is the consistent commitment weekly. TNDC started way back 2004-2005 when we were single in our 20s. Many of us went almost every week for years. Hell Catch drove up from Galveston after work each week and went to every single one. But as we gradually got married and some had kids, it died out.

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Chewy said:

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We must protect Keneally's at all costs.

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gonna be difficult since their pizzas are made of molten lava

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Really good though from what I remember. Or was I just drunk?

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delicious

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EZs is a solid bar that brings back some nostalgia bar feels, pool table, cig machine and a Texas table.

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I went to HS with one of the owners/manager there. Solid guy and he knows his drinks.

Funny, I didn't go out much on weeknights in my 20s, unless you count going to happy hour when the boss wanted to talk/wait out the rain. But now as I've come to appreciate weeknights a little more for avoiding crowds or waits.

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If it's got a crock pot free hot dog setup and community microwave then it's probably a dive.

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R.I.Pieces Sundown Saloon. That was probably the only dive where I felt safe eating the free food. A lot of times they'v even have big grocery store sandwich trays, so you didn't have to think about which bartender's hands might've touched the food. Bob was a good owner.

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drumboy said:

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If it's got a crock pot free hot dog setup and community microwave then it's probably a dive.

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R.I.Pieces Sundown Saloon. That was probably the only dive where I felt safe eating the free food. A lot of times they'v even have big grocery store sandwich trays, so you didn't have to think about which bartender's hands might've touched the food. Bob was a good owner.

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Isn't the current bar there, The Spot, basically the same?

I wouldn't say that, but I had yet to master the art of the gentle buzz with no hangover the next day.

The Spot is in the same building, but it's a different owner, different crew, different vibe. I'm not sure her current clientele has much in common w/ Sundown or the old Spot on 18th.

Panama Red said:

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Chewy said:

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We must protect Keneally's at all costs.

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Have you been recently?

Stopped by in early December to to kill an hour about 500 on a Thursday.

It was depressing as hell. Clientele looked like they had been sitting there and not gotten up since I was last there a decade ago.

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nah, not that bad.... i was there recently

Ah. I just know some regulars of Sundown that are now regulars of The Spot.