I'm going to be "that guy" about Texas Showdown
And talk about how great it was and how nothing will ever take it's place.
I went to the new Lil Woodrows that replaced it on the Drag, and fuck that place. It's too clean and faux weathered. And fuck their dumb-but-kind-of-hot-if-you've-had-too-many bar bimbos who don't even know what beer costs on other nights. We were trying to figure out if it would be worth our time to come back. Newsflash - it won't be.
They changed everything that was good about Showdown. The only thing they kept was the wood stove, and it's just for looks - it was balls cold tonight and they didn't have it going. I remember going into Showdown on cold nights and making sure that I wasn't sitting to close to that wood stove because it was hotter than shit. Now it's just an accessory.
And they don't even have any dartboards. None. What. The. Fuck. I can't even count how many games of darts I played on Showdown's shitty boards - hell, for a couple of years it was impossible to get a double bull on the left board because the cork was so worn out, but we played anyway.
No mugs.
No regulars.
No frito pie.
No happy minutes.
No bartenders getting on the loudspeaker and telling minors to get off their patio.
No witty bathroom humor.
No pinball.
Nothing.
I never had a mug, the bartenders never knew my name, and I never even carved my name into a table, but Showdown was MY bar. If I wanted to get a Lone Star and hang out with some friends, Showdown was the place. It's not anymore. And I hate them for that.
I went to the new Lil Woodrows that replaced it on the Drag, and fuck that place. It's too clean and faux weathered. And fuck their dumb-but-kind-of-hot-if-you've-had-too-many bar bimbos who don't even know what beer costs on other nights. We were trying to figure out if it would be worth our time to come back. Newsflash - it won't be.
They changed everything that was good about Showdown. The only thing they kept was the wood stove, and it's just for looks - it was balls cold tonight and they didn't have it going. I remember going into Showdown on cold nights and making sure that I wasn't sitting to close to that wood stove because it was hotter than shit. Now it's just an accessory.
And they don't even have any dartboards. None. What. The. Fuck. I can't even count how many games of darts I played on Showdown's shitty boards - hell, for a couple of years it was impossible to get a double bull on the left board because the cork was so worn out, but we played anyway.
No mugs.
No regulars.
No frito pie.
No happy minutes.
No bartenders getting on the loudspeaker and telling minors to get off their patio.
No witty bathroom humor.
No pinball.
Nothing.
I never had a mug, the bartenders never knew my name, and I never even carved my name into a table, but Showdown was MY bar. If I wanted to get a Lone Star and hang out with some friends, Showdown was the place. It's not anymore. And I hate them for that.