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PS, Ill probably be bumping this thread over the next year for advice as you guys are my target clientele, but if anyone has any good ideas or sees something at a bar that is really cool and different, please let me know. It doesnt have to be major things either, as an example, there is a bar in chicago, bourdeax's, that has highball glasses on each table filled with bazooka joe, I thought that was an awesome idea, so I wrote it down.
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GL guids. One of the things I really appreciate about bars I frequent is customer service. Goes without saying. If I want T&A, I'll go to the strip club. Also, having a variety of beers on tap, especially stuff from New Belgium, Odell, and local breweries to go along with Guinness, Bass, Harp, Newcastle, Blue Moon, Killian's, and stuff like that.
Albuquerque doesn't have many brewpubs, but I enjoy going to the two or three that we do have and would rather go there than most places around town. Denver has a ton of brewpubs, and I always love going up there to visit Pint's Pub, Breckenridge, Wynkoop, and others. Not saying you should open a brewpub or have a hundred beers on tap, but beer variety is good.
For ideas on food and maybe other things, here are some places I enjoy hanging out at in Albuquerque and Denver.
www.oniells.com - top-notch customer service and good food
www.chamariverbrewery.com - great beer, the bartop is all copper...looks awesome
www.2foolstavern.com - Irish pub with great food and hardwood floors / leather seats, very cool
www.turtlemountainbrewing.com - great pizza and good beers
www.pintspub.com - over 200 single malt scotches and whiskys, good brews, and a lamb stew that is awesome
www.breckbrew.com - some great microbrews and excellent barbecue
www.wynkoop.com - huge two-floor building, good microbrews, and an upstairs mini-pool hall with an L-shaped pool table
Have fun with it! PS - if I saw a bar with a couple tables with inlaid chessboards and pieces available, I'd probably [censored]. Fox and Hound has checker tables, which is kinda cool too.
ScottieK