10th Annual Waldo Brookside Pub Crawl - Post Mortem

Another year, another crawl. All went well and turn out was excellent. A few observations...

• Finn's Waldo Bar was closed for remodeling. Not sure if that was legit, or mandated by KC Liquor Control...
• The Tap Room needs to put a sign on their front door when they are having a private party. We walked in the front door, and were greeted by about 50 people, munching away on dinner salads. 2nd time this has happened.
• Bad food and plastic cups do not a good bar make (ahem, Tanners...)
• I wish The Gaf had kept the old bar from Romanelli's. It was a huge horse shoe shaped bar in the middle of the room. The lay out of The Gaf's bar area is fine, but looks just like every other restaurant bar in town.
• For better or worse, 75th Street Brewery appears to no longer carry bottled beer. It's either one of their fine brews, or Bud on tap. I guess it's a matter of personal taste, but if you are participating in an event that centers around drinking all day, some folks tend to pick a horse and ride it the whole day. Throwing a MUDDY MO' STOUT into the mix can be a serious curve ball.
• Judging from the crowds at The Brooksider and Charlie Hooper's, Power and Light might be taking a bite out of the summer crowds at these bars. The patio on the Brooksider was pretty sparse and Hooper's wasn't exactly crowded.
  

10th Annual Waldo Brookside Pub Crawl Update!

What: 10th Annual Waldo Brookside Pub Crawl
When: Saturday May 24th NOON
Where: start at Walsh's Corner Cocktails at 85th and Wornall
The Stops:

1. Walsh's Corner Cocktails
2. The Village Lounge
3. The Piano Bar
4. Murphy's
5. Patrick's
6. Tommy Farha's
7. Lew's
8. 75th Street Brewery
9. Kennedy's (v1.5)
10. Fin's Waldo Bar
11. Bobby Baker's
12. Tanner's
13. The Tap Room (possibly)
14. The Gaf
15. The Brooksider
16. Charlie Hooper's.

For those of you not familiar with the days/evenings/nights turn of events, anyone and everyone that elects to start from the beginning and go to the end, a job well done in advance. For most everyone else, you're - as always - welcome and encouraged to join at any or all stops along the way. For some, it may represent the first time you step foot - but certainly won't be the last - into one or more of these fine establishments, as you're sure to enjoy the many creature comforts and cold libations that only the Waldo and Brookside areas can offer. No real limits or rules or amounts that one must adhere to, other than enjoy yourself and meet many a new folk.

As always, you're encouraged to invite anyone you like (feel free to forward this site as you see fit), join at any point along the way, and buy me a cold beverage at any of said stops. Or you can follow our simple rule of thumb: keepin' the juke boxes running while keepin' your belly full of food and water along the way goes a long way to making it an actual long day...and not a longer Sunday.

New stops on The Crawl?

I've been informed that a new bar is going in where the Berliner Bear used to be. No ETA on when it will be open for business, but if it's open on May 24th, we will be stopping there. Additionally, The Tap room has opened next door to Waldo Pizza. Haven't been by there lately, so not sure if it's truly a bar, or simply a party room for Waldo Pizza. Rest assured, we will add it to The Crawl if it meets our lofty standards (open and serving cold beer).

I've been asked about a few specific locations along The Crawl... Jalepeno's, Carmen's and Sharp's (all in Brookside). We normally pass on these places, because by the time we make it to Brookside, it's usually dinner time. As a result, these places are packed w/ the dinner crowd, and there just isn't room for us... but feel free to patronize these fine folks as you see fit.