LTH Happy Hour - Bar DeVille, Tues, March 10, 6pm
LTH Happy Hour - Bar DeVille, Tues, March 10, 6pm
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LTH Happy Hour - Bar DeVille, Tues, March 10, 6pm
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Post #1 - February 25th, 2009, 6:51 amI've heard fantastic things about Bar DeVille, and I think it's about time for another LTH happy hour. So...let's convene. Post here if you can make it.
Tuesday, March 10th, 6pm
Bar DeVille
701 N Damen
Chicago IL 60611
Edited to correct my clumsiness with DeVille capitalization...
Last edited by happy_stomach on March 9th, 2009, 9:32 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post #2 - February 25th, 2009, 12:36 pmI'm there. I've been wanting to try this bar for some time. Thanks for organizing!
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Post #3 - February 25th, 2009, 2:06 pmI will attend!
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Post #4 - February 28th, 2009, 10:42 amI heard great things about this place at the Great Seas dinner, I so disappointed I'm going to be in NY and will miss it. We'll just have to do another.
For what we choose is what we are. He should not miss this second opportunity to re-create himself with food. Jim Crace "The Devil's Larder"
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Post #5 - February 28th, 2009, 1:59 pmCount me in. I may even be inspired to wash it down with fried pickles at Violet Hour up the street (or Honey-1).
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Post #6 - March 3rd, 2009, 12:32 pmGiving this a bump . . .
Barring any unforeseen work emergencies (
), I would love to attend. There are many drinks I've yet to try at DeVille . . .
Thanks for organizing.
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Post #7 - March 3rd, 2009, 1:10 pmI'm still hoping to attend but will now be cutting out earlyish (6:45). Look forward to saying hi.
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Post #8 - March 3rd, 2009, 4:48 pmI wish I could go, but I have a prior commitment.
I tried Deville for the first time last Sunday and quite enjoyed sitting at the bar and talking cocktails with Nathan and Brad. If you feel like splurging, buy yourself a shot of the rare 13 year Murray McDavid Guyana Rum.Joe G.
"Whatever may be wrong with the world, at least it has some good things to eat." -- Cowboy Jack Clement
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Post #9 - March 4th, 2009, 8:42 pmMay I bring a slightly un-inebriated Moet chandon with me to join the group?
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Post #10 - March 5th, 2009, 8:24 amgermuska wrote:I tried Deville for the first time last Sunday and quite enjoyed sitting at the bar and talking cocktails with Nathan and Brad. If you feel like splurging, buy yourself a shot of the rare 13 year Murray McDavid Guyana Rum.
I may try that, but my plan is first to walk right in and order a Hard Sell. dansch has gotten me very excited about malört cocktails!nr706 wrote:May I bring a slightly un-inebriated Moet chandon with me to join the group?
Of course. I hope to start out that way...slightly un-inebriated, that is.
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Post #11 - March 5th, 2009, 10:35 amhappy_stomach wrote:I've heard fantastic things about Bar Deville, and I think it's about time for another LTH happy hour. So...let's convene. Post here if you can make it.
Tuesday, March 10th, 6pm
Bar DeVille
701 N Damen
Chicago IL 60611
I will try to swing by for this
"There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne."
Bette Davis in Old Acquaintance
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Post #12 - March 8th, 2009, 10:18 pmLooks as if I'll be back in town so count me in."In pursuit of joys untasted"
from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
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Post #13 - March 9th, 2009, 10:34 amme too, though perhaps not until 6:30 or so....defended from strong temptations to social ambition by a still stronger taste for tripe and onions." Screwtape in The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Fuckerberg on Food
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Post #14 - March 9th, 2009, 11:04 amI'm excited that it looks like we'll have a decent-sized group tomorrow. I'll call or maybe stop in tonight to give them a heads-up.
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Post #15 - March 9th, 2009, 1:33 pmLooks like Moetchandon and I won't be able to make it, after all. Sorry.
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Post #16 - March 9th, 2009, 9:30 pmHi all,
I stopped into Bar DeVille tonight to say hi and to give them a heads-up about our happy hour tomorrow. Apparently, a little birdie already told Brad we were coming--I barely had to say anything before he said, "LTH?" Anyway, I *really* like this place, thrilled I can walk there, can't wait 'til tomorrow. I plan to be there at 6pm, but I'll be coming by public transit from Evanston so I may be a few minutes late. I'll be there though!
Just one PSA: It's cash only, so come prepared.
More folks are still welcome to join us. The more, the merrier!
Sharon
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Post #17 - March 10th, 2009, 10:30 amI have an event tonight that goes until about 7:30. I will call (happy_stomach) when I'm in the 'hood to see about stopping in for a drink and see if you're still there!
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Post #18 - March 10th, 2009, 11:33 amaschie30 wrote:Barring any unforeseen work emergencies ( )
I hate these, and have been visited by the spectre of one, so I'm squeezed on both ends and will likely not make it. I'll toast you in spirit and find y'all at the next one.
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Post #19 - March 10th, 2009, 9:12 pmExcellent drinks and terrific company were just what I needed on a day of getting bad news about an NEH grant. I loved Bar de Ville and see many evenings there in my future. But the best thing about tonight is we somehow talked Gary into trying Malort just one more time in the Hard Sell cocktail (which I like - it's very grapefruity). Thanks Sharon for organizing and thanks all who were there for your great company.
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Post #20 - March 10th, 2009, 11:13 pmHellodali wrote: But the best thing about tonight is we somehow talked Gary into trying Malort just one more time in the Hard Sell cocktail
Wait... by Gary you mean Gary "I am out, done, finished with malort, period!" Wiviott?
-Dan
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Post #21 - March 11th, 2009, 6:32 amdansch wrote:Hellodali wrote: But the best thing about tonight is we somehow talked Gary into trying Malort just one more time in the Hard Sell cocktail
Wait... by Gary you mean Gary "I am out, done, finished with malort, period!" Wiviott?
-Dan
Gary also tried a half-shot of Malort straight and enjoyed it so much he pondered whether the "formula" had been changed. I think Gary's a Malort convert . . .
Thanks, happy_stomach, for organizing last night. It was a lot of fun.
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Post #22 - March 11th, 2009, 7:22 amIt sounds like you had a great time. Of course, if you had gone to GNR Winner Violet Hour instead, you would have been partying with Bono.Some PR Hack wrote:U2 hosted an exclusive launch party for their new album at the Violet Hour. After a rocking DJ session at Metro, the band headed over to the Violet Hour for an exclusive record-industry event hosted by Interscope Records. The Violet Hour special menu for the evening comprised of Dublin Old Fashioneds (made with Powers Irish Whiskey) and special drinks named after songs on the new record, ('Juliet & Romeo' Moment of 'Surrender' and 'The Magnificent' champagne cocktail). Also served fantastic highlights from the Violet Hour menu.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #23 - March 11th, 2009, 8:53 amI should also mention that the Tamale Guy made his way into Bar DeVille when some of us were still there (the guy with the red cooler). The cheese/jalapeno tamales were delicious. [I see that happy_stomach announced his arrival on Twitter's tamale tracker.]
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Post #24 - March 11th, 2009, 9:02 amOoooo. I'm sorry I left early, tamales would have been better than partying with Bono!Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #25 - March 11th, 2009, 12:07 pmGAF wrote:Ooooo. I'm sorry I left early, tamales would have been better than partying with Bono!
They were!
Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday. I had an excellent time. I see many more visits to Bar DeVille in my future.
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Post #26 - March 11th, 2009, 12:47 pmhappy_stomach wrote:GAF wrote:Ooooo. I'm sorry I left early, tamales would have been better than partying with Bono!
They were!
Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday. I had an excellent time. I see many more visits to Bar DeVille in my future.
Man sounds like a good time...I got stuck at work and didn't make it home in time. Hopefully I can make the next one."There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne."
Bette Davis in Old Acquaintance
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Post #27 - March 11th, 2009, 12:59 pmhappy stomach, thanks for organizing -- had a nice time
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Post #28 - March 11th, 2009, 3:56 pmaschie30 wrote:Gary also tried a half-shot of Malort straight and enjoyed it so much he pondered whether the "formula" had been changed. I think Gary's a Malort convert . . .
Aschie,
I pride myself on keeping a (mostly) open mind about such things and did not feel the citrus dominant Hard Sell was letting the pure evil essence of malort come through, so I tried a wee bit straight up. While its true that malort did not, at least this time, trigger my regurg reflex, malort is not a quaff I would casually imbibe while relaxing in front of the tube with a bowl of cheese curds and chapulines.
Make no mistake, Malort is evil, beware.
Thanks to Happy_S for organizing, great choice of bars, DeVille is a terrific place to have a drink. I did not get to DeVille until 7:30ish, had a previous engagement, but everyone was still there and in full swing of fun, frolicking and story telling.
Enjoy,
Gary
