Henry Rose

For whatever reason i woke up this morning and decided to clean up the css on this blog. Of course, i ended up halfassing it like I always do, but at least now you can read comments. Yay!  One more boring, self indulgent poop fest on the internet.
We went to the “Midwest” themed bar in Ballard last night, Zayda Buddy’s they call it (see it on yelp)

Jesus, what a disaster.

I was more than a little impressed by the spunky blonde that greeted us when we came in, but sadly she wouldn’t be our server. The chick who was our server forgot my drink order three times, and came back to ask me what it was three times. Then when she finally brought me a drink it was the wrong one, good job.

I had the tater tot caserole which was also horrible, It was obviously made days ago and thrown in a flash oven at the last minute. I have trouble imagining how you could make ground beef, cream of mushroom soup and tater tots not be delicous. But the clown brigade at Zayda Buddies sure did it.

Other people food was also expensive and not too tasty. The crappy “minnesota” beer i had was $4 and tasted exactly like miller high life. I’m happy to enjoy the champagne of beers, but for $4? That’s just retarded.

I hope the two of you that are subscribed to this thing make sure to hurtle insults at this place if you ever go by.

After our bike ride yesterday Peter, Austin and I went to Smarty Pants in Georgetown.

We’d just ridden 70 miles in the sun and were all hungry and thirsty. Smarty Pants has a nice little patio where they bring you food and drink … just the ticket.

This place fits the Georgetown aesthetic just perfectly. It’s all very mod and motorcycle centric with industrial finishes and a pleasingly hip black and red color scheme.

The patio is pleasant, but in a very Georgetown kind of way. It is located immediately next to a busy freeway overpass which blocks much of the sky and provides a steady rumble. It’s also right on the flight path for jets landing at Boeing Field and along a major train line, not a quiet place. But it’s quite clean and they’ve decorated it nicely with some cool art, including a very appealing statue of a motorcycle.

We started out with a pitcher of the Bridgeport IPA, which was a pleasing post-ride beer. The beer came quite quickly after we ordered it and at $12/pitcher it was pretty reasonably priced.

I ordered the Rueben sandwich with beef (I was a bit surprised to have more than one meat option on a rueben …). The sandwich was good, and much appreciated, but a bit light on the flavor. The horseradish sauce lacked any serious kick and the meat seemed a bit washed out. The rye it came on was delicious and toasted however.

The sandwich came with a pickle and some potato salad. The potato salad was delicious and packed with mayo.

All in all it was an excellent experience, but probably not worth a special trip.