Archive for April, 2009
Q is for Benny’s
Benny’s (Q Street Bar & Grill)
2013 Q Street
For anyone looking to drink their way alphabetically through Sacramento’s bars the letter Q is an unavoidable obstacle.
There just aren’t many establishments which start with everyone’s least favorite letter and, inexplicably, Quizno’s doesn’t serve adult beverages. Lucky for me, Sacramento’s streets are laid out in a convenient grid of criss-crossing letters and numbers. Even more conveniently, the letters and number are in order.
All this led me to Benny’s. Yes, Benny’s. I know that doesn’t sound like it starts with a Q, but the bar everybody knows as Benny’s is on Q Street and is officially named the Q Street Bar & Grill. That said, I’m just going to call it Benny’s.
Here’s what Benny’s looks like through a dirty windsheild.
Benny’s is by no means the most welcoming bar in town and it certainly isn’t the cleanest, but it is not without it charm. (more…)
Help Fight Leukemia and Drink Beer
Emily with Dominic Mott, Boy of the Year.
Because Nick on the Town is such a powerful force in the community, I’m using it to throw a little weight behind my friend Emily Currin’s fundraising campaign to become the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s “Women of the Year.”
She is hoping to raise more than $50,000 in the upcoming weeks and to do so, she is throwing a number of fundraising parties around town including a “Dos de Mayo” celebration at the Mix Downtown. To get the scoop, I did a little interview with Emily. Here is the actual transcript more or less exactly how it went down on Gmail chat:
me: Ready for your q&a?
Emily: Yes! And, I have a flier you can put up with a link to where to purchase tix. (more…)
Happy Hour Headquarters
As far as I can tell everybody is broke. I am anyway.
Therefore I took it upon myself to assemble a list of happy hour specials at Sacramento’s restaurants and bars. The project took upwards of 15 minutes to complete, so you can bet it’s pretty thorough.
Anyhow, if you’re looking for a good happy hour deal click here or on the tab up there in the header.
P is for Pre-Flite Lounge
Pre-Flite Lounge
513 L Street (somewhere under the mall)
Downtown Sacramento
Like Bigfoot, many folks have heard the legend of the Pre-Flite Lounge, but have never been able to find it. Also like Bigfoot, it lives in the parking garage under the Downtown Plaza mall. (more…)
