Bar #5 CommonWealth
Time of Visit: Saturday 9:15 p.m.
Type of Skank found here: Quiet-night-out skank.
Type of Douche found here: “I don’t live around here” douche.
Cost:
$4 Bud
$4 Rail
$6-9 pints ($1 more for a 20 oz English pint)
Our next stop was CommonWealth, located at 14th and Irving, just a few steps from the CoHi metro station. Somewhat disappointed by our level of sobriety after Room 11, we came here hoping a round of beers would help us get ourbuzzes going.
When we arrived, we learned that we wouldn’t be allowed to sit on the patio unless we ordered food (strike one). At the entrance, there are two unmarked doors right next to each other; one is the main guest entrance, the other is a service door for waitresses and busboys. The hostess was thoughtful enough to point out that we had come in through the wrong side, and greeted us with the smart-ass comment “We’ll just pretend you came in on the correct side.” (Well excuse us. How about you stfu and seat us – you’re the fucking hostess. Strike two). She then crudely pointed over to a couple of empty tables and told us we could push them together. This woman obviously couldn’t host her way out of a goddamn paper bag.
Anyway, after we had moved our tables and sat down, the waitress came to take our order. To her credit, she was very friendly and nice, although she was sporting a fauxhawk (see: Rocketbar), which we were not impressed with. I ordered a “Black Magic,” one of the CommonWealth “Beer Cocktails,” comprised of half Guiness and half Magic Hat – it wasn’t too bad. Cupcakes got a Magic Hat, while J and Samedi both ordered a Bellhaven Twisted Thistle IPA. We were all pretty satisfied with our drinks, so the bar gets points for having a good beer menu, although it took far too long for the beer to arrive. AND the waitress forgot to put in our food order. The bar wasn’t nearly busy enough for us to let this kind of service slide. She comp’ed us for the fries though, so that sort of makes up for the shitty service.
(Aside: I’d also like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the lightweight of the group. I was the only one to order the 16-oz US pint, while everybody else opted for the 20-oz English pint. Yes, I am a pansy, thank you very much).
Our overall impression of the bar was that it is a generic, unassuming, chain-restaurant kind of bar. There’s no real character to the place other than corporate-owned chain restaurant. There’s no distinct clientele that drinks there, either. It’s a general, all-purpose “safe” pub that caters to several, but is “home” to no one.
The good: The basketball game was on, and during half-time they switched to the hockey game, then switched back soon after halftime was over; they have a few pretty solid beers on their list; patio is probably nice, if you order food.
The bad: lazy service; small beer selection; lacks character.
Comments are closed.