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Practice and Patience

I've had a lot of people talk to me about how I actually find bars that affordable. I feel like it's something that's worth talking about.

I'm a firm believer in the idea that the Internet can make us all experts in anything. The number one way that I find bars is by sifting through internet garbage. One of the main resources I used was www.drinkdeal.com. Now don't worry, I agree. Drink Deal looks like the type of website that was around when Al Gore 'invented' the internet. A lot stuff on the website is also crazy outdated or just flat out wrong. It usually takes 10-15 minutes to find a bar that A. hasn't gone out of business or B. actually has the deals that Drink Deal says they do.

Another potentially badass resource (that I haven't really tested) is www.priceperpint.com. The idea of it is that you just put in the area, the time, and what you want to drink and it'll recommend you places. Technology.

Lastly, word of mouth. Having friends and readers recommend me things has been ideal.


All that being said, I'm leaving the city for the summer, so this drunk guy will be takin' a little break. Not from drinking. Just from drinking in the city.

I'm considering continuing these adventures in the fall. If that's something that interests you just shoot me an email at getdrunkwiththisguy@gmail.com or comment below.

If you haven't checked out the rest of my posts, click here


Otherwise, HAGS

Yours Trashedly,

Alex

Blog Map

Just looking to make a map of my posts that is a little easier to navigate ==>

If this is your first visit:

A Night To Forget

If you're looking to read about my outings with people:

Tim P

Conny R

Carlos S

If you wanna read my actual bar reviews:

3 Sheets

Bar None

Calico Jacks

Continental Bar

If you wanna know how to find bars worth of Good Time On A Dime:

The Mystery Unraveled

Continental Bar

[Quick Preface: My ankle did not recover as quickly as I would have desired and am stuck reviewing the bar based on previous visits]

25 Third Avenue (between St. Marks Place & 9th St.)
New York, NY 10003

$10 will get you 5 shots of any one liquor
$2 draft
Casssssssssh only

Continental Bar is what I would consider the daaaaanger zone

This is what I would consider to be a very deliberate destination. Ordering 5 shots at a time for the price of a mixed drink at any other bar? That seems beyyyyond dangerous

It's 100% a dive bar. And it's great. The bathrooms are kinda dirty. The bar is nice and dimly lit. But it's f#%*ing great.

It's not somewhere I would head to as an end destination. It's the pitstop that gets you where you need to be. If you and your friends are in the area and are planning to move to a new bar, Continental Bar is the perfect pitstop to keep your euphoric .08 BAC that you've worked so hard to achieve. I've never had a bad visit.

Alternately, I feel morally obligated to warn you that every time I've ended up there I've ended up spooning my porcelain throne by the end of the night. But I also am one of those people that could be 100% convinced he's on a boat in a storm any time he drinks.

Moving on.

Bartenders are always really friendly. The liquor is always plentiful. And it's always nice and packed on going out nights.

Last time I went, I went with a group of friends, spent 20 bucks and blew a .15 BAC.

Great Shot Bar. Great Bar.

Calico Jacks Review

Check out my actual visit to Calico's right here.

In a previous post, I set out my criteria for what I look for in a bar. 

Calico Jacks was a little unique. 

The bar was very easily accessible, which is a good thing. But this is also at 6pm. I didn't have to push through a swarm of confused people drunk-ish people.  I managed to just pop down and grab a seat at the bar, which is always a nice thing. It was a little empty (but maybe that's my problem going to a bar at 6pm on a Thursday). I would give a score of 7 for this

Prices. Great. If you plan on going to a bar with a group of people and you plan on staying at the bar for a couple hours, the prices are perfect. Open bar for $30 for 4 hours. You're paying $7.50 an hour for as many drinks as you can handle responsibly. Most mixed drinks cost $7.50. It's a real steal. The food is also really fairly priced. I would give this a score of 8. It's nice to have the unlimited aspect but if your intent is only to drink a couple drinks, then maybe this isn't the best deal for you. 

Bathrooms. Cozy. I didn't have to make any new friends though, so that's a plus. They did have that guy in the bathroom that hands you a paper towel every time you wash your hands, which eventually adds up in guilt. But maybe that's just me. Other than that, no complaints and no waits. Definitely a score of 7

Drunk and Disorderly. Upon arrival, everyone seemed to be sober and fairly orderly. By 10-ish, things got a little twisted. The bar had filled up a good amount and people were having a good time. Nobody was belligerent or unruly. People were just generally friendly and having a good time. Except for scooter lady. She was pretty disappointing. Other than that, I would say it was a quality 7 

Bartenders. Loved them. Our bartender was a young, cute, 20 something year-old that was far too nice for how annoying we were. In general, I'm not an individual that loves making choices. I like to go with the flow and see where the wind will take me. Even more so when I'm drinking. At a certain point, I just don't have the willpower to decide what I want to drink. I love when a bartender is okay with me saying "surprise me." Valerie went above and beyond and and was nice the whole way through. That being said, loved the bartenders. A definite 9 from me. 

Peoples: 7.5

Prices: 8

Bathrooms: 7 

Drunk and Disorderly: 7 

Bartenders: 9 

Calico Jack scored a 77%

That's a perfect score for Good Time On A Dime

I would recommend visiting this bar if you have a group of friends that just want to sit and drunk and eat. The food was actually incredible and is perfect if you want to go to a Sunday style brunch at 6pm on a Thursday. 

Unfortunately, this coming week's post is going to be a little delayed due to an injury I received this past weekend. 

I've included a little gif of my right ankle quitting on me during a rugby tournament. Hopefully the healing process speeeds up so I can get back on my feet. 

Stay Posted 

Yours Drunkly,

Alex 

Carlos & Co. @ Calico Jacks

Thursday 

42 St at 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10017

$20 Bottomless Margaritas

610pm so. we thought it was 2 hours of unlimited margaritas for 20 bucks. we were mistaken. 30 bucks for an open bar from 6-10. okay. okay. we got this

611pm 2 whiskey ginger ales to start tonight's festivities

614pm andddddd they're gone

 
615pm since we came with the mindset of margaritas, 2 margaritas on the rocks

616pm I get to meet Madison (carlos' friend), turns out he signed up for the $20 bottomless margarita option. we did not realize that was a thing. 

620pm madison has informed me ed sheeran is one of those songs you just get into. and then he did

621pm Valerie, our new bar tending friend, has read last week's post. apparently it's pretty okay!

622pm frozen margaritas.

624pm nachos have been ordered.

640pm the nachos are, in fact, supreme

644pm these frozen margaritas take so much longer to drink

651pm gin ant tonic time

650pm katy perry has all three of us confessing that we've all kissed girls and liked it 

655pm 'We're loving this but we're hating this at the same time. We're having a great time but also hating it' madison has hit the nail on teh head

704pm carlos is geting a jump start on the dancing

705pm if this adult woman doesn't ride her razor scooter round the bar by the end of the night, we've failed

706pm carlos is resolving the razor scooter challenge

709pm apparently the razor scooter is getting folded up and put away

710pm cranberry and vodka. okay. things are starting to get full

725pm 2 shocked tops

749pm margaritas on the rocks. dancing is startng itself

801pm this open bar buisiness means that we get variety. 2 rum pineapples.

815pm tequila orange juice time. autocorrect is the man of the our 

825pm tequila and 'surprise'

826pm whatever the surprise is, i'm likin it

851pm hey have you met my friend carlos? wingman for the lazy man

9pm 2 tequilla armerttos, definitely an easy choice

910pm razor scotter is leaving

916pm 2 more tequilla amerttos 

932pm valerie has seen us go from regular obnoxious to way more obnoxious. 

933pm waterr

948pm 2 vodka cranberrys

missing time

1025pm startingjourney home


Carlos: .10
Me: .07

According to the little breathalyzer booklet thing:

".07-.09 Slight impairment of balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearing. Euphoria. Judgement and self control are reduced. Caution, reason and memory are impaired. Driving skills are always impaired at this level of intoxication and higher"

and 

".10-.12 Significant impairment of motor coordination and loss of good judgement. Speech may be slurred. Balance, vision, reaction time and hearing will be impaired. Euphoria."

$30 cash for an open bar. Even though the razor scooter never happened, it was still a success of a night


Comeback Thursday for my actual review of the bar

Bar None Review

If you haven't already, I recommend checking out my actual visit to Bar None by clicking right here

When I look at a bar, I look for a lot of things, most of which are liquor. Alternately, there are a lot of attributes in a bar (that aren't liquor) that determine whether or not I would consider recommending the bar to somebody else. 

One of the first things I look for is my ability to actually reach the bar. Do I have to swim through a sea of dudes trying to 'out-bro' one another? Will the phrase 'title 9' be used on my way to getting my drink? In the case of Bar None, it was a good goldilocks occupancy. Not so many people that I'm frequently being violated, but not so few that I feel like a middle aged man escaping his family life. This would receive a score of 8 from me (a 10 being that the only occupants of the bar are Victoria Secret Angels that are irrationally attracted to me). 

Prices. For a student on a budget, the prices were great. It's not just that one day of the week the prices are great; everyday there's a new special and I'm a firm believer that variety is the spice of life. Definitely worth another 8 (a 10 being a night of free drinks on the sheer merit that I deserve it). 

Bathrooms. At some point they're going to get used. Will my experience be comparable to a 'porta-potty' or will it be closer to the pampering of a 5 star restaurant/hotel. I don't expect the latter out of a budget-able bar, but I'm not the biggest fan of the prior. Though the restroom was a little cozy, it was clean, and that's what counts. I would give Bar None a solid 7 (a 10 being a concierge handing me a 20 on my way out of the bathroom)

Drunk and Disorderly. Another important element are the actual people in the bar. Is this a bar where people will get black out drunk and fight each other, or is this a place where people realize when they've tapped out and head home. The people in the bar really make a bar. Fortunately, the people at Bar None were beyond friendly, nobody was making a scene, and everyone was just having a good time together. The Saturday night crowd at Bar None earned a quality 7. 

Lastly, Bartenders. The most important ingredient in the experience. I don't really have a guideline for bartenders, I just like what I like. I loved the Bar Tenders at Bar None. Beyond friendly, nobody looks like they wanna quit, and they are more than game to have a shot with you. I love a bartender that can go with the flow. Bar None definitely scored a solid 8 for some phenomenal bar tenders. 

Peoples: 8

Prices: 8 

Bathrooms: 7

Drunk and Disorderly:7

Bartenders: 8

Bar None scored a 76%
In my book, that is a perfect score for a quality budget-bar. 

Stay Tuned, this Monday I will be featuring my post of endless Margaritas with Carlos S
Email getdrunkwiththisguy@gmail.com with a number of Margaritas for Carlos and I should beat

Yours Drunkly,
Alex

Conny R @ Bar None

Saturday

98 3rd Avenue, New York, NY, 10003

$6 Can of Budweiser with a shot of Jack or Jose Cuervo

$6 Mixed Drinks

1011pm we walk in and snag a seat and 2 blue moons

1013pm conny thinks the warm weather is worth mentioning.

1027pm first beers are gone.

1030pm we take "pre-drinking photo" post drinking.

1033pm 2 bud Weiser and 2 shots of Jose cuervo

1035pm we salt our hands for tequila time

1037pm conny knows far more about tequila than I do

1042pm wattttterrr

1045pm we notice a couple playing a quality
game of alcohol infused tonsil hockey.

1057pm conny and I have made new friends. the guy we just met is writing almost the same blog as me

1106pm conny claims tipsyness. Not drunk just yet (we found out that she has 'Telaio' which mean she has a bycle frame or something in Italian. Something about being able to drink)

1107pm "Onto the next one"  more tequila bud Weiser combo

1120pm conny might be the frendliest person I've (and everyone else in the bar) has ever met.

1121pm your welcome snap chat for all the traffic we've created

1128pm apparently tonight is tequila themed. 2 tequila sunrises coming in hot

1151pm more fucng Australians. and what's his name???? Alex!!!!! and he's just as hammered as the last australians from last week . apparently the slug iant as widly known in austrlia as i had hoped

1153pm 'elmer' mcgillicuddy (only the first name is made up) has deided we should be friends

1154pm conny doesn't like him but he seems to like me

1155pm elmer passes me a vodka on the rocks with lime & lemon. uhoh,l

1200pm ive promised not to tarnish the name of mcgilicuddy

1203pm lets do 2 more "tequila sunrise. It's tequila but with tequila in ittt" 

1215pm order 2 jameson and gingerale and then head to the bathroom

1219pm i've been gone for only 2 minutes and gloria and amber have taught conny how to twerk

1221pm help

1am i  think i'm still blogging

115am 2 more jameson and gingerales. i was not ment to dance but  its still hapenning

2am 45 minuts have just disappeared but all my business cards are gone and i have a list 10 peoples emails

At some point, this happened --->


Conny: .015
Me: .015


"0.13-0.15" Gross motor impairment and lack of physical control. Blurred vision and major loss of balance. Euphoria is reduced and dysphoria (anxiety, restlessness) is beginning to appear."

Total is $25 per person. What. A. Steal.

Tune in this Thursday for the actual review of the bar

P.s. Show Conny some love and stop by her blog and see how to travel through Italy the right way 

www.connyrotaespresso.blogspot.com

3 Sheets Saloon Review

If you haven't read my 3 Sheets experience, check it out here.

The. College. Bar.

From far and wide, college kids of all backgrounds flock to the NYC Best Bar chain. It's a great cheap way to get out of the house.

The bar was a really good time. There was a nice age spread, not too old, not too young, and not too rowdy.

I've been to quite a few of the NYC Best Bar's and the one thing that always stands out to me is how friendly and funny the bar tenders are. The time that Tim and I went to 3 Sheets, we had the bro-iest bar tenders. Definitely a good time.

The other nice aspect is that you know what to anticipate when you visit any of the Best Bars. They're all very similar. Similar environment. Similar selection. Similar time.

I would definitely consider this bar to be a textbook example of what Good Time On A Dime is looking for in a bar.

Join me next week (4/13/15) when Conny R. and I go and get rowdy at Bar None.

Hammeredly Yours,
Alex

Tim P @ 3 Sheets Saloon

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A Night to Forget

A majority of college kids today have the luxury of making poor alcohol related choices such as frat parties, keg stands, beer pong. Whatever floats your boat. You name it, it's there and it's cheap. 

I made the decision to attend college in New York City, which if you aren't aware; ain't cheap. In my book, it's a sin to charge more than $3 for a Budweiser, or even $5-10 for one shot.

As a result of this bs, I've made it the goal of this blog to find affordable bars, that you can spend as little as possible while still blowing the highest BAC your little liver can handle.

Once a week I will attend a bar accompanied by a guest (whom I'll pay for). If you know somebody that you'd like to suggest I take out, or even if you would like to join me, shoot me an email at getdrunkwiththisguy@gmail.com

While we're at the bar, I'll keep an ongoing tab of what happens (i.e. drink count, weird stuff that happens, etc.) then I'll post it, nice and unedited. That way you as a reader can enjoy watching my words make less and less sense.
I'll post a picture of my guest breathlyzing in front of the bar, the total amount spent, and the BAC of my guest and myself. 

After this I'll write another post doing an actual review of the bar we attended.

So shoot me an email and we'll make big things happen

Warning: Here-on-in, this blog is intended for the mature of age and immature of heart (swear words or inappropriate vivid imagery will be in abundance) 

In the wise words of Peter Fonda:

"Just what is it that you want to do?

We wanna be free
We wanna be free to do what we wanna do
And we wanna get loaded
And we wanna have a good time
That's what we're gonna do"