New Bar Opens Up In Michigan, Doesn’t Serve Alcohol, Makes No Fucking Sense
When a party runs out of booze, you have approximately eight minutes or so to restock before a mass exodus takes place. Sober silence is deafening. That’s why this news out of Ann Arbor is altogether confusing.
From MLive:
Nic Sims, a former chef turned digital marketing director, launched a pop-up dry bar on Friday night at Mighty Good Coffee. What’s a dry bar, you ask? The simple answer is that it’s a bar that doesn’t serve alcoholic drinks.
“It’s an alcohol-free place for conversation and connection,” explained Sims. “I haven’t had a drink in 20 years, and I know a lot of people who don’t drink. I love to go out on a weekend, but not in a bar. I wanted a bar-like convivial atmosphere, with snacks and drinks and conversation, without it being a bar.”
I’m clearly not understanding the fundamental concept here. How am I suppose to drown out my overwhelming insecurities without bourbon? How is she going to laugh at my jokes without being a few vodka crans deep? If we hit it off and I take her back to my dojo, are we suppose to do the dirty sober? People have sex stone cold sober? That’s disgusting.
This sounds about as fun as a middle school dance. Sippin’ on punch, eating pretzels, people awkwardly standing around. Not really my thing, but apparently there are others that thrive in this environment.
Part of me kinda hopes this catches on. Is there anything worse than the dude sitting in the corner of a party on his non-drinking high horse? No, there is not. I cringe every time the words “I don’t need alcohol to have fun” are pompously uttered. Nothing ruins a good time quite like running into that guy or girl. They need a place of their own, where poetry slams and board game nights can be contained into one depressing establishment..
[via MLive]
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Sounds like a GDI Convention
11 years ago at 3:06 pmI think the trick here is to show up so belligerent that you don’t need to drink there. Am i right or am i missing the point here?
11 years ago at 3:07 pmi think the trick is to never show up to a dry bar
11 years ago at 3:30 pmIf any of you have seen the “talent” in Ann Arbor (or lack thereof), you would know that to go home with any of those girls, you need as many drinks in you as possible.
11 years ago at 3:08 pmThis is the same problem I had when I read the article. I would find it very self-demeaning to wake up next to a four knowing that you also saw her as a four last night. Plus, the absence of alcohol takes away the opportunity of a solid excuse when your friends find out.
11 years ago at 4:29 pmIf he’s not into drinking, why not just go to a bar and NOT drink? Seems like a pretty simple solution, didn’t need to GDI it up and open a dry-bar.
11 years ago at 3:16 pmSo basically it’s a coffee shop with cold drinks. What the fuck.
11 years ago at 3:17 pmNic Sims just sounds like a complete geed name.
11 years ago at 3:30 pm“I’m trying to get in her heart, not her pants.” -Every liberal, GDI, high-horse riding, sexually deprived twat that will proudly attend this sad, sad bar.
11 years ago at 3:42 pmSo a restaurant?
11 years ago at 3:58 pmEven decent, respectable restaurants have booze.
11 years ago at 7:40 pmDo they allow flasks in this dry bar?
11 years ago at 4:10 pmYou keep using the word “bar” I do not think it means what you think it means.
11 years ago at 4:15 pm