Back in Chapel Hill business is good downtown, many of the stores are
closing, but for each one that closes two bars open. All of them
are fake-id bars, kids drinking like fish. They swig Yagger
Bombs, a shot of something dropped shot glass and all inside another
bigger glass of Red Bull. One bar just turned itself into a beach
theme from one designed for the young professionals, who don't exist in
Chapel Hill. There are only college kids using id cards made on
computers. Bar owners all know it but make only a big show of
checking ids. One bar even carded me. Guess what, I'm 57
years old. "Are you kidding me?" "Oh no, I just card
everybody, that way there's no problem," the bouncer insisted.
So, I showed it to him. Unbelievable, what an idiot!
Bar rundown:
Top of the Hill - one pint of their self-brewed beer is enough, any
more gives me a headache.
Good Fellas - too smokey.
East End Martini Bar - very good live music.
Woody's - lively place, 20 TVs tuned to sports, poker tables, infinite
jukebox.