Our Man in Antigua

as previously suggested, El Muro with their new poker table in back ought to use this as a t-shirt slogan, but no…’haven’t been back in a week or so…away in monterico, et cetera…there’s a council meeting at the Convento Capuchino today  that any bar/restaurant owners should sit in on…assuming they’re interesting in finding out what the new changes may or may not be…of the 39 owners who’ve applied for extensions…if you have half a brain, show up…i’m told that the bar&restaurant association in antigua consists of 12 members but Antiguanet.net says 17…speaking of that local paper, pick up an issue while they’re still available…they give a very good perspective and words from DaMayor that he’s willing to talk…think about it…if you’re creating a public nuisance by allowing people to drink in the streets, and/or make a lot of noise a la 5ta norte or the vicinity of  La Sala…even the Rainbow Room gets a bit noisy sometimes…your neighbors are gonna complain(I would)  ergo…in latin, that means if you’re a local problem, you’ll get papered…and shut down…forget Sangre..they’re so ^$#@! dead, they’d like the publicity…if i were Reilly’s, Studio 35, maybe Gaia…La Sala, Mito’s…?Riki’s/El Cielo?  if you’re noisy and the street is where your patrons are sucking down brewski’s…hello!..Matteo of Cashbar keeps a lid on things but the ‘all you can swill for 50q’ nights at Studio 35 might be contributing to the scene… don’t say you didn’t know this…go to the Convento Capuchino today and find out WTF is going down…your attorneys won’t be of help once the axe falls, btw…and it’ll just cost you $$ in legal fees…if your license that says 1pm or …roll it up and smoke it…changes are here, get over it..

the reincarnation

Ewe and Lynn of the Antigua Tobacco Co, aka Bacchus, have reincarnated their cigar bar on 3rd calle, between 6th and 7th avenidas…packed, serving up great cocktails, smoked beef/fish…the joint is good and it works…10-10pm..and Ewe’s planning on pushing out some walls, adding lights..and there’s private cigar lockers coming..

jammed!

DegustaAntigua scheduled a thing at Chez Christophe (5th calle) tonight…packed..50 plus, Scott Stanton, Elizabeth Bell, Pablo Arenales w/family…great food…xlnt atmosphere…go there…pangea? i can’t spell it worth a s…t but steve wintershaw was putting on the final touches of a mural…

find the incontinents

‘judging from the improvements, furniture and such…this will be a ‘class’ joint..Neil and the crew don’t seem to be cutting any corners or not spending what it takes to make a statement…from conversations, he knows the food business very well..no..not the food biz…the art of cooking…and that’s a huge difference…speaking of huge…