Talking Pints: June 2009

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Bad news to start with. As we’ve mentioned before, time has run out for everyone's favorite super bar street, Super Bar Street. The American Embassy’s arrival in the area has dictated that even Tim’s Texas Roadhouse will have to mosey along and find another place to rest its hat. The wrecking ball will swing by early June, apparently. It could, of course, just happen in the middle of one of these balmy nights. So go down there now and support the bars while you still can. I’d recommend an afternoon in Noisy getting tipsy and playing on the mostly broken arcade machine, then when drunk enough go to the infamous market and buy some bargain tat, and then go to Tim’s for the pub quiz. Best day ever. If you don’t get down there before it all becomes rubble, then why not camp out in front of Ritan Highlife and wait for all the bars to move into there? (Please don’t actually do this; it is nothing but unadulterated speculation.)

June is pretty quiet, which makes sense after the multi-holiday, music-fueled madness of May, but there’s still some belting events. The most exciting of which may well be the third annual Great Wall Beach Party (Jun 27). What’s that, you say? It’s a beach party on the Great Wall, dummy. Get your flip-flops and glowsticks packed and jump on the bus. If you can’t be bothered leaving town, then there’s plenty here. This includes the dapper don of dubstep, Kode 9 (Jun 4; see photo, above), and the Ironman himself, Ghostface Killah (Jun 13). Stick your hands in the air and make a ridiculously cool gun sound to that, kids. Also, the good people at Q Bar are having a birthday party. You should go down there and enjoy it with them, as they will also be unveiling their new terrace. As if the old one wasn’t spiffy enough, they’ve only gone and got it made all kinds of sound-enshrouding so as not to wake the neighbors. China Bar at the Park Hyatt doesn’t have any neighbors so their newly opened rooftop terrace can get as rowdy as it wants.

Lastly, there are some new openings in the pipeline. The loveable rogue with the perfect barman’s name, Chad Lager, is all set to unveil (or not unveil, as the case may be) Fubar. It’s a speakeasy-style joint and it’s going to be hidden somewhere around the Worker’s Stadium. Wilfred from Glen is opening another couple of bars inside the 1949–The Hidden City complex. One is a men’s bar and the other for ladies. Not only is there gender segregation but there is also to be a member’s only club. It might be time to learn the secret handshake.