XYZ the Tavern, HOB and McNamara's

if you're looking to go eat some damn good food, drink some damn good whiskey and hangout in the best neighborhood in cleveland...

... go to XYZ the Tavern in the detroit-shoreway neighborhood

if you're looking to feel like the oldest person in the room, while instinctively mothering drunk 17-year-olds while they are puking in the bathroom, while singing along to sublime and simultaneously pretending that you are cruising around in your '97 nissan sentra back in high school...

... go to HOB during an all ages badfish show

if you're looking to walk into a bar you've never been to and order a dewers and grand marnier and only be charged $8, watch a homeless man and a bunch of hipsters play darts while smoking inside a bar...

... go to mcnamara's public house

i actually did all of the above last night and i'm still trying to figure out the randomness of it all. remind me never to go to an all ages show ever, EVER, again - perhaps i should have just stayed at XYZ.

happy friday!
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