Paul Alamo review: Growlers Pub in Sunset Hills
I like cigars and beer. Some people, like Craig Mayhem, hate cigars
because he thinks there for rich snobs. For me I love em because they
stink and deliver a nice jolt of nicotine. This nicotine buzz brings
me back to my youth when I regularly put down 2 packs of cigarettes a
day. Anyway, you can buy some cigars at Growler's if you want. The
selection isn't grand but its better than your local Quik Trip. In Quik Trip's defense they offer a nice selection of Swisher Sweets.
In addition to the cigars Growlers offers a huge selection of beer. Lots on tap and lots in the bottle. Check out their beer fridge behind the bar -admire the bright florescent lights jammed right next to the clear and light-green beer bottles that have likely been sitting there for months...if not years. Go ahead, order an obscure beer on tap and enjoy how flat it is. I've been going to Growler's for years and I have yet to get a non-flat exotic beer. Should I be ordering exotic beers at a bar? Why not just Bud Light? What, am I some kind of fancy lad?
And this is the confusion of Growlers. Why are
people flocking here? Like I said I've been there many times. In fact
I own one of their silver goblets -a moron reward for a jackass who
agrees to drink every over-priced bottle of skunked beer they have to
sell (took me 2 years and $800 to obtain said mug). So why have I been
there so much? Is the food good? Not really. I usually order the
buffalo chicken sandwich which tastes just like every other BCS
you've ever had, only slightly worse. The service staff is forgetful.
They have tons of beer you've never had but its all old, skunky
and flat. What about the cigars? On a busy night (and the place is
often packed on the weekend) I can usually scope out one fat guy
smoking a cigar. No, the clientele here is the same crowd from every other
drunk tank bar in St. Louis. I imagine said drunks dreaming of a
people bridge spanning Lindbergh to Helen Fitzgerald's...and maybe a
bar on the bridge!
To offer an guess at its popularity I'll suggest some positives -it is one of the few bars around to offer more than just AB products. Yep, points for that. The building and atmosphere is decent and not overwhelming in its "sports barness". St. Louis has way too many sports bars that look exactly the same. So more points for at least trying to look like a place that takes its boos seriously. The location has to help being across the street from Helen Fitzgerald's. Each one is a book end for a drunk pool. And I should mention that driving in this area should be done cautiously. I love Missouri...here you have two bars famous for getting blasted and I've never seen a cop in sight. At least the lanes are nice and wide for swerving.
So if its just a drunk house then why the fancy beer? Nice cigars? Ah, the novelty! Here I am bitching about it but I drank everyone of those damn things. It was like a challenge. And when I was sauced up I didn't care how bad the $13.50 bottle of "Nun Spit" tasted. I was basically funding the place for the regular drunks. Think about it -some bars offer $12 buckets. Growler's offers several $12 beers -just one fucking drink! Then, make it a game and see which assholes get fooled by the gag.
I started out this review thinking it would be a rip on Growler's but now I realize the place is a gem and I can't wait to get back. If I drink every beer they offer again I think I get a Growler's leather jacket!
In addition to the cigars Growlers offers a huge selection of beer. Lots on tap and lots in the bottle. Check out their beer fridge behind the bar -admire the bright florescent lights jammed right next to the clear and light-green beer bottles that have likely been sitting there for months...if not years. Go ahead, order an obscure beer on tap and enjoy how flat it is. I've been going to Growler's for years and I have yet to get a non-flat exotic beer. Should I be ordering exotic beers at a bar? Why not just Bud Light? What, am I some kind of fancy lad?
And this is the confusion of Growlers. Why are
people flocking here? Like I said I've been there many times. In fact
I own one of their silver goblets -a moron reward for a jackass who
agrees to drink every over-priced bottle of skunked beer they have to
sell (took me 2 years and $800 to obtain said mug). So why have I been
there so much? Is the food good? Not really. I usually order the
buffalo chicken sandwich which tastes just like every other BCS
you've ever had, only slightly worse. The service staff is forgetful.
They have tons of beer you've never had but its all old, skunky
and flat. What about the cigars? On a busy night (and the place is
often packed on the weekend) I can usually scope out one fat guy
smoking a cigar. No, the clientele here is the same crowd from every other
drunk tank bar in St. Louis. I imagine said drunks dreaming of a
people bridge spanning Lindbergh to Helen Fitzgerald's...and maybe a
bar on the bridge!To offer an guess at its popularity I'll suggest some positives -it is one of the few bars around to offer more than just AB products. Yep, points for that. The building and atmosphere is decent and not overwhelming in its "sports barness". St. Louis has way too many sports bars that look exactly the same. So more points for at least trying to look like a place that takes its boos seriously. The location has to help being across the street from Helen Fitzgerald's. Each one is a book end for a drunk pool. And I should mention that driving in this area should be done cautiously. I love Missouri...here you have two bars famous for getting blasted and I've never seen a cop in sight. At least the lanes are nice and wide for swerving.
So if its just a drunk house then why the fancy beer? Nice cigars? Ah, the novelty! Here I am bitching about it but I drank everyone of those damn things. It was like a challenge. And when I was sauced up I didn't care how bad the $13.50 bottle of "Nun Spit" tasted. I was basically funding the place for the regular drunks. Think about it -some bars offer $12 buckets. Growler's offers several $12 beers -just one fucking drink! Then, make it a game and see which assholes get fooled by the gag.
I started out this review thinking it would be a rip on Growler's but now I realize the place is a gem and I can't wait to get back. If I drink every beer they offer again I think I get a Growler's leather jacket!
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And THEN you will be stylin! I really like their patio area....back in my younger days I was so close to that illustrious mug but, I could not make it through all the bitters. O'well. Now, we to escape the AB products and the children.
MMMM greezy steak samwiches!!!
I want a Growler's Leather Steak Sandwich
How about? A greasy pork sandwich... Served in a dirty ashtray?
He pukes... You die...