September 23, 2005
Andy's Fab 50 Choice Awards: Part 1 of 5
Lavender is doing their Fab 50, and I'm doing mine. As a commenter pointed out, it doesn't really matter what the Lavender readers choose, because advertisers need to get paid. Well, I don't have advertisers, so these picks are legit. And I totally welcome anyone's favorites as well. Actually, after I get through my 50, I'll do a post tallying any favorites that anyone wants to send me, either via email or in the comments.
FAB Twin Cities Restaurant: Red Dragon for the drinks.
FAB St. Paul GLBT Bar:The Townhouse has dollar beers on Wednesdays, and that pretty much kicks ass. Also, it has the widest diversity of people of any gay bar in the Twin Cities.
FAB Sunday Brunch: Does an omlette and a bloody mary at the Uptown Bar and Grill count as brunch?
FAB Place to Meet Men: Craigslist?
FAB Casual Dining: Little Tijuana Restaurant. Open super late (3am), lots of punks, and really good food.
FAB Place to Meet Women: The American Sports Bar on Wednesdays.
FAB Fine Dining:AZIA
FAB Sexiest Wait Staff:Jetset
FAB Coffee Shop: Spyhouse. It's close to home, has wifi, and sometimes there's gays. Vera's Cafe is a close second.
FAB Male Bartender: Nate at the 19 Bar. He knew my love of Blue Moon and helped get it on tap for only $2.50 a mug!
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OMG! Nate is on my softball team! LOL Small world.
Posted by: John | September 23, 2005 10:10 AM
I personally love The American Sports Cafe on Wed and Sat. Cheap drinks, karaokee and lots of fags and lesbians
Posted by: David1369 | September 24, 2005 1:49 AM
I must make one correction... I'm not particularly a fan of Lavender either... but as someone with the inside scoop of the Lavender, I must say that the advertising department only plays with the top three vote getters. Often they're not seperated by many votes. I also need to point out City Pages just selects their awards and then the reader's choice just gets a small little line in the category...
Posted by: Anonymous | September 28, 2005 2:37 PM