Downtown Riverside Pub Crawl!
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The Downtown and Riverside Pub Crawl is back, and its all grown up! Join us this month as we bridge the gap between the hot new King Street District and Downtown's maverick nightlife district. CoSponsored by the Jacksonville Landing, this time there are trolleys, Friday Night Fun, Hotel discounts, package deals and more fun than you can shake a stick at. Watch two cool communities get bridged and pubcrawled in one single night!
Full Article
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-jun-downtown-riverside-pub-crawl
So psyched!
I'm gonna try and catch you guys at one of the venues. I don't think I'll have time for everything because I have a reddit meetup to go to!
Wooo Hooo! Party!
I can't believe it's finally here. Tomorrow night is going to be awesome.
OK, I get this is going on Friday, but there is no date mentioned. For the casual visitor to the site, you might want to add it somewhere, preferably near the top of the page.
Quote from: finehoe on June 23, 2011, 10:30:09 AM
OK, I get this is going on Friday, but there is no date mentioned. For the casual visitor to the site, you might want to add it somewhere, preferably near the top of the page.
Good point. Yes, tomorrow.
JUNE 24, 2011 EVERYBODY!!! TOMORROW!
It looks like me and mine are going to make our first MJ Pub Crawl. Much to my five year olds dismay that we do not intend on seeing Cars the Movie 2 on opening night.
Quote from: JeffreyS on June 23, 2011, 03:52:29 PM
It looks like me and mine are going to make our first MJ Pub Crawl. Much to my five year olds dismay that we do not intend on seeing Cars the Movie 2 on opening night.
Awesome, we'll be happy to have you. Based on the amount of prepays, this is going to be the biggest and best crawl we've ever thrown and one of the biggest the core has ever seen.
I got two tickets just need to find some poor schmuck to drag along.
I hope this weather doesn't rain on our crawladeeee >:(
Quote from: Captain Zissou on June 23, 2011, 04:59:05 PM
Quote from: JeffreyS on June 23, 2011, 03:52:29 PM
It looks like me and mine are going to make our first MJ Pub Crawl. Much to my five year olds dismay that we do not intend on seeing Cars the Movie 2 on opening night.
Awesome, we'll be happy to have you. Based on the amount of prepays, this is going to be the biggest and best crawl we've ever thrown and one of the biggest the core has ever seen.
How can I find you? What do you look like? Oh snap you are Bill Murray! ::)
-Josh
Quote from: wsansewjs on June 23, 2011, 05:38:41 PM
How can I find you? What do you look like? Oh snap you are Bill Murray! ::)
-Josh
That's right, everyone: Bill Murray will* be at the Pub Crawl!
*He will not. Actually, he may, but it is unlikely.
dont worry about the rain. It will probably be out by the time the Crawl gets going.
We will crawl rain or shine. Rain will just put a different spin on things. I hope we can get a solid rain at about 5 that dissipates by 6:30, so we'll have some clean, cool, evening air to crawl about our fair city in.
Quote from: stephendare on June 24, 2011, 11:57:00 AM
Wow. This is definitely going to be the biggest and most fun pub crawl yet. Who knew that connecting downtown and Riverside would be so freaking popular?
I think the move to Fri night and the long anticipation/build-up has contributed greatly to popularity. But if your statement was also sly referendum on transit in this city, well then you, sir, make a great point.
And if you enjoy the trolley ride from the King District to the Landing, let JTA, the city, your friends/family/enemies, all the powers that be know about it. We may just have to do this trolley thing until the city starts doing it for us.
Can we join up at the starbucks?
Yes. Be there before 7. The Trolley won't be there more than a couple minutes.
We're very excited to be hosting the first stop of the crawl.
We will be serving the pub crawl participants our Jon Boat Kolsch, Peoples Pale Ale, Centennial IPA and our Riverkeeper Red for $2 in the brewery bar.
I might be called into service as a bartender so be warned, I am a terrible bartender and tend to be a little grumpy!!
Thanks to metrojax and everyone that helped put this together.
Support Your Local Brewery!!
Clock is ticking I am leaving to meet my group for a precrawl dinner.
Ok we are going to meet up with the crawl at intuition ale works not starbucks.
Congrats, great job!!!! This is monumential. Jax ROCKS!!!!!!
The Captain is fully recovered, thank you.
That Crawl was AWESOME! Tons of people from all backgrounds having a great time and enjoying the urban core. Thank you for everyone's patience. We didn't anticipate such a massive turnout, but everyone seemed to be having a great time. I can't wait to do it all again.
Definitely a solid time - glad to see that the Captain is doing well this morning!
Great job to Stephen & Co for pulling this off.
It is very hard work to organize and plan something like this. Very nice crowd & the turn out exceeded expectations. Oh and the Trolley was a big success (listening Mike Miller/JTA?).
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
We had a great time. Kings street to bay and back loved the trolly. We did the easy walk from the landing to ivy.
Thanks Stephen. It was indeed our pleasure!
Some of the better parts of the night was having people from all over the city - intracoastal, arlington, southside, beaches, etc... and they were all having a great time in these awesome venues that they have never tried. I think it was completely eyeopening for quite a few that there's a lot more to do than go to the towncenter and have some pops at the cheescake factory.
I had a great time, personally, and look forward to the next one.
Awesome awesome awesome. I know my boys who are beaches guys through and through were very impressed.
I am recovering but I'll be ready for round two pretty soon. Probably will take advantage of the Hyatt deal if it's available next time too.
Thanks to all the folks who put this together!
Quote from: Non-RedNeck Westsider on June 25, 2011, 02:39:36 PM
Some of the better parts of the night was having people from all over the city - intracoastal, arlington, southside, beaches, etc... and they were all having a great time in these awesome venues that they have never tried. I think it was completely eyeopening for quite a few that there's a lot more to do than go to the towncenter and have some pops at the cheescake factory.
I had a great time, personally, and look forward to the next one.
whats a cheesecake factory?
Quote from: marksjax on June 25, 2011, 01:17:02 PM
Great job to Stephen & Co for pulling this off.
It is very hard work to organize and plan something like this. Very nice crowd & the turn out exceeded expectations. Oh and the Trolley was a big success (listening Mike Miller/JTA?).
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
Mark, I have to echo Stephen's comments - That was the first time I've been to Dive Bar since the live music change. I really like it, because Downtown really doesn't have a place like this. Agreed about the staff too - bartenders were really quick and made a great drink! Thanks for participating with the crawl!
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on June 25, 2011, 02:46:04 PM
Awesome awesome awesome. I know my boys who are beaches guys through and through were very impressed.
I am recovering but I'll be ready for round two pretty soon. Probably will take advantage of the Hyatt deal if it's available next time too.
Thanks to all the folks who put this together!
Quote from: Non-RedNeck Westsider on June 25, 2011, 02:39:36 PM
Some of the better parts of the night was having people from all over the city - intracoastal, arlington, southside, beaches, etc... and they were all having a great time in these awesome venues that they have never tried. I think it was completely eyeopening for quite a few that there's a lot more to do than go to the towncenter and have some pops at the cheescake factory.
I had a great time, personally, and look forward to the next one.
whats a cheesecake factory?
"The" Cheesecake Factory ... a very popular chain restaurant:
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/ (http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/)
Good thing we didn't try to do our pub crawl in Manhattan.
From DNAinfo.com:
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110624/murray-hill-gramercy/ban-on-pub-crawls-brewing-on-east-side (http://www.dnainfo.com/20110624/murray-hill-gramercy/ban-on-pub-crawls-brewing-on-east-side)
QuoteBan on Pub Crawls Brewing on the East Side
June 24, 2011 10:08am
A Community Board 6 committee drafted a resolution asking agencies and elected officials to crack down on pub crawls.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110624/murray-hill-gramercy/ban-on-pub-crawls-brewing-on-east-side#ixzz1QV2jlpYE
By Amy Zimmer
DNAinfo News Editor
GRAMERCY â€" Is the city's first pub crawl ban on tap?
That's the hope of some residents in the bar-laden east side area of Community Board 6, which stretches from 14th to 59th streets.
Members of CB 6's Business Affairs and Street Life Committee discussed a draft resolution Thursday night that would call on various state and city agencies and officials to help them crack down on organized bar-hopping.
"We personally as Community Board 6 can't ban them," committee vice chair Stephen Dubnoff said. "We are asking the city and everyone else to help us stop them. More than that we cannot do."
It was the fourth meeting over several months addressing the issue, which was sparked by the rowdiness that ensued around St. Patrick's Day when Groupon offered an online coupon promoting a three-day pub crawl billed as a chance to drink "copious amounts of beer" and to hang out with "fellow rowdy hooligans."
The sanctioned binge drinking outraged many of the committee's members, who said their streets turned into a giant public sewer for vomit and loud potty-mouthed drunkards, who residents say are overwhelmingly young.
"That's what they want you to do: drink yourself silly and join your fellow hooligans," Dubnoff said.
As the Murray Hill area has become a hotspot for the college and post-collegiate set in recent years, the bars scene has exploded.
The state's Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, which says that alcohol is the most popular substance used by New York college students, found that 49 percent of students aged 18 to 25 surveyed reported binge drinking in the previous two weeks, 54 percent of whom were male and 45 percent female.
"It is clearly not in the public interest to have large groups who have abused alcohol roaming the streets," Dubnoff read from the draft resolution.
Robert Bookman of the New York Nightlife Association â€" which opposes such a ban â€" said there are already laws on the books that address such problems and others, like underage drinking.
"There are plenty of current laws that if properly enforced there's no issue with pub crawls," he said.
He doesn't see how anyone can stop young people drinking from bar to bar in the course of a night, whether its self organized or through a group.
"The marketplace is the marketplace," he said, adding that liquor regulations would be out of City Council's hands and would have to be a state issue.
"They can call that the anti-St. Patrick's drinking law," he joked.
The CB 6 committee has taken action in other ways.
When bars apply for new or renewal liquor licenses, they are asked to sign a document that includes a clause not to participate in pub crawls (among other stipulations, such as closing at 2 a.m. instead of the legally sanctioned 4 a.m.)
The committee said its efforts to stem pub crawls already had letters of support from community groups â€" including the Sutton Area Community, the Turtle Bay Association and Gramercy Neighborhood Associates. They plan to garner more backers before they finalize the language of the resolution and present it to the full board, which doesn't meet again until September.
"It is an interesting concept. We look forward to working on it over the net few months," CB 6 Chair Mark Thompson said. "Other community boards may follow our lead."
No one from the neighborhood â€" either for or against such a ban â€" came to Thursday's meeting to speak out about the proposal, though a few residents came to voice complaints against specific establishments.
Because of the rash of bars in the area, committee members discussed having a forum in October where residents can address problem venues.
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110624/murray-hill-gramercy/ban-on-pub-crawls-brewing-on-east-side#ixzz1QV1y1Zp3
And our Murray Hill is much different than the one mentioned here.
Quote from: SarahTay on June 26, 2011, 12:15:04 PM
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on June 25, 2011, 02:46:04 PM
Awesome awesome awesome. I know my boys who are beaches guys through and through were very impressed.
I am recovering but I'll be ready for round two pretty soon. Probably will take advantage of the Hyatt deal if it's available next time too.
Thanks to all the folks who put this together!
Quote from: Non-RedNeck Westsider on June 25, 2011, 02:39:36 PM
Some of the better parts of the night was having people from all over the city - intracoastal, arlington, southside, beaches, etc... and they were all having a great time in these awesome venues that they have never tried. I think it was completely eyeopening for quite a few that there's a lot more to do than go to the towncenter and have some pops at the cheescake factory.
I had a great time, personally, and look forward to the next one.
whats a cheesecake factory?
"The" Cheesecake Factory ... a very popular chain restaurant:
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/ (http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/)
Thanks, SarahTay, but that was just my weak attempt at humor. Sadly I am quite familiar with the Cheesecake Factory.
Well, not sadly cause I do like their cheesecake. Actually, yes sadly...for my health.
QuoteAs the Murray Hill area has become a hotspot for the college and post-collegiate set in recent years, the bars scene has exploded.
It would be nice if that line was referring to the Jacksonville neighborhood.
And some pics too...
http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/category.asp?eventID=1274983&CategoryID=10519
I highly recommend bringing an official from the Guinness World Records for the next Jacksonville's Pub Crawl to see if we can break the world's record for the
largest single linear pub crawl.QuoteWho: World's Greatest Pub Crawl Committee
Where: Australia
When: June 07, 2009
Details: The largest pub crawl involved 4,718 participants who visited 10 pubs in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, during an event organised by the World's Greatest Pub Crawl Committee, on 7 June 2009.
Source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-people-on-a-pubcrawl/59031.htm (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-people-on-a-pubcrawl/59031.htm)
Stephen, if you can tell your Pub crew to promote this as an attempt for the world record, MORE people will come! COME ON JACKSONVILLE! We are one of the drunkest cities in United States, so let us make that ring true!
-Josh
QuoteAnnually in London, thousands of New Zealanders take part in the Waitangi Day pub crawl, a crawl around the Circle Line on the London Underground. Starting at Paddington they work counter-clockwise around the line, usually ending at Westminster for a haka (traditional New Zealand challenge/dance) and then many continue on to the Temple Walkabout bar. While numbers vary depending on the weather, in 2008 there were reported to be around 12,000 people involved.[3]
We've got some work to do.
Thank
Quote from: 02roadking on June 28, 2011, 10:12:43 AM
And some pics too...
http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/category.asp?eventID=1274983&CategoryID=10519
Thanks roadking... I was supposed to go but was notified late of a birthday I needed to attend. Should make the next one tho...