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Title: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: 02roadking on August 03, 2011, 01:45:36 PM
Art walk tonight. I noticed a few places participating that are not usually on the map, like the FBC The dining room is open from 4-6:15 p.m. and free parking is available in Garage #2, Farah’s Uptown,Olio's and the pocket park on Main. Florida Theatre has the annual Uncommon Music show. Dive Bar has stand up comedy @ 9. Also the Snyder will be showing the animated film Ratatouille at 5 and 7 p.m
Get out there

Info:
http://downtownjacksonville.org/Marketing/First_Wednesday_Artwalk.aspx
Map:
http://downtownjacksonville.org/Libraries/PDF_Libraries/DVI_Flyer_August_Web.sflb.ashx
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: MusicMan on August 03, 2011, 05:39:02 PM
OLIO WILL BE OPEN. PLEASE GO. 6 UNTIL 10 PM.

Had lunch there today. I really like this place. Excellent fish tacos!! In and out in less than 30 minutes.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: tufsu1 on August 03, 2011, 11:16:13 PM
ArtWalk was packed tonight...and thats with 90+ temps!
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: kam311 on August 04, 2011, 09:09:12 AM
Definitely a good crowd last night.  Disappointing to see the Old Main Library was closed though...I think the Art Walk flyers still had it listed as a venue.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Tacachale on August 04, 2011, 09:27:24 AM
^Yeah, what happened with that? It was definitely still on the flyers. I meant to go over and see what was going on.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Captain Zissou on August 04, 2011, 09:42:46 AM
Quote from: MusicMan on August 03, 2011, 05:39:02 PM
OLIO WILL BE OPEN. PLEASE GO. 6 UNTIL 10 PM.

Had lunch there today. I really like this place. Excellent fish tacos!! In and out in less than 30 minutes.

I went by there around 9.  The fish tacos were more like fish fillet served on top of tortillas.  I honestly had over a half pound of fish between the two tacos.  The fish were blackened and well cooked.  I cut the fillets in half and ate half on the tacos and half by themselves.  The mandarin oranges, cabbage and sauce all blended well and provided some really great flavors.  The fries were delicious as well..

Also, I tell you all this because you are my friends.... PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS.  They serve Stone Arrogant Bastard for $3.  For those who don't know, AB is served in a 22 oz bottle and it is an extremely rich and flavorful beer with 7.2% abv.  In contrast, that same beer, same portion size, is $7 at Shantytown.  I doubt any of you can really handle AB, it's for a more sophisticated palette.  Anyway... All their beers are EXTREMELY well priced, which you seldom see nowadays.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: kam311 on August 04, 2011, 10:28:36 AM
Quote from: Tacachale on August 04, 2011, 09:27:24 AM
^Yeah, what happened with that? It was definitely still on the flyers. I meant to go over and see what was going on.

There was a sign on the door - I can't remember all of what it said, but apparently the library isn't going to be used as a venue until further notice due to 'development'.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Non-RedNeck Westsider on August 04, 2011, 10:33:50 AM
Quote from: Captain Zissou on August 04, 2011, 09:42:46 AM
Also, I tell you all this because you are my friends.... PLEASE DO NOT ABUSE THIS.  They serve Stone Arrogant Bastard  Captian Zissou for $3.  For those who don't know, AB CZ is served in a 22 oz bottle and it is an extremely rich and flavorful beer with 7.2% abv.  In contrast, that same beer, same portion size, is $7 at Shantytown.  I doubt any of you can really handle AB, it's for a more sophisticated palette. Anyway... All their beers are EXTREMELY well priced, which you seldom see nowadays.

Nice, Cap'n. Nice.   ;D ;D
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: PeeJayEss on August 04, 2011, 11:19:09 AM
Quote from: Captain Zissou on August 04, 2011, 09:42:46 AM
Quote from: MusicMan on August 03, 2011, 05:39:02 PM
OLIO WILL BE OPEN. PLEASE GO. 6 UNTIL 10 PM.

Had lunch there today. I really like this place. Excellent fish tacos!! In and out in less than 30 minutes.

I went by there around 9.  The fish tacos were more like fish fillet served on top of tortillas.  I honestly had over a half pound of fish between the two tacos.  The fish were blackened and well cooked.  I cut the fillets in half and ate half on the tacos and half by themselves.  The mandarin oranges, cabbage and sauce all blended well and provided some really great flavors.  The fries were delicious as well..

Not to be a broken record but, yea, those fish tacos are delicious, as were the fries! I wanted falafel but they were out, so I got the tacos. Also, the beer selection is small but decent quality, and as Capt said real well priced.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: MusicMan on August 04, 2011, 11:29:41 AM
Glad you enjoyed the Taco's. Was OLIO doing much business last night? Just curious. MM
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Captain Zissou on August 04, 2011, 03:26:40 PM
QuoteNice, Cap'n. Nice.   ;D ;D

Go buy some AB and read the back of the bottle, then you'll know.

Quote from: MusicMan on August 04, 2011, 11:29:41 AM
Glad you enjoyed the Taco's. Was OLIO doing much business last night? Just curious. MM

They had some decent traffic, but this was between 9 and 10.  I imagine they were very busy earlier in the night.  The staff looked pretty beat and based on PeeJay's comment it sounds like they were low on ingredients.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Tacachale on August 04, 2011, 03:58:03 PM
Quote from: kam311 on August 04, 2011, 10:28:36 AM
Quote from: Tacachale on August 04, 2011, 09:27:24 AM
^Yeah, what happened with that? It was definitely still on the flyers. I meant to go over and see what was going on.

There was a sign on the door - I can't remember all of what it said, but apparently the library isn't going to be used as a venue until further notice due to 'development'.

Does anyone know what the "development" is? I hadn't heard anything.
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: tufsu1 on August 04, 2011, 04:26:40 PM
um...the planned library project...its been in the works for over 3 years...there are threads about it all over this site.

of course, a more likely answer would be that the heat in there was just not bearable
Title: Re: Art Walk Tonight 8-3-11
Post by: Tacachale on August 04, 2011, 04:50:42 PM
^Um... and nothing has been done on that for like a year... and they haven't announced that they found an anchor tenant, which is what they said was holding it back... hence my question. ;)

But seriously, is there some new development in the Main Branch project, or is this just routine work?