Downtown Pub Crawl.

[downtownjag]

If we end up calling it the cowford crawl, we gotta have a hayride... lol.  Maybe not.  But it would be fun

[Ethylene]

How bout fording the River round midnight or so? Not!

[JeffreyS]

I did a pub crawl in Rome where they were just recruiting visitors off the street. It was one of my best nights doing the European backpacking thing. The rest of my week in Rome when we went out at night it was to the bars we liked on that crawl. I wish we had something like that the recruited at the Landing.

[SarahEHarper]

Complete with a humidor, Poppy Love Smoke caters to cigar aficionados and wine connoisseurs. Relax for a smoke in their hip new space around the corner from London Bridge and pick up a bottle of wine and all the accessories to uncork after a long day.

Happy Hour: 4:30-8pm everyday, $1 off all drinks.

Hours: 3pm-12am, Mon-Thur; 3pm-2am, Fri-Sat.

http://downtownjacksonville.org/directory/detail/2549/

We actually made it to Poppy Love Smoke last night. Really cool place. Thanks for the info!

[downtownjag]

I'm excited to hear this is coming to fruition!  It would be nice if we could get a street performer to light up the night air, like that saxophone player that is occasionally downtown but always at Jags games.  Maybe not him specifically because for whatever reason he only plays christmas jingles, but somebody... and i'm not talking baby making music, but light and fresh.  Feel free to shoot this idea down.

[Shwaz]

I'm excited to hear this is coming to fruition!  It would be nice if we could get a street performer to light up the night air, like that saxophone player that is occasionally downtown but always at Jags games.  Maybe not him specifically because for whatever reason he only plays christmas jingles, but somebody... and i'm not talking baby making music, but light and fresh.  Feel free to shoot this idea down.

He only plays like 15 seconds of each song and every third song is the Sanford & Son theme

[Dan B]

So as to be clear... Lit, Dos Gatos, London Bridge, and BG are all going to be excluded?

[downtownjag]

I'm excited to hear this is coming to fruition!  It would be nice if we could get a street performer to light up the night air, like that saxophone player that is occasionally downtown but always at Jags games.  Maybe not him specifically because for whatever reason he only plays christmas jingles, but somebody... and i'm not talking baby making music, but light and fresh.  Feel free to shoot this idea down.

He only plays like 15 seconds of each song and every third song is the Sanford & Son theme

haha, that's right!  I do love that theme though...

[Shwaz]

I'm excited to hear this is coming to fruition!  It would be nice if we could get a street performer to light up the night air, like that saxophone player that is occasionally downtown but always at Jags games.  Maybe not him specifically because for whatever reason he only plays christmas jingles, but somebody... and i'm not talking baby making music, but light and fresh.  Feel free to shoot this idea down.

He only plays like 15 seconds of each song and every third song is the Sanford & Son theme

haha, that's right!  I do love that theme though...

Me too! I whistle it at home to call my cat

[tufsu1]

So as to be clear... Lit, Dos Gatos, London Bridge, and BG are all going to be excluded?

that may be taking the words "bay street district" a little too literally 

[Shwaz]

Can we get some cool matching Met Jax t-shirts? Like senior week at Busch Gardens with a snappy slogan like "Drunk Again In Twenny Ten"

[Captain Zissou]

So is this going to be just a Met Jax thing or will it be more publicized? Are we still shooting for the weekend of Feb 26th-28th??

[Dan B]

I was not aware that A) the "district" existed, or B) what made up the district.

I have heard it called E town, and all sorts of other kitschy names, but Bay Street district I guess some how missed me.

I will ask my wife to beat me 30 times with a wet noodle for such an awful misunderstanding. I am truly sorry for asking for clarification.

[gatorback]

Well, we did our own little crawl last night, and I was happy to find DosGatos. Thanks for the suggestions. I 'll definitely go again because i love PBR on tap.

[Stephanie Kellum]

Hey Everyone,

We met with Mark (Mark's/Dive Bar) tonight since he was unable to attend last night's meeting with Dustin (LIT), Lee (Ivy) and Jason (Dos Gatos). The meetings both nights went very well and several ideas were thrown around. More details will follow very soon, but here's a quick summary to ease the curiousity (and perhaps create more).

Bars included so far:
Mark's, Dive Bar, TSI, Ivy, LIT, Dos Gatos, & Poppy Love Smoke

The pub crawl will now take place every 3rd Thursday instead of every 4th Friday. Thursdays need more attention at the bars and will allow more focus to be given to "crawlies". We're planning a dry run for our forum readers in two weeks (Feb 25th) at 8PM, so mark your calendars! The dry run will be used to gather feedback from both parties (bar owners/patrons).

Like I said, more details will follow very soon...