For E, there was a lack of consensus as to whether we should go to
Eventide or
EatBar. I eventually decided since they were nearby, we should do happy hour at Eventide and then have food at EatBar. This didn't really work out, though, since by the time we arrived at EatBar there was no hope for a table. In the end, the E was really decided for us by the fates.
Eventide is maybe more of a restaurant than a bar, but they have a pretty good happy hour (half price beer, $5 select wines) and some fancy craft cocktails. It doesn't really seem to be designed for large groups though, at least if you want to sit down. We sat in a round table by the front windows and slowly began to acquire all the chairs from the tables around us as more people arrived and tried to cram around ours (think
Katamari Damacy). One table was left completely bereft of chairs by the end. Why we didn't just pull it over to us I can't really say, but we may not quite have had our wits completely about us even at that early point in the night.
The beers were good, a lot of local Virginia stuff (I didn't know Charlottesville had breweries, but cool). They were priced from $4 to $8, so as long as you're there before 7 it's a pretty good deal.
The cocktails, though not discounted, were where it's at though. I had one called the Cooper Brothers' Cocktail, made with bourbon, elderflower and ginger liqueur. Theresa had the mulled wine, which tasted kinda like a warm fruity tea—we judged it to be probably pretty deadly if you could resist its sedative effects.
After getting pretty buzzed on fancy drinks we tried to head to EatBar, but that planned failed as aforementioned. We ended up going to
Ray's Hell Burger and then the Rosslyn Safeway for some Hurricane.
And then the night went slowly downhill (uphill?) from there.
Here's the quote that I typed into Blogger as it was said to make sure I didn't forget to include it on here. Thank god.
"You know what's great? Beer. Hurray for beer!"
Even though DC was buried deep in a Snowpacalypse, we still managed to achieve the F, Firefly. This was partially due not to our determination, but to the fact that for reservations of more than 5 people you have to give your credit card, and they charge you $15 a person if you don't show up. So I made certain we made it.
