Alligator Lounge

Brian and I went to the Alligator Lounge tonight. For the first time ever, I am considering never going back. For those of you who don't know the Alligator Lounge, it is a bar that gives you a free pizza with every beer or drink that you purchase. So, I used to go here quite a bit for a cheap, filling $5 dinner. However, after tonight, I may not return.

First, they raised their prices to $6 a beer. This is something I can ignore. I know that times are tough but this is merely the least bothersome of problems.

Next, I ordered a Hefeweizen. I always get a Widmere Hefeweizen at the Alligator Lounge. Tonight it tasted like metal and water and it looked like a banana milkshake. I had to return it and I opted for a Brooklyn Lager to replace it. They were nice about it. Again, this is something I can ignore.

Next, they shrunk their pizzas. As you can see in the picture, the pizza no longer goes to the edge of the pan like it used to. This makes me sad. I know that it is free but it hurts to see it shrink. I'm not getting the same value anymore.

Finally, the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak: there was a hair in Brian's pizza. It was blonde. Ewwwww.

Therefore, sadly enough, I will not be returning to the Alligator Lounge for a long time. I am going to hike a few blocks further for a different bar with free pizza. I have also heard that the Trash Bar gives you free tator tots. Goodbye, Alligator Lounge. It was fun while it lasted.

Comments

Nicole said…

Is that a picture of Brian at the moment of hair-discovery? Ew...that's too bad about the Gator.

11:22 PM

Brian said…

Wow. That was like 30 minutes ago. Alicia is wicked fast as a blogger.

Yeah, hair discovery sucked. But at least it was isolated to a single piece.

11:36 PM

Unknown said…

Reading Brian's comment, you can see that he actually ate the rest of the pizza after the discovery of the hair, discarding the one piece with the hair. I will never understand him. To me, one piece gets contaminated and the rest is not edible. Men.

11:40 PM

Anonymous said…

Ew...nasty. I once found a hair in my BK Chicken Sandwich...I don't even think it was human!! (It had stripes of dark and light) That was almost 16 years ago on my honeymoon. I haven't had a BK Chicken Sandwich since that event. Ew...some things are NEVER the same after something like that...

9:27 PM

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