OLD FIFTH // A Little Garish

This Fatbrain is basically brainless today, but can still muster up a tad of energy to talk about food.

Old Fifth! More like Old N' Shabby - good one, we know. This place is basically doing nothing right. The High Plains Drifter - not just a Clint Eastwood movie. It's also a whiskey cocktail and a real delight, so I guess they did that one thing right. The 5 in the frothy egg white topper was a little garish though, could have done without that. The service was just fine. The nachos needed more stuff. The TVs, lord Jesus. Those suckers are plastered on every open piece of wall space. Look we get it. It's a sports bar for sporty dudes + women who want to spend time with said dudes, another concept lost on us. We think the real concept here is - why not drink a  boatload of whiskey drinks until everything on the menu tastes like an angel sprinkled awesomeness all up on it. The lighting is also a big ol' mess. Ghouly gals like whoa. You know that Seinfeld where, you know, came true that night. The final piece of our Seinfeld life puzzle, in place. But the company - oh the company! Guess it doesn't really matter where you are when you dig the people that your with.

We refuse to dissect the menu... here are some photos. Eastwood, What's even going on with that old savage these days?

Hubbard Inn // It ain't that great

It's been a while, so sorry to bust through the gate all negative nelly.

Hubbard Inn - It ain't that great. I want to stay positive and zen-like, but I can't tell a lie. The mushrooms on the flatbread were decent, but let's be honest, decent isn't a compliment and three mushrooms do not make a meal. It was a lunch rendezvous, so maybe they just threw us some scraps because we weren't ordering cocktails like drunken sailors. The salad - boring. The hot tea - no honey. The person with me - didn't know I was taking mental notes on how minty the salad shouldn't have been.

I want to like this place in spite of the fact it was featured on the show 100 days of summer - really that's the best we got? No! The place did have a delightful ambiance, probably would go back for a cocktail in the eve.