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Loosely based on some
sort of boat or log cabin theme (I couldn't really tell), Kabin could
easily skip the gimmickry and still be a decent place to spend a happy
hour guzzling beers and shooting the shit with some friends. We were
there in the early evening, and the place was already blaring with
the sound of young drunkenness. Now, this is normally one of the more
annoying things to put up with, but the drunk dudes in the place were
so over-the-top funny, that I found myself more amused than annoyed.
That was until one of them started swinging barstools around like
they were matador capes, and then he politely excused himself to go
barf. The friendly bartender took everything in stride, and was surprisingly
one of the better bartenders I've experienced recently in the city.
She actually looked us in the face when taking our orders, had a comment
or three about the drunken idiots, answered some quick questions,
and hung around just the right amount. She also gave us a heads up
when the happy hour two-for-one deal was ending in case we wanted
to sneak in an extra drink or four, which was very sporting (and not
very common) of her. If you removed the oddball log cabin facade from
the back room, this could be just another great bar with a really
decent beer selection, a nice amount of space, and just enough sheen
on its wear to keep it our of the dive bar realm. [MF]
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