Mountain Lion Attack!
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
(3 out of 5 hot dogs)
Loading ...Hill Country
30 W 26th (6th and Broadway)
Time: 3PM-6PM, 10PM-1AM
Price: $5 Well Drinks, $2 Well Shots, $6 Margs, $4 for 2 PBRs
Mothers, lock up your children, the cougars are on the loose! When I entered the underground bar at Hill Country, little did I know I was walking into a den of lascivious ladies 40+, bedazzled in beads and boas, and rocking out to a live-band playing their favorite 90’s classics. We listened to Counting Crows covers and picklebacked all night. Get your mind out of the gutter; a pickleback is the shot of Jameson followed by a shot of pickle juice…zing! The perfect thing to get your old lady in the mood…
The restaurant at Hill Country also has a Man vs Food-esque Challenge, where one has to consume 3 pounds of meat (including moist brisket, lean brisket, beef shoulder, prime rib), a medium hot side, a medium cold side, a 32 oz. drink and a cupcake, all in less than an hour. If you finish, you get it for free and your picture on the wall, and if not you have to pay $85. A ReBlog is definitely in order if I can find an Olympic meat-eater who wants to go for the beef. Volunteers?
Remember when “Snow Day” used to mean- hot cocoa, sledding and snow-ball fights? Now that we’re all growed up we know the real meaning- start drinking earlier. Last week’s blizzard was the perfect chance to hit up happy hours that normally you’d “flake” out on. I had the margarita, knowing well that the tequila would keep me toasty in the wet/bitter/cold that was last Wednesday. It was great for $2, although a little sickeningly sweet by the bottom. The appetizers were deep-fried delights; I tried the frickles (fried pickles with horseradish sauce) and onion straws (pictured above), which were both about $4 at the half-off bar price. Brother Jimmy’s also has a load of other deals, including all-you-can-eat bbq, ladies night, and Southern ID discounts depending on which night you saddle up! Hit it up today, or wait for the next snow day (tomorrow?)
One of ITJS’s New Year’s resolutions was to get some Lower East Side action up on the ol’ blog in 2010, so here’s another one for the books. I popped into Iggy’s for a night cap, because of an alluring chalkboard outside with Midwest-low prices scribbled upon it. The bar definitely put the ‘deep end’ in dive, and had some really great drink specials. After a car-bomb or three, I subtlety tried to ask the bartender about the different nightly drink specials (didn’t want to blow my cover as the celebrity blogger that I am, and tarnish the objectivity of this post) and he took the time to write them all down on post-it notes for me, which was nice. And THEN he gave us shots of Jameson on the house (could he…have recognized me?) I transcribe the post-its below:
Spaghetti and sangria: two things that don’t really go together, like a 
This past Saturday was absolutely frigid. I left my chick at home, and endured weather of -79.6 degrees, fighting off leopard seals along the way all in the name of “Peter Night” at Antarctica. Translation: I got unlimited free drinks until 1:00 AM. I started off around 8 o’clock with a Michelob Light, for which I received a lot of grief from my friends. So I stepped it up to whiskey and Coke that arrived in a pint-sized glass and was my downfall. All I know is I woke up wearing my shoes, and using a pizza box for a pillow. Check out the name night calendars at