Monday, 9 May 2011

The Worker's Club 04/05/11

Attendees: Cam, Ben, Michael, Ivanka, Rose.

Price:
Bullshit. Very expensive. Around $9 for a pint of Carlton. Bottled beer way overpriced.
Location: 51 Brunswick St, on the corner of Gertrude St
Distance: 20 min walk, 5 min tram.
Obscurity: None what-so-ever. "Sticks out like dog's balls" MLG.
Ambience: Good lighting, Cool Wed crowd, quirky music.
Character: Really like the wood panelling, floorboards and use of tiling. Quite high in character. Sparse foliage seems out of place but kinda cool. The room completely covered in carpet is cool.
Decor: Window pane desings are really nice. Weird paintings add a bit of eccentricity. Intimate candles on tables are cute.
Comfort: Toilet wafts extremely unpleasing (although Ivanka loves it). The multi-functional/rearrangeable cube seats are highly practical and quite good.
Beer Garden: Basic but good. Cool vibe out there.
Amenities: Unisex toilets weird for Rose. MLG likes them. Toilet seat completely fell off, no toilet paper, but otherwise clean enough.
Patron Attitude: Good Wednesday vibe. People are friendly and chilled out.
Patron Hotness: Casual, standard Fitzroy/Collingwood indie alternative.
Service: Shit balls. Must have been one of his first night's but one dude couldn't even pour a beer. Severely shit. Other bar guy was quite capable, but the first guy should definitely find a new job.
Staff Hotness: I.B. thinks one guy looks like 'The Mummy'. Shit guy is a bit cute according to Rose.
Beer Selection: Fucking arsey. The only 'boutique' beers were all out. Very basic other selection. Kinda nice bottled selection but absurdly pricey.
Weekly Specials: Cheap Mondays ($2 pots). Good band room. Menu looks alright.
Field Notes: After hyping ourselves up (and getting dressed up!) to have a 'classy' affair at Josie Bones, we we're left bitterly disappointed with having to go elsewhere. May have negatively influenced our judgement.
Ivanka gave a heartwarming speech and was inducted as Junior Vice-President.
Memorable Quotes: "I hate that blokes hair" MLG
"I just want to roll around in it" I.B.
"It's about as offensive as a nipple" B.H. (what does that even mean?!?!)
"It's about time he crawled out of his parent's bedroom" MLG
"I'm more into the guys than the girls," I.B. "And that's saying something" CLG
"I said thank you, and the guy didn't even look...What a cunt" MLG.

Arbitrary Score: 61
Divided opinion for pretty much the first time in B.E.E.R.S. history. Hard to tell how much the 'Collar Beers' failure tainted the assessment of The Worker's Club, may have to be revisited.
Had quite a few good points, but let down heavily by its negative features like price and selection.

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