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  31. <title>NuLu’s Garage Bar changes hands; closed temporarily but slated to reopen on July 19</title>
  32. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/nulus-garage-bar-changes-hands-closed-temporarily-but-slated-to-reopen-on-july-19/</link>
  34. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  35. <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  40. <description><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" />TAJ vs TAJ? Just flip a dinar, and the loser becomes JAT, no worries Here a Taj, there a Taj; everywhere a Taj-Taj. The latest update on NuLu’s struggle among the Tajs involves a new variable in the form of Garage Bar’s temporary closing and sale. “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so [&#8230;]]]></description>
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  42. <p>Here a Taj, there a Taj; everywhere a Taj-Taj. The latest update on NuLu’s struggle among the Tajs involves a new variable in the form of Garage Bar’s temporary closing and sale.<br />
  43. “The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy, so that he cannot fathom our real intent,” said Sun Tzu in The Art of War.<br />
  44. With this in mind, we turn to the CJ for Amanda Hancock’s testimony.<br />
  45. Taj owner buys Garage Bar in NuLu, while other Taj bar waits to open. What to know<br />
  46. A few days after Garage Bar abruptly closed, the popular pizza restaurant in NuLu has a new owner and a reopening date.<br />
  47. Garage Bar, 700 E. Market St., announced the temporary closure via social media on June 28, citing “the new owner’s need to evaluate the business and the building,” the Courier Journal previously reported.<br />
  48. That new owner is Todd Moore, who is familiar with doing business in the neighborhood as the owner of Taj, 811 E. Market Street…The wood-fired pizza and craft beer spot, known for playing into its theme as &#8230;</p>
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  55. <title>Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser</title>
  56. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/euro-pilgrimage-85-ch-10-irish-history-with-musical-accompaniment-and-a-guinness-chaser/</link>
  58. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  59. <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  63. <description><![CDATA[<img post-id="28362" fifu-featured="1" src="https://www.rogerbaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Guinness-souvenirs-1985-1024x687.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" decoding="async" />Van Diemen’s Land was the original name for the island of Tasmania, located 400 miles south of Melbourne, and notorious during the 1800s for its British-administered penal colonies. A significant Irish presence there consisted of convicts as well as forcibly deported political prisoners. Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light [&#8230;]]]></description>
  64. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img post-id="28362" fifu-featured="1" src="https://www.rogerbaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Guinness-souvenirs-1985-1024x687.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 10: Irish history with musical accompaniment and a Guinness chaser" decoding="async" /><p>Van Diemen’s Land was the original name for the island of Tasmania, located 400 miles south of Melbourne, and notorious during the 1800s for its British-administered penal colonies. A significant Irish presence there consisted of convicts as well as forcibly deported political prisoners.<br />
  65. Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland.<br />
  66. Almost any discussion about Ireland is likely to focus the attention of beer lovers on Guinness Stout. There are other Irish stouts (Murphy’s, Beamish, etc.), and they’re excellent, but Guinness functions almost as a beloved synonym for Ireland itself.<br />
  67. So it was in 1985 that after two evenings in Dublin, my temporary travel mate Paul moved on to Galway. Reverting to the solitude of my own company (which always has been suitable for me), I made the trek to the sprawling Guinness brewery complex on the right bank of the Liffey for the daily tour.<br />
  68. Admittedly the tour wasn’t much of an “interactive experience” in those days, involving a short film in a small auditorium, viewing the contents of adjacent display cases, and proceeding to the bar for a couple pints of the black gold. There was a (required) voluntary contribution of a couple of Irish punts (currency pounds) to charity, and the “tour” was over without viewing even a square &#8230;</p>
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  75. <title>Gordon Biersch closes downtown at Fourth Street Live</title>
  76. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/gordon-biersch-closes-downtown-at-fourth-street-live/</link>
  78. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  79. <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  82. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/gordon-biersch-closes-downtown-at-fourth-street-live/</guid>
  83.  
  84. <description><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" />I seem to have misplaced an entire decade. My profile of Gordon Biersch appeared in F&#038;D’s Fall 2015 issue. Now it can serve as a requiem. Hip Hops — Gordon Biersch: Still Leading with Lager Indeed, Louisville’s Biersch has reached terminal gravity, leaving only one “standalone” Biersch in the USA (Myrtle Beach FL), as well as [&#8230;]]]></description>
  85. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>I seem to have misplaced an entire decade. My profile of Gordon Biersch appeared in F&#038;D’s Fall 2015 issue. Now it can serve as a requiem.<br />
  86. Hip Hops — Gordon Biersch: Still Leading with Lager</p>
  87. <p>Indeed, Louisville’s Biersch has reached terminal gravity, leaving only one “standalone” Biersch in the USA (Myrtle Beach FL), as well as three airport locations. Another half-dozen airport Biersch spots are in Taiwan, of all places.<br />
  88. The report of record is at LBF.<br />
  89. Gordon Biersch closes Louisville brewpub, by Michael L. Jones (Louisville Business First)<br />
  90. Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant has closed its brewpub in Downtown Louisville after 13 years in business. The German-inspired brewpub was located at 400 S. Fourth St. in Fourth Street Live. On July 1, a sign on the door informed customers that it was permanently closed.<br />
  91. The post Gordon Biersch closes downtown at Fourth Street Live appeared first on Food &#038; Dining Magazine. &#8230;</p>
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  98. <title>Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer</title>
  99. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/hip-hops-rose-hill-lager-haus-because-lager-is-a-way-of-thinking-about-beer/</link>
  101. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  102. <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  103. <category><![CDATA[Food and Dining Magazine]]></category>
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  106.  
  107. <description><![CDATA[<img post-id="28359" fifu-featured="1" src="http://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Roger-bio-photo-Athens-Schlenkerla-2022-134x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" title="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" title="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" decoding="async" />Kindly be reminded that the Summer 2025 (Vol. 86) issue of Food &#038; Dining Magazine is currently available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. You can subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it delivered to your door each issue, or read it at issuu (above).  [&#8230;]]]></description>
  108. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img post-id="28359" fifu-featured="1" src="http://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Roger-bio-photo-Athens-Schlenkerla-2022-134x150.jpeg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" title="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" title="Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lager Haus, because lager is a way of THINKING about beer" decoding="async" /><p>Kindly be reminded that the Summer 2025 (Vol. 86) issue of Food &#038; Dining Magazine is currently available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. You can subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it delivered to your door each issue, or read it at issuu (above). <br />
  109. Here, in its entirety, is the entirely new profile of Rose Hill Lagerhaus (or Lager Haus; no one seems sure, so flip a coin) written for the current issue, where you can view Dan Dry’s stellar photos.<br />
  110. Thanks to Buddy McHagan for a lengthy morning’s chat accompanied by uniformly excellent Monnik samples.<br />
  111. —<br />
  112. Hip Hops: Rose Hill Lagerhaus … No louts, only touts<br />
  113. When it comes to lager, you want a slow hand<br />
  114. During the 1970s, when package store shelves were crammed cheek to jowl with taste-alike, m &#8230;</p>
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  121. <title>J-Town Big Bites comes in, because WNB Factory went out</title>
  122. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/j-town-big-bites-comes-in-because-wnb-factory-went-out/</link>
  124. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  125. <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
  126. <category><![CDATA[Food and Dining Magazine]]></category>
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  128. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/j-town-big-bites-comes-in-because-wnb-factory-went-out/</guid>
  129.  
  130. <description><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />It has been two years since our last glance at WNB Factory, a chain/franchise eatery founded in Atlanta in 1997. Apparently it has been tough sledding for WNB’s local franchisee, as two of the three Louisville area locations have closed: 3733 Lexington Road in St. Matthews, and 10224 Taylorsville Road in Jeffersontown. As for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
  131. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>It has been two years since our last glance at WNB Factory, a chain/franchise eatery founded in Atlanta in 1997.<br />
  132. Apparently it has been tough sledding for WNB’s local franchisee, as two of the three Louisville area locations have closed: 3733 Lexington Road in St. Matthews, and 10224 Taylorsville Road in Jeffersontown.<br />
  133. As for the latter, reporter Michael L. Jones at Louisville Business First uncovers a new tenant: J-Town Big Bites.<br />
  134. J-Town Big Bites to replace shuttered WNB Factory<br />
  135. A new fried chicken restaurant, &#8230;</p>
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  142. <title>APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)</title>
  143. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/apron-inc-presents-a-taste-of-independents-sun-july-13/</link>
  145. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  146. <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
  147. <category><![CDATA[Food and Dining Magazine]]></category>
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  149. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/apron-inc-presents-a-taste-of-independents-sun-july-13/</guid>
  150.  
  151. <description><![CDATA[<img post-id="28356" fifu-featured="1" src="https://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/508454711_1164778129021282_7688864531075719529_n-1-1024x536.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" title="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" title="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" decoding="async" />APRON Inc. (Facebook/Instagram) was created in 2011 to help provide financial relief to food and beverage industry workers in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area who find themselves in need during times of crises. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, APRON Inc. has stepped up with a far greater volume of assistance to local workers than ever before. APRON’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
  152. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img post-id="28356" fifu-featured="1" src="https://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/508454711_1164778129021282_7688864531075719529_n-1-1024x536.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" title="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" title="APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13)" decoding="async" /><p>APRON Inc. (Facebook/Instagram) was created in 2011 to help provide financial relief to food and beverage industry workers in the Louisville, Kentucky metropolitan area who find themselves in need during times of crises. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, APRON Inc. has stepped up with a far greater volume of assistance to local workers than ever before.<br />
  153. APRON’s Taste of Independents Food and Drink Festival, a tasting event highlighting local restaurants and chefs, takes place on Sunday, July 13 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Noble Funk Brewing Company, located at 922 South 2nd Street in Old Louisville. Tickets are $65 per person “Early-Bird”; $75 per person after July 7 ($50 for restaurant industry workers), available in advance at APRON Inc. Must be 21 years of age.<br />
  154. *40 Sampling Booths<br />
  155. *Tastings from Louisville’s Top Independent Chefs<br />
  156. *The Best in Adult Beverages<br />
  157. *Live Entertainment by Logan Leet<br />
  158. Food and drink purveyors currently participating, with more likely to come:</p>
  159. <p>The post APRON Inc. presents A Taste of Independents (Sun., July 13) appeared first on Food &#038; Dining Magazine. &#8230;</p>
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  166. <title>Edibles &#038; Potables: “I got food, but I’m not a foodie” (the 2025 remix)</title>
  167. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/edibles-potables-i-got-food-but-im-not-a-foodie-the-2025-remix/</link>
  169. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  170. <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  173. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/edibles-potables-i-got-food-but-im-not-a-foodie-the-2025-remix/</guid>
  174.  
  175. <description><![CDATA[<img post-id="28354" fifu-featured="1" src="http://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img580-1024x700.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="<div>Edibles & Potables: “I got food, but I’m not a foodie” (the 2025 remix)</div>" title="<div>Edibles & Potables: “I got food, but I’m not a foodie” (the 2025 remix)</div>" decoding="async" />Prague food shop window, 1989. I don’t always repeat previous posts, but when I do, it generally occurs for one of two reasons: first, the essay was capably rendered, and/or second, the point of the original post is worth reinforcing. Both these conditions apply today. The following originally appeared at “Edibles &#038; Potables” on July [&#8230;]]]></description>
  176. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img post-id="28354" fifu-featured="1" src="http://foodanddine.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/img580-1024x700.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="<div>Edibles & Potables: “I got food, but I’m not a foodie” (the 2025 remix)</div>" title="<div>Edibles & Potables: “I got food, but I’m not a foodie” (the 2025 remix)</div>" decoding="async" /><p>Prague food shop window, 1989.<br />
  177. I don’t always repeat previous posts, but when I do, it generally occurs for one of two reasons: first, the essay was capably rendered, and/or second, the point of the original post is worth reinforcing.<br />
  178. Both these conditions apply today. The following originally appeared at “Edibles &#038; Potables” on July 19, 2020.</p>
  179. <p>To paraphrase Esquire’s Charles P. Pierce: pertinent musical accompaniment to the last post of the week, by The Killers. <br />
  180. —<br />
  181. What is a “foodie,” anyway, other than a concept I’ve never once thought applied to me in the slightest?<br />
  182. According to Merriam-Webster, a foodie is “a person having an avid interest in the latest food fads.” Cambridge Dictionary describes a foodie as “a person who loves food and is very interested in different types of food.” And, at Wikipedia, it’s “a person who has an ardent or refined interest in food and who eats food not only out of hunger but due to their interest or hobby.”<br />
  183. These definitions surely cover the waterfront, length and breadth, which by no great coincidence tends to be the place closest to the boats, and consequently where the freshest fish are to be found. Of course, as the late Anthony Bourdain taught us so many years ago, there are enduringly solid reasons for avoiding theoretically fresh seafood at restaurants in Keokuk on a Monday in July.<br />
  184. Why?<br />
  185. Read his book Kitchen Confidential and find out, but just because I remember this passage after two decades, it doesn’t necessarily make me a “foodie.”<br />
  186. In the increasingly remote days of my youth, certain of the elderly wits around town used to say “I don’t eat to live – I live to eat,” and while this statement encapsulates my own point of view, chronologically as well as measured by a current poundage in the neigh &#8230;</p>
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  193. <title>Chain Currito franchises in Louisville set to triple by 2026</title>
  194. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/chain-currito-franchises-in-louisville-set-to-triple-by-2026/</link>
  196. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  197. <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
  198. <category><![CDATA[Food and Dining Magazine]]></category>
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  200. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/chain-currito-franchises-in-louisville-set-to-triple-by-2026/</guid>
  201.  
  202. <description><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />There’ll be second and third chain Currito locations in Louisville by early 2026, joining franchises in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The existing Currito is situated at 6460 New Dutchmans Pkwy. in St. Matthews. As for who is planting these many widely scattered geographical seedlings, we look to the Queen City. Thunderdome Restaurant [&#8230;]]]></description>
  203. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>There’ll be second and third chain Currito locations in Louisville by early 2026, joining franchises in Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The existing Currito is situated at 6460 New Dutchmans Pkwy. in St. Matthews.<br />
  204. As for who is planting these many widely scattered geographical seedlings, we look to the Queen City.<br />
  205. Thunderdome Restaurant Group was created with a simple vision: create a memorable guest experience and positively impact our teams and guests every day. Although officially founded in Cincinnati in 2012, Thunderdome’s roots trace bac &#8230;</p>
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  212. <title>Dive Bar on Frankfort will rise where The Hub was in Clifton</title>
  213. <link>https://eatdrinktalk.net/dive-bar-on-frankfort-will-rise-where-the-hub-was-in-clifton/</link>
  215. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  216. <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
  217. <category><![CDATA[Food and Dining Magazine]]></category>
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  219. <guid isPermaLink="false">https://eatdrinktalk.net/dive-bar-on-frankfort-will-rise-where-the-hub-was-in-clifton/</guid>
  220.  
  221. <description><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" />What is a “dive” bar? The term dates to times when such terminology actually meant something real and concrete, as opposed to the Cosplay Era we currently inhabit. At Beervana, Jeff Alworth offers a thought: Observations from a Dive Bar (today’s cover photo of Kay’s in Portland is borrowed from Jeff’s article). My professional need [&#8230;]]]></description>
  222. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="600" height="385" src="https://eatdrinktalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/td_696x385-600x385.png" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>What is a “dive” bar?<br />
  223. The term dates to times when such terminology actually meant something real and concrete, as opposed to the Cosplay Era we currently inhabit.<br />
  224. At Beervana, Jeff Alworth offers a thought: Observations from a Dive Bar (today’s cover photo of Kay’s in Portland is borrowed from Jeff’s article).<br />
  225. My professional need to visit breweries has cut into dive bar time, but for some reason, this year I’ve been hitting them more often, mostly because of the same emotional need that drives me to watch reruns of The Rockford Files on Amazon. And th &#8230;</p>
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  232. <title>Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland</title>
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  235. <dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Baylor]]></dc:creator>
  236. <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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  240. <description><![CDATA[<img post-id="28350" fifu-featured="1" src="https://www.rogerbaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1985-0148-Harrys-NY-Bar-1024x669.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" decoding="async" />Harry’s New York Bar, a Paris institution since before the Great War. Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 8: At long last, glorious beer in Salzburg and Munich. Air travel digression: I wasn’t a very good flier 40 years ago. Given my lack of experience in the air (and by extension, with life itself), this was understandable. [&#8230;]]]></description>
  241. <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img post-id="28350" fifu-featured="1" src="https://www.rogerbaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/1985-0148-Harrys-NY-Bar-1024x669.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" title="Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 9: Lizard King in the City of Light — and on to Ireland" decoding="async" /><p>Harry’s New York Bar, a Paris institution since before the Great War.</p>
  242. <p>Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 8: At long last, glorious beer in Salzburg and Munich.<br />
  243. Air travel digression: I wasn’t a very good flier 40 years ago. Given my lack of experience in the air (and by extension, with life itself), this was understandable.<br />
  244. Up until 1985 I’d made only two round-trip flights ever. The first one came as a young boy in a prop plane from Louisville to Detroit. We taxied and taxied, and famously I asked the adults if we’d be flying, or driving.<br />
  245. Alas, this did not foretell a career in standup comedy.<br />
  246. The second time was in 1978, to San Francisco and back via Dallas during Christmas season. It was unpleasant in the extreme, and I’d have benefitted from sedation.<br />
  247. My problem wasn’t an aversion to enclosed spaces, or disgust with the free-range Hare Krishna devotees who still roamed airports during those unenlightened times, but a fear of heights. This continues to plague me sporadically to this very day, even though I’ve gotten far better managing it.<br />
  248. Consequently, the prospect of leaving on a jet plane for Europe instigated a fair share of anxiety. Everything about the flight made me nervous, and worse yet, I’d gotten absolutely hammered in Chicago the night before the flight.<br />
  249. Boarding Icelandair for Luxembourg via Reykjavik to embark upon the long-awaited adventure of a lifetime, I was brutally hungover, debilitated and seemingly immune to the hair of the dog, constitutionally and existentially challenged, and with certain doom lurking just around the corner.<br />
  250. Was it too late to call the whole thing off? At least there was a bright side. I wasn’t seated in the smoking section, which in those days still existed to the rear of the plane.<br />
  251. Using the toilet meant cutting through a solid wall of cigarette smoke; obviously, one couldn’t just step outside the plane for a breath of fresh air. Later I realized that for an addict, being deprived of nicotine stood greatly to exacerbate the sort of irrational fears gripping me, with the added joys of withdrawal of the sort I’d mercifully never experience because I didn’t smoke cigarettes.<br />
  252. However, the Rubicon was ripe for crossing. After the usual pleasantries, instructions and delays, we took off and reached cruising altitude. The trip was inexorable and irreversible. Europe finally was coming, and I could feel the level of stress slowly ebbing. Then there was a random act of turbulence, and the plane abruptly took a  &#8230;</p>
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