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joyfulgirl · Joined: 05 Jan 2006

no. i'm just trying to push things along...you know how it is when you're with a group of people outside, and you're all saying..'yea, so where should we go?" "i dunno..where do you wanna go?" " i dunno, i'm easy.." etc...you either make a decision or just end up on the sidewalk all night.

merlot · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:

joyfulgirl · Joined: 05 Jan 2006

well, hopefully that'll happen soon, or all interest will die...

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Go ahead and tentatively schedule it for Hondae on May 13. (I may grace the event with a cameo appearance to sign autographs, etc...)

Tiberious aka Sparkles · Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: I'm one cool cat!

Cigar_Guy · Joined: 05 Dec 2005

Anyone have a problem with Storm? It's in Hongdae in a nice little piazza-type area with an open-air bar beneath it (sorry I can't be more specific). It's not terribly big (not sure how many people we're looking at), but should be able to hold a god 25-30 people with pretty good booze prices. I'm typically the only gringo when I go in there. I haven't been there in a while, but it had a pretty friendly but dim atmosphere with a great view of the street and buildings outside.

All in all, I think it'll be a good fall-back place. If no one else can figure out a location, this is a nice slightly posh (but very affordable) place that will give us the ability to expand (downstairs is another pretty good-looking place) should we need the space.

Again, I have no skill or ability to reserve the place--all I have is a matchbox with the phone number (322-7603) and a mini-map written in Korean (sorry my home PC doesn't have the characters, maybe I can put something together tomorrow). Joyfulgirl is right--let's at least name a place and go from there. If anyone could call the place and see what's what, that would be just super.

cubanlord · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Location: In Japan!

Nashville's? Let's reserve the roof!

Zyzyfer · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:27 pm Post subject:

I was out of town for a couple of days. I did do a bit of scouting Friday night and found a couple of interesting places for after the main place, but haven't really had a chance to scope out places. The former Stopwatch is all I could scrounge up thus far. I'll give it a look Tuesday or Wednesday and see what I can find.

Cigar_Guy · Joined: 05 Dec 2005

Alright, folks, here it is--the best I can do looking at the back of an old matchbox.

One of the Korean teachers at my school who is a student at Hongdae (I think) tells me that she's been hearing some good things about the place, so I'd assume that it's still there. I'm going to see about calling them tomorrow unless anyone else has any ideas about where to have this.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

I went to Storm tonight.. it has a good window.. kinda small. 2nd Floor, no patio (not a big deal in itself). Checked the beer prices.. kinda okay.. but.. but..

Well.. actually.. I found an even much better place! (in my opinion anyways)

SHOOTERS AND COCK BAR & GRILL

Pints of Guinness for 6,900 (had one tonight - delicious!). Regular cheapo bottles of beer are 2,300 won.. thats Cass, Hite, OB, whatever else. (Of course many other beer/drinks are available too).

It has an OUTDOOR Patio that goes in and out of the regular bar.. there is also a long bar.. and tables inside and out. In addition, there is a bar upstairs (ice bar setup) but with the same menu.. so that means additional space if its too crowded for some reason. In addition, there is a downstair bar (which I didn't check out).. but will assume its basically just more space if things spill out too much.

Okay.. best yet.. its SUPER EASY to find. Basically get out of Hongik Station (green line).. and EXIT #6. (KFC is right there too I believe).

As soon as you exit you'll see an alley with tents and such.. you'll see Lemon PC, Coffee Bean, Coffee Brown.. they are lined up on the right side of that alley. Just go directly down that alley to you see buildings where you can't go any further. That will be KTF (phone shop) which is directly straight ahead.. you'll also see a SK Telecom right there. Once you are between those two phone shops.. you'll look down that alley to the right.. and *BAM* you'll see SHOOTERS & COCKS in gold letters on a yellow building. There is even a video machine for card games in there (I got the top 6 'Gin Rummy' scores now while I was drinking my Guinness - oh yeah!).

Even best of all.. if people are hungry.. once you go Shooters & Cocks.. you can continue to the next corner street and take a right and there is Margaritas Mexican food with fajitas, burritos, and enchiladas - ideal for those who didn't get a chance to eat or want to get away for a few to get something to eat.

All around a good deal I believe. Someone else go check it out.. let us know what you think about that.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

Cigar_Guy · Joined: 05 Dec 2005

Shooters sounds pretty good, though I do have a couple of questions.

First, what are the non-beer prices like? Will those of us who enjoy some Jack be getting shafted when the tab comes? Please don't think me being bitter--one of the reasons I like Storm so much is that they have good hard liquor prices. Obviously if Shooters is alright with that, then it's something to consider.

Also I'm wondering about how well Shooters will work for the more elderly amongst us. For me, at least, I'm wondering if they'll have any problem with cigars. Yes, yes, I know--not if we're outside. Of course, if it decides to rain on Friday then we're going to have another problem. No, I don't know about Storm's policy (I'm going to ask one of the teachers at work tomorrow to call and check), but I thought I'd ask about this. Moreso, what's the environment like? I don't want to be too much of a nit-picker here, just wondering about the feel of the place.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

So, where are we at with this get-together?

I'd hate to throw yet another possibility into the mix, but I know that Gecko's Garden has a 2nd floor outdoorsy area that is reservable. Also, they have a retractable canvas, in case it rains. They have all kinds of booze and the fact that it's outdoors would be convenient for our cigar-smoking posters.

I know it's in Itaewon, and not Hongdae, but it really would be an ideal place and could easily seat 50 people. They also have the Guinness and other great beer selections...