It’s Not Just Me That Remembers The Good Ol’ Days

Except for a handful of visits to The Libertine, I hadn’t been down on lower Greenville on a Thursday since the good old days of Thursday Night Liver Practice at The Blarney Stone.  I had read on City of Ate that the food trucks had finally arrived at the old burned out Arcadia block and decided to take a side trip on my usual dog walk through Lakewood.

We hit Greenville on Prospect between the Char Bar and some Hookah bar.  BTW, is there anything douchier than a hookah bar?  Oooh, look at me I’m smoking something with honey and eucalyptus.  I’m so avant garde.

We then headed north and as I’m walking passed (the recently closed?) Winedale’s, Alex, on her long retractable leash, heads right into The Blarney Stone patio and waits patiently at the door.  I get to the Blarney Stone and she looks back at me as if say, “Hey, hurry up.  Alan has a Guinness in there for you and I’m ready to hang out here with all my friends!”.

I cried a little inside.

There does appear to be something afoot at the Blarney Stone.  I couldn’t quite tell what. But there is a fridge with beer inside.

As for the food trucks, I guess I got there too early or too late.

But Will They Still Serve Car Bombs There?

Well this is disappointing -- a mediocre sangwuch shop taking over the old Blarney Stone. So many good times to be swept away like so much shredded lettuce.

clipped from www.barkingdogs.org Jimmy John's Sandwiches coming to Lower Greenville.... Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches will open a store on Lowest Greenville Avenue in the former Blarney Stone space within the next few months.

This Just In....

It is with great sadness that I report that The Blarney Stone has been shut down. The owners defaulted on their lease, causing the property owners to close the long time Ultimate watering hole.

I guess it shouldn't be a surprise. I repeated a trip I have taken often over the last year. I had dinner and beers at The Libertine followed by beer and music listening at Gezellig. Leaving Gezellig, I walked by The Blarney on my way home, and noticed the postings of closure.