Yesterday was the second day of summer (my favorite time of the year) and it was Mike's last night in Vegas. There was no better place to celebrate and say farewell that Nickel Beer Night at Todd English P.U.B. Mike and Frank went two weeks ago and had a great time. A repeat was necessary.
We got there 9:18 so there was a line out the door. It moved pretty quick. We camped out at the end of the bar and eventually claimed a spot as ours. We ordered 15 beers to get started. 75 cents. We ordered 20 more ($1.00) and finished with 5 for a whopping quarter. Grand total for 40 beers? Two bucks.
We played a drinking game with the kids next to us. Minesweeper, you basically drink faster than a penny spins. If you don't you still drink. Nice game. We made friends with a few other groups most people at the bar were locals. One crew of three came in confused why we ordered so many beers in small cups. Nickel PBR, baby. They had no idea, they came for the 7 second challenge. Chug a pint in less than 7 sec and it's free. Frank bet the guy $2 he could do it. He did it. Double or nothing? He took the bet and did it again. A newcomer got in the action and bet him $1 he couldn't do a third, but he did it. So, the guy got 3 free pints and made $5 he was quite pleased. His buddy gave it a try and failed. It was a riot.
Kegs ran out about 10:45. We took our cup tower and walked Crystals the super high-end mall at CityCenter. Yes, we classed up the joint. I took a bunch of photos. We were walking back to Aria and found a perfectly good park bench to sit on outside the P.U.B. it was prime people watching. Mike got all sorts of looks from passerbys about his tower so he heckled back. He told a 70 year old guy he doesn't need viagra. The guy and his wife had a good laugh. Frank smacked half his cup stack out from Mike's hands and cups scattered everywhere. Security came over. Mike was reprimanded by the guy playing the bad cop, the good cop teased us and offered to throw away the rest of our cup tower and then said he'd see us next week. It was a trip.
First round
Second round
The guy in the plaid was doing the pints in less than 7 seconds.
Waiting on our last round
How much is that? $2.25, it gets you five beers and covers the tip.
The last two beers and our tower of terror.
Next stop, Crystals!
Sitting on the "city" park bench outside the P.U.B.
How much did we drink, again?
Two bucks worth, that's right.
3 comments:
Did you recycle the cups? It's a cute gimmick but it bothers me to think about how many cups were thrown away by so many people using new ones for every nickel beer consumed.....
It is definitely not a green promotion. You know, I've never even seen recycling at CityCenter. Kind of ironic considering how they boasted their LEED Certification. Likely because they earned a tax credit from the state for doing so, apparently there is no incentive to encourage recycling.
classy indeed!
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