I ended up Downtown on Saturday. It was devoid of females. I heard theories ranging from the rent was due soon to people were in Tampa for the Gasparilla Festival or in Daytona for Speed Week. I prefer to believe that the PGA Golf Convention was is town and most of Orlando's girls are prostitutes. I believe if someone correlates the convention schedules with the nights that suck, they will find a connection. An idea for somebody's Master's thesis?
8-10pm: Taps - This new bar (original is in Tampa) was supposed to be my stop for dinner, but since they basically only have lunch items on the "menu", I had to go to the newest version of Lime (see past review) across the street. I had the tacos this time. A good deal at $7 for 3. On par with Chipotle's prices and they give you chips and a hipper setting. Taps is broken down into two rooms - a "beer" room exhibiting sports (and unfortunately on this night a homeless looking warbler) and a "wine" room offering nothing in particular. The staff was nice. The prices were good. They have the dispensing system in the wine room that lets you self serve with a card. Wine Room on Park Ave bottoms out at $2 for small pour. This place almost maxes out at $2 (actually $3 for a highly rated Seghesio Zin). The selection is less, but, most of wines are decent. You can get half glasses (and other sizes) that are as big as full glasses from the waitress too. The wine prices are very reasonable. Maybe half the price of most places. The selection of beer is less than World of Beer or Jax, but, that is in some ways less intimidating. The beer room has a brick wall encircling the taps. It is under the 4 TV's. Two glass refrigerators flank that. Two walls are glass. The glass walls are garage doors. The main color of the room is gray. It has mainly high top tables. They are black. Seats about 50. The wine room is a little more swank. It has sofas. It is decorated in some kinds of earth tones (like tan). I really can't remember. The main color was black (maybe and it depends on what you are calling out). I didn't spend much time there. It seats about 40. Taps is a good addition. They just need to address the menu. I don't see them doing more day traffic than night. Sandwiches and flatbreads don't cut it. They were a little banal and pricey too. Parking is only getting worse at the Winter Park Village.
10:30-11pm: Blank Space - Empty. Had a beer.
11-11:01pm: Stigma - No pole dancers?
11:03-11:04pm: The Lodge - Empty.
11:10-11:11: Ceviche - It was full, but, I went for a snack and decided hot dogs were a quicker alternative.
11:15-11:59pm: Wall Street - Pretty empty. Mostly dudes.
12am: Hot Dog Lady across from Independent. I knew she would be the best hot dog cooker on Orange and she was.
You know it's a bad night when shoving wieners in your mouth is the highlight. At least I was propositioned in the parking lot.
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