Recapping yesterday's Movember bar crawl
For a few hours yesterday, I joined dozens and dozens of mustache-clad revelers for a South Baltimore swill-fest commonly known as ... MOVEMBER!
As you can tell from the photo, it was quite awesome. And money was raised to help fight the fight against prostate cancer.
I met up with the crawlers at the tequila bar Lime (801 E. Fort Ave.), which was clearly not prepared to handle the flood of 50-some wild and crazy kids. It was jammed wall-to-wall.
After about an hour at Lime, we headed down to Hideaways (1400 Key Highway), the new bar across the street from Little Havana, which recently replaced the Tavern on Key ...
Though Hideaways' new co-owner Dave Benton said the place was totally different, I thought it looked largely the same -- just with a new paint job. That's OK though, because the owner had stacked six-packs of Natty Boh as a monument to Movember. All hail Movember.
For the low low fee of $25, the crawlers got a T-shirt, aviators, a fake mustache (if they didn't already have a natural one), raffle drawings and $1 Natty Bohs, among other drink specials. Now that's what I call a deal, folks.
Post-Hideaways, the crowd had grown too large for one joint, so we split into two factions. One went to Rafters (620 E. Fort Ave.), and the other went to Captain Larry's (601 E. Fort Ave.). I opted for Captain Larry's, because it was the less cramped of the two.
Midnight Sunner Evan, who organized the crawl, was dumbstruck with the sheer awesomeness of his creation. He stumbled about, sipping a Boh and babbling about mustaches. Or wait, maybe that was me.
(Photo by Alex)
I've been The Baltimore Sun's nightlife and local entertainment reporter for a couple years, and it's surprising how much the scene has grown in that time. Most of Baltimore's bars and clubs are unpretentious places with fairly cheap drinks and plenty of character. I like dancing and think this city needs more clubs, but nothing beats having a cold, locally brewed beer with friends in a comfortably full corner bar.
Comments
Those girls at Hideaways made some deceptively mean vodka tonics! I had about 3 of those and was damn near borderline drunk! I will definitely have to drop in there next time I'm in Fed Hill.
I had so much fun and met a great group of people there. Thanks to Evan for organizing the whole thing and making it a blast (and helping me find a ride to the event!)!
Posted by: Siana | November 22, 2009 12:04 PM
you were charming the world with elaborate stories of bar crawls past
and Evan was plain money
Posted by: shankman | November 22, 2009 5:05 PM
My unlimited thanks to everyone who came out and made the scene. Sly Fox, Lime, Hideaways, Rafters, Captain Larry's, The Reserve and Don't Know for participating, Diece Boutique for donating the aviators, and Jessica Niederberger for designing the shirts and website!!!
We raised over $1400 and I couldn't be more happy with the way the whole thing went. If you're at all interested in seeing pictures from the crawl or want to participate in future Movembers, join the Facebook group!
http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/group.php?gid=159398032660
Posted by: Evan | November 23, 2009 11:12 AM