Pretend this bar opens up in your city. Would you go to it?

[PhillyB]

Hey look, a new bar just opened up in your city! It has a fairly upscale sounding name. It's a craft beer bar the deals solely in bottled beer and wine. No draft systems, no liquor. No food prepared on the premises, but there's a food menu available for standard pub grub contracted out by a local food joint (you place the order with the bar and a delivery guy comes in with your hot sub or whatever.)

The bar features something like two hundred different beers, ranging from your standard light beers, Yuenglings, whatever, but is known for not just craft beers but international beers. An entire selection of beers from Laos, for instance, or every beer australia's ever produced. Menus are divided by country rather than style, and subcategorized by style. You can travel the world on the menu.

The bar itself is very small, very intimate. The decor is artistic without being obnoxious or overwhelming. interesting artwork, some cool lounge areas. Music is a random mix of 90s rock, pop, and covers. Occasional live music (acoustic covers) in the back, probably friday nights.

While the bar is not themed as a sports bar in any sense, it's marketed to be the de facto Panthers bar in your city, if your city doesn't really already have one. This means on Sundays the place gets absolutely packed out. There's a number of televisions and you don't have to twiddle your thumbs nervously hoping the bartender will have the game on at kickoff. Always Panthers on the main screens, always Panthers sound kicked way up. There's not going to be tons of room, so you better get there early - it's exclusive, and it's mostly Panthers fans.

The establishment is located in the downtown section of your city, in the middle of the bar districts. It'd be most easily accessible by parking and walking (think NoDa in Charlotte.) May look something like this (white storefront in the first picture, small unit on the far right of the building on the second picture.)

 

 

 

Would you go to this bar with any frequency, based on its description here? What would you like about it? What would turn you off about it? What would make you come back, what would keep you away? Any and all opinions are welcome (and desired.)

[YoungPanthers89]

[Bruce]

You open that in Katy/Houston Tx, I know of at least one person that will be there every Sunday during football season and most weekends regularly

[pstall]

Must have a little food and mucho tv's. Yeah I'd go.

[PhillyB]

I'd go.

The only thing that turns me off is the menu or lack thereof. Other than that, the bar is a viable and refreshing option. I like it.

would it bother you that the menu wasn't in-house? if you could put in an order at the bar for, say, potato skins, and ten minutes later it showed up at your table for consumption on the spot, would this make a difference for you?

[Inimicus]

Id go to support your business.

 

However a beer bar with only bottles/cans wouldn't get any of my money if I didn't have some other reason to go in.

[OnlyPantherFaninMaine]

Add Huddle Kittens and I'd never leave. 

[Bruce]

Concerning the lack of a food menu, there's a World of Beers in my area, no food menu except from outside establishments, I've seen the pizza guy there and the sandwich guy there delivering food. It's standing room only on most nights. Seems to work for World of Beers.

[Panthro]

I'd prefer a bourbon bar.

At Carolina Beach there is a bar called fat pelican.  You walk into a huge fridge and pick your beer.  You come out and pay. 

[PhillyB]

I'd prefer a bourbon bar.

At Carolina Beach thee is a bad caked fat pelican.  You walk into a huge fridge and pick your beer.  You come out and pay. 

sorry, state liquor laws disallow giving peoples' bourbons away

[PandaPancake]

No draft turns me off. I can't get a Blacksmith. 

[Panthro]

Or maybe micro distilling or liqour infusing. 

Or just do beer and grilled cheeses

[PhillyB]

No draft turns me off. I can't get a Blacksmith. 

curious how many other people this is specifically a problem for. does a frosted glass make a difference at all, or is it simply that fact it's not a draft?

[pstall]

Simple, consistent and friendly. That's all you need. Well besides being able to handle carrying costs and liability insurance.