Market Street Bar Crawl

The imagery is too real for real life. You walk in the front door, say excuse me to the local singing karaoke to We Didn't Start The Fire by Billy Joel, and grab a seat. You're eyes begin to hurt immediately from the cigarette smoke as you attempt to examine your surroundings in the darkness. Budweiser memorabilia covers the walls. The bar is deep but not very wide. Pool tables in back. A couple making out one table over. A man sits at the bar drinking whiskey and working on his computer, only to take breaks to sing Journey on karaoke. You've just stepped into Good Times Bar & Grill.

For Scott's (Katy Rosenberger’s boyfriend) 24th birthday, Katy organized a bar crawl along Market Street in downtown New Albany. Scott has been talking about this bar crawl for the past 2 years, so the anticipation for the event was pretty high. Katy, Scott, Shannon, Amos, Jacob, Nate, Sara, and I planned to cover all the watering holes frequented by locals in downtown New Albany. We started out at Hitching Post Tavern (across from the jail) with Guns N Roses and Hank Jr. on the jukebox and canned beer served at the bar. Next was the Good Times Bar & Grill described above. The final stop was the New Albany landmark Hugh E. Birs (located on Market and 4th....the original 4th Street Live as they say at the bar). Each bar was scarier than the first. Hitching Post was downright friendly, as we were the only customers. Good Times was good times with karaoke. Hugh E. Birs had a shuffleboard converted into a stage with instruments plugged in and ready to be played. The stage was literally 36 inches wide, with a drum kit hanging from the ceiling. They sold PBR in the bottle. There was a room designated for Women/Couples. There were meth addicts singing the praises of drinking Tequila Sunrises.

A legendary night for all. Scott Maymon is an idiot for missing it.