Indecision Is For The Birds

Still in Corvallis,Oregon...

Our team leader left and we struggled last night to figure out what to do for dinner. We had already spent some quality time at the hotel bar, including an experimental moment where someone lost money because the chicken cordon bleu bites really do have a chicken-ish meat shell under the fried outer layer.

A few drinks later, we gained a person and lost a person and were in a taxi on our way to Crowbar. I had images of Chicago's Crobar that I have only heard stories about but never been to. This Crowbar wasn't nearly as intense, offering up "infusions" of fruit and liquors in an array of funny named drinks. They also are partnered up and share the same space with American Dream Pizza.

None of the fruit cocktails struck me as sounding good so I started with a beer, a draft Rogue Brutal Bitter that was a good starter. Yep, it was bitter and hoppy with a bit of orange tang and smelled as good as it tasted. We ordered a pizza, "The Bent", and another round of drinks. I gave in and tried a "My Precious" that was sorta like a gin and tonic but with kiwi infused gin and a whole lotta lime. Too much fruit for me. Some of the other guys tried drinks with names like 'Tai Me Up', 'Libido Bandido' and 'Heckyl and Jeckyl'.

The pizza came and it was fantastic. Crust was thick but crispy on the outside and soft on the inside with some sort of garlic butter enhancement. Our toppings were sausage, pepperoni, bacon, mushrooms, and black olives. Fresh mushrooms, zesty sausage, good American bacon, and decent pepperoni made this a keeper. Its been less than 12 hours since I ate a slice and I could go for another one. I don't care if its 9AM and I just ate breakfast. It was that good. Mr. Murata liked it too.

We wrapped up the night with another round of drinks -- I had a draft of the classic Pabst Blue Ribbon. They still make this stuff?

Sometimes blogging ain't easy. Crowbar's rear sign has two giant spotlights on it and the camera phone couldn't handle the glare. Mr. Engleman, one of my partners in crime, found a convenient piece of cardboard to help get the pic. The plan was to crop his arm out of the picture but I think its better like this.

Cheers!