The Bar
The Dogwood. 715 W 6th St, Austin, TX 78701
Visited 1/23/17 @ 9pm.
The Drink
Irish Mule. Jameson, agave nectar, lime, ginger beer. $10.
Even the Copper Development Association, my new favorite industry lobbying group, admits that the only reason Moscow Mules are served in copper mugs is as a marketing gimmick, and not due to some special property of the metal (there are periodic alarms over copper poisoning, but it seems that they have their own Troy McClure to assuage fears). I couldn't really taste the whiskey in this Irish twist on the venerable classic, but it was tasty.
The Crew
Aaron, Travis, Rome.
Notes
I like that the owner of this place (Chad Womack, a twin of a former Bachelor contestant who's been around for a while opening a lot of Sixth's most well-known bars) is doing something to combat West Sixth's reputation, because this was a nice place to visit and nothing at all like that stereotype. I mean, I could see the both the outdoor and indoor areas getting pretty crowded on a Friday night, but that's the crowd and not the bar. A bar is what you make of it (an attitude I hope I can retain for the rest of this journey).
The Dogwood has been around for about 6 years, replacing some manner of Irish pub that I never went to. The outdoor bar was relaxed enough on a Monday to allow us to have some good conversation with the bartender about the area over our drinks while we watched the Spurs beat up on the Nets.
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