Pubbing in the land of Zion: Week 10; UTAH COUNTY DUN Dun dun!!!!

So we have finally left the safe liberal confines of our Salt Lake county bars and ventured forth among the lands of people we do not willingly associate with!!!! Translated, Gina had a dance competition at Thanksgiving Pointe and we felt that it was a great opportunity to try a bar in the land south of us where by nature we assumed the pubbing was going to be a bit more challenging. Actually just south of the Thanksgiving Pointe on the eastern border of Lehi there are 3 bars. I pass these bars every time I take my kids back to their mom's house so I had a general idea of what we were going to do. I picked a bar called The Big Easy and I must admit there were some things that made me nervous as we went in (number one we had the only cars in the parking lot that were not 3/4 ton pick ups). However once we got in we were quite happy, there were a good selection of tables and booths a big dance floor and probably the best stage I have seen out of all the places we have been this year. In addition there were 2 pool tables that were pay tables and a nice smoking patio. As usual I bought the first round and we got things started. (If any of you can guess what the round was attach a comment I want to see how many of you are paying attention). The bar had a great beer selection and pitchers were available. We were able to play pool all night and before the band played, a local patron picked Dropkick Murphy's The Warriors Code and Flogging Molly's Drunken Lullabies on the jukebox. This was way cool and very unexpected since easily those are my favorite bands. The band that played this night was also a pleasant surprise they were called Cellar Dogs and play a Southern Fried style of classic rock (plus making some INXS and Talking Heads covers in their own style as well). Plus we met a lovely young lady with a strong set of pipes named Ms. Andrea Starr who belted out some great songs during the bands first break. As the night drew on Gina decided I needed to drink shots like she did last week, this might not have been the best idea since she matched me shot for shot as well and I am easily the size of 4 Ginas (plus those of you who know me also know that my first super power is an immunity to beer) as a result....well you can all probably guess what happened in that contest. So in closing I am giving The Big Easy a 3.5 stein out of 5 this week. This is a bar I recommend if you find yourself in Utah County for a night and depending on the band playing, it would make a great destination bar as well. Kudos go out to our first Utah Valley experience and I am kind of excited to see how the pubbers in Provo will act later in the year.