Week 6 Junior's

Well it finally happened, all of our plans were made and then life inevitably changed up on us and we ended up running out of time on Saturday.  With that said I still managed to hit a pub at 12:00 midnight on Saturday and I must tell you, I am incredibly grateful that there are not private club rules in place anymore.  First of all as it was getting late the group of us were trying to come up with a plan to go on Sunday because none of us were in the mood to go on Saturday.  As a result I just decided to go find at a least a little hole in the wall so I could have something to write about (I guess you could say I was have blog writer responsibility guilt).  I then proceeded to go downtown to find such a place.  I found a parking place and got everything together and started heading for Johnny's on Second when I realized I had forgotten something so I headed back to my car.  When I got back to my car I found out that I had been a dumb ass and locked my keys inside.  I guess the stress of the week and my exhaustion were both getting the best of me so I proceeded to berate myself and then I called Gina to come pick me up to get my spare keys.  (Biographical side note:  I have always been a detached person when it comes to building friendships over my life I generally have huge trust issues, but Gina, Jon, David and Melanie are just amazing. I am so humbled by how good these friends of mine are to me and I want each of you to know that I am grateful you put up with me and all of my eccentricities.  I love each of you!!!!)  Anyway while I was waiting for Gina and Jon I walked down to Junior's.  Now everyone, Junior's is the first bar I ever went to.  Back in the day it was a little beer bar over on 500 S. and 200 E. across from the library.  This bar ALWAYS has the best music playing.  Classic Jazz and Blues are the only things you hear at this bar ever.  The new location is on 300 S. between State and Main so I went over and sat down and ordered a pint of PBR ($2.50) and just took a breather.  Now when the owners moved the bar they made sure to take the original bar counter which has a bunch of old classic nostalgia sheet music laminated onto it and is made a of a solid hard wood that has been stained a red brown.  They also brought over all the pictures of the various local jazz combos that used to play there. (it is weird to see the pictures of everyone I went to college with playing).  This is a true comfort bar for me.  Going in there is like eating homemade pot roast with mashed potatoes and gravy, it feels like home.  There are always drink specials (even if it is just $2.50 well shots of Lord Calvert) people are just there to talk and drink and enjoy each others company.  Now because of my history with Junior's, I honestly can give it a 4 stein out of 5 rating (sometimes the bartending has been inconsistent and it is a bit small) this place is just a very good mellow night out I would recommend it to anyone just needing that neighborhood I belong type of bar experience.