Week 9 Canyon Inn or How many shots does it take.......

Well this week we decided to go to Canyon Inn, a popular bar with Utah's ski and east side crowd, and this week I opted to be the designated driver so that Jon and Gina could let loose.  This is was a great plan until Jon got a really bad headache so unfortunately he stayed in for the night.  Now this always makes me sad when a PITLOZer is not there but being the dedicated trooper that I am, I valiantly moved forward and made sure that Jon would be properly honored in his absence by all of us drinking his fair share of alcohol (or because I was driving that his significant other would drink his fair share of alcohol).  So Gina and I headed up to the bar which is located at approximately 7200 S. and 3500 E,  When we got there David and Gina we waiting for us but the bar was packed so the its reputation as The hot spot was proving true.  We did not have high hopes for finding a table and as we looked at the crowd a feeling of dread wafted over us.  This place was cougar central! The only problem was that they were definitely the hunters.  Remember last week at Liquid Joe's, the Bros were on the prowl, well this week was the opposite and it was just as lame.  Luckily we found a small table area by the pool tables and we were able to score a pool table as well.  This was great and it really was great and became the jumping point for a very fun night.  Pool at Canyon Inn is $6.00 an hour which allows you to enjoy and play till you are done, but discourages people from camping out at a table.  We started the night off with Shots (Jameson for everyone EXCEPT GINA (who drank vodka)) and a pitcher of Bud Light.  That is right I said pitcher so this place already had points.  The even better thing is that the Pitcher of Bud was $6.00 and the shots were about $3.50 each so the night was getting better.  Gina's friend Jeremy also joined us and he bought a pitcher of Killian's ($9.00)  so in general the drinks were very fair.  Now this is the point where I tell you about the girls I start flirting with but I was not feeling it tonight so I just people watched and had fun. However, those of you who know me know that I have a huge deep belly laugh that comes out when I am really enjoying myself and as it happened I was really having fun.  Little known to me though this laugh has powers as well because I am Chadivus and it is inevitable that people are drawn to my natural charismatic presence.  So I let out some deep laughs and this guy who stands 6' 2" and is very imposing hears the laugh and responds by adopting our group (specifically ME) as the one he wants to hang with because he senses a deep presence of MOJO (his exact words) in me and he decides to become my posse for the night.  Now being the gracious man that I am I deign to let him hang and am polite to him (but unlike him I am not feeling the same deep bond of brotherhood so I manage to keep him at arms length).  So back to the rest of the group.  Well Gina by now is feeling a bit happy, but we all decide that it is time to make sure she get fuschnickered up and we tease her that she does not drink whiskey like everyone else that goes with us, so what does Gina do, she takes the dare and buys us all another round of Jameson (good for her) and then proceeds to man up and drink it down and experience the deep shudder from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head (this was truly amazing to watch).  Well let us just say that the flood gates were opened and by the end of the night Gina won!!!! She had 2 more shot of vodka and finished off our beers.  Jon you have been remembered!!!  Now to the review.  Canyon Inn gets a 3 stein out of 5 rating.  This is a good hang out bar if you can get there early enough to get a seat.  The band was a generic 80s butt rock cover band but rally played with energy.  The drinks are very fair priced and the pool policy works great.  The cons of this bar really have to do with the crowd that frequents it.  They have a very elitist attitude.  Secondly there are not enough tables in the main area and the floor plan needs some work (people have to pass through all 3 ongoing pool games to get to the patio or the bathrooms)  I would say this bar is good to go back to, but I think that it is not a first choice like A Bar Named Sue or Piper Down would be for me.  See you all at week 10.