Author: Benjamin Wachs

Ihad expected the Big Rec Tap Room at 24th and Treat to be big. An amateur mistake. Both literary...

“Hey,” I said, before he went to make it. “So, I’m trying to figure this place out, and here’s the story I’m telling myself about it. This bar was founded by two guys, business partners, and one of them wanted to own a sports bar that would show all the other sports bars up, and the other guy wanted a chill-but-hip whiskey cocktail lounge. And instead of not making a bar together they just each did what they wanted to do, and this is the result.”

The bartender thought about it. “I like that story,” he finally said.

A moment later, Gena stepped over and put shots down in front of them. They stared at her, surprised.

“I heard about the break-up,” she said, and walked away.

It’s one of the most awesome things I’ve seen in a bar in a long time.