The More You Know: That Guy’s on Heroin

Ah, the Heroin Lean. That inexplicable ability for the person across the street that’s clearly hopped up on goofballs to not fall flat on his or her face, just leaaaannning as far as humanly possible – usually with a Big Gulp in their hand – without crashing and burning. It’s society’s greatest, probably also one […]

The Block, 1980: What a difference 32 years makes

“Dancers on The Block are like snowflakes; no two are the same.” This video from 1980’s Evening Magazine shows an entirely (well, not entirely) different world from our Block in 2012, where the dancers describe the “high” of dancing on stage without any reference to needles. Not a full-chest or sleeve tattoo or frenulum piercing […]

Taco Spot to become Banditos, 1542 Gastropub vacating to become indoor waterpark for babies*

Well boy howdy, a full three months after Riverside’s The Reserve shut its doors “forever” and roughly two months in change after the rebranded 1542 Gastropub opened its doors, word comes from a little birdie that the staff and crew at 1542 is shutting its doors *yet again* and vacating in an effort to focus […]

Remembering Preakness

Oh Preakness, I remember how you used to be. Before the B-list bands, the exhibition sports and thinly veiled attempts at gouging people for beer money. You were the Best of Times, the Blurst of Times. The rampant pissing, the fecal lagoons, the 3rd world population density, the fist fights in the mud, the dried […]

Republic Noodle no getty liquor license, closes

CALAMITY!!!! Commenter DLT7 breaks the news that Republic Noodle (1121 Light St., Federal Hill) has very very sadly and probably overpricedly closed. According to their website and a flyer on the door: Update We were unable to acquire an affordable liquor license at this location and have closed the restaurant. Please look for our new […]

HomeSlyce the Bar opens, maintains neighborhood draw

And so it was, April 16th when the recently painted black doors of the former Bill’s Lighthouse Inn opened for business, and HomeSlyce the Bar (1741 Light St., Riverside) began serving its new patrons, all of which were eager to claim the generous outdoor seating lining both sides of the building on the corner of […]