Bars are not pubs. Pubs serve alcohol, yes, and a fair amount of it, but they offer atmosphere and *good food*. Good pizza? Neither of the Minneapolis locations offer "good" pizza... and it's not even on the menu at Keegan's. Keegan's instead has great sandwiches, fish and chips, some good pasta items, great apps... And you don't have to drink beer. My roommate who is 17 years sober comes down with me on a regular basis. -- Ryan Î On Nov 18, 2011, at 3:35 PM, Yaron wrote: > On Fri, 18 Nov 2011, Chuck Cole wrote: > >> Check preferences for good beer and good pizza versus crummy taps and crummy pizza. > > Ok, I was kinda trying to stay out of this a little bit, but frankly I hate that we call them 'beer meetings'. It kind of sets up an expectation that there'll be, you know. Beer, and people seem to always expect they'll therefore be at a bar/pub/whatever. Or at least somewhere that also serves drinks. > > There are people on this list who don't drink, and just really don't like that kind of atmosphere. I'll wager there are active members on the list who legally aren't allowed in some such establishments due to age restrictions, too. > > > Can't we just call it a "TCLUG Gathering" and then it can just be wherever? > > Also, and I know this is very counter-what-I'm-actually-doing, but for goodness sake, the guy organising the thing gets to chose the location. All this "Hey guys, lets have the next meeting at X" and then everyone goes "Y is better" and "Z has more Street Cred" etc etc. Not EVERYTHING has to be a committee. > > > I haven't been to a 'beer meeting' in forever. I'd love it if we stopped having them at bars because I'd kinda like to go again. > > > -Yaron > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list