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1849. A sports bar. If you knew me, you would never think that I find myself in sports bars fairly often. I am from Pittsburgh and I have to go somewhere to watch the game and feel the Black and Gold. It’s in our blood, there is NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. And oh, we are the Super Bowl Champions. Or at least, at the time this occurred (as opposed to the time it was written) we were. 

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The Heartland Brewery is a chain restaurant here in New York City. I do enjoy it more than any typical chain restaurant though. It has a great variety of beer, which is all specially brewed for the restaurant. It also specializes in different types of food in each location from a Chophouse, Barbecue, and a Burger joint. 

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Months ago, I received a tweet from a good great friend of mine inquiring whether or not I had been to this burger place, Stand. I had not. I looked it up and thought yes, ok, if I find myself in the hood, maybe next time I see a movie at Union Square. But then I wondered, coming from a Massachusetts native, DC loyal, west coast temporary, current Chicago boy: of all the eateries (and buger places, for that matter) in New York, why Stand, from so far away? Then he told me about the toasted marshmellow milkshake.

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Scrupulous research concluded, it has been determined by a panel of experts led by myself that the right price for the cheapest brew is $1.50. At fancy Sycamore in Ditmas Park, such is indeed the Happy Hour price (sort of… for some). At for-real Denny’s Steak Pub, it is the standard price, and the appropriate price.

I will not pay $4. I will not pay $6. I will drink a beer for $5 if I don’t have to pay for it. I’m not being particular or persnickety, I’m just voicing the views of the common man and the common loafer and the common miser and everyone I have ever impersonated.