Matt and I are at the Saloon. I see a Hispanic guy wearing a thin white button down with a gaudy silver pattern on the back. He also has a “female” friend who made me instantly homesick for Miami – flat ironed hair, tight tank top, fake breasts, scandalously short skirt, and dangerous stilettos.
I couldn’t resist.
Me: “Oh gurl, you’re beautiful!”
Yamile: “Why thank you!”
Me: “I’m from Miami. You’re taking me back right now.”
Yamile: “Oh my god! We are from Miami!”
We then chatted about our locations in the city. Yamile is a Miami Beach girl and doesn’t slum it in Little Havana… she then gets a whiff of something:
Yamile: “Do you just eat McDonald’s or something?”
Me: “No?”
Yamile: “Why does it smell like fries?”
Me: “Oh, they serve food at clubs here. The guy at the bar behind us just got a food basket.”
Yamile: “Oh hell nah. CARLOS, we are getting out of here. This Minnesota thing is some bullshit.”
She then literally takes her man and heads towards the door. Yamile was done.
I felt the same way about food in the bars when I moved here…but I never walked out. Oye Loca….
7 Comments
1(year in)L
June 17, 2010 at 1:08 amNo food in bars?!?! That’s at least half the enjoyment in going to bars! Lol. I must be a true midwesterner…
Jansen
June 17, 2010 at 10:34 amWell, when I say bar, I don’t mean your local Irish pub or Applebees… I mean club… if there’s a stage and TVs playing Beyonce, then there shouldn’t be food.
StrangeDicta
June 17, 2010 at 7:52 amLOL! When you say that they serve food at clubs do you mean bars/restaurants that have dance floors or do you mean full out nightclubs that are supposed to be empty rooms with bars areas?
Jansen
June 17, 2010 at 10:33 amWell that’s the problem, the clubs here are hybrids… so they’ll have they the empty rooms with bars, stages, and stripper poles, but then a more restaurant-y back area too.
StrangeDicta
June 17, 2010 at 10:52 amoh wow! Maybe it’s just me but being able to satisfy my late night munchies before leaving the club would be nice…Plus, a restaurant, a bar, a concert venue and a strip club for one entrance fee? Sign me up!lol
Jansen
June 17, 2010 at 11:06 amOh nonono. Thou shall not eat at the clubhouse. Go to the drive-thru or Denny’s afterwards.
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