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you all really think Vince Staples will get to that RageTaxi level crowd wise? Im thinking with the Shakes at teh same time they will draw a massive crowd and itll be alright. I really dont want to have to leave the Revivalists early.
The problem with Vince isn't that his crowd will be THAT big, but more so that the space for that stage is THAT small. Anyone who is looking to get a lil crazy is gonna go to that set over the Shakes. They're on completely opposite ends of the spectrum musically. I guess Alessia Cara will draw some people too though. I'm worried about the same thing tho with having to leave The Revivalists early.
I'll be at Vince, but am thinking that an early arrival is going to be key. Alessia Cara is an 'up and comer' but I feel as Vince should be on the AXStv stage. Or they are already planning on a no show....
Any good breakfast spots by the Pensacola airport? We're going to be getting in a little earlier than expected to pick up a friend at 1pm.
Yes. Our Condo is 3 blocks from the airport, so I know that part of town well.
Within 4-5 miles is George Artisan Bakery & Bistro which is absolutely spectacular and worth the 10 minute drive (Pensacola Airport is one of the easiest in/out airports in the country IMHO). George isn't cheap (not super expensive either), but the guy came down from NYC in the last year or so and is a master baker. Locals were stating at first it wouldn't be able to survive, but it's flourishing. It's not cheap, but it's awesome. Everything there is good, and they also bake fresh bread every day that isn't expensive at all which beats the hell out of some cheap ass loaf of store bread. Other than that, you've got Bad Ass Coffee about 3 blocks away. That's a Hawaiian Coffee Chain that actually freezes coffee ice cubes so they don't water down your iced coffee. $$$$.
^ Check out the menus at George. They'll always have specials as well. You WANT some George. Trust me. It'll be the best breakfast you eat on the coast that weekend. Very Berry French Toast is good, the truffled grits is great too.
Hey Esteban, how about eating near the base? I'm planning to take the kids to see the blue angels either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Give me a few minutes. You'd do better to drive the 15 minutes back to downtown, but I'll give you a run down when I get back from smoke break. How old are your kids?
Any good breakfast spots by the Pensacola airport? We're going to be getting in a little earlier than expected to pick up a friend at 1pm.
Yes. Our Condo is 3 blocks from the airport, so I know that part of town well.
Within 4-5 miles is George Artisan Bakery & Bistro which is absolutely spectacular and worth the 10 minute drive (Pensacola Airport is one of the easiest in/out airports in the country IMHO). George isn't cheap (not super expensive either), but the guy came down from NYC in the last year or so and is a master baker. Locals were stating at first it wouldn't be able to survive, but it's flourishing. It's not cheap, but it's awesome. Everything there is good, and they also bake fresh bread every day that isn't expensive at all which beats the hell out of some cheap ass loaf of store bread. Other than that, you've got Bad Ass Coffee about 3 blocks away. That's a Hawaiian Coffee Chain that actually freezes coffee ice cubes so they don't water down your iced coffee. $$$$.
^ Check out the menus at George. They'll always have specials as well. You WANT some George. Trust me. It'll be the best breakfast you eat on the coast that weekend. Very Berry French Toast is good, the truffled gris is great too.
Hey Esteban, how about eating near the base? I'm planning to take the kids to see the blue angels either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Give me a few minutes. You'd do better to drive the 15 minutes back to downtown, but I'll give you a run down when I get back from smoke break. How old are your kids?
5 and 7...they do like seafood, but you don't have to give me a kid friendly place...i'll actually have my parents with me too...and yeah, if it's just somewhere on the way, that's cool.
Most of the best stuff is open for dinner time (Global Grille, Restaurant Iron, V. Paul's, Dharma Blue, Pot Roast and Pinot), but there are a few places on Palafox that are worth the drive for lunch. It's 8.3 miles from the Naval Air Station to downtown, so maybe a 15 minute drive.
Tin Cow is awesome. That's what's called a burger bar. You basically pick your protein (can get kobe burgers, grilled chicken, whatever), pick your bun (I like the brioche), get your choice of cheeses or not, 4 regular toppings, premium toppings like Kimchi if you want it as well), house cut fries, etc. My kids (who are 24, 23 and 19) mandate we stop in there every time we go. That place is also known for spiked milk shakes, many of which are f'n delicious. It's a 4/5 place for what they do.
Click around and see what they have. "Design Your Burger" on the menu links shows you kind of how it's done. You get a laminate menu with a grease pen that you check off what/how you want it. www.thetincow.com/
1st Step: Pick Your Protein* Base Price $8.95
1/2 lb Angus Steak Venison +$4.00 American Kobe +$3.00 Bison +$3.00 Banh Mi Patty +$2.00 Chicken Breast Turkey Patty Greek Lamb +$3.00 Double Crab Cake +$2.00 Salmon Patty +$2.00 Boca Veggie Patty Spicy Black Bean Patty Tuna Steak +$5.00 Double Meat (Ask For Pricing)
3rd Step: Toasty Buns* Brioche Bun +25¢ Corn Dusted Kaiser Spinach Wrap Jalapeno Cheese Bun +25¢ Onion Bun Pretzel Bun +25¢ On A Bed of Greens Texas Toast Whole Wheat Bun*
4th Step: Cheese Please Choose up to 1. (EXTRA $1.00 EACH)
American Cheddar Cream Cheese Crumbled Blue Dill Havarti Feta Goat Cheese +50¢ Pepper Jack Jalapeno Cheese Spread Parmesan Smoked Gouda +50¢ Queso Swiss
5th Step: Pile It On Choose up to 4. (EXTRA 50¢ EACH)
Alfalfa Sprouts Anchovies Baby Arugula Baby Spinach Bacon-Infused Potato Chips Banana Peppers Bell Peppers Coleslaw Cilantro Cucumbers Dill Pickle Chips Seasoned Pork Rinds Fresh Jalapenos Green Apple Slices Green Olive Slices House Pickled Onions Kimchi** Lettuce Mix Roasted Green Chilis Roasted Red Peppers Roma Tomatoes Sauerkraut Shredded Carrots Sun-Dried Tomatoes Yellow Onions
7th Step: How Saucy? Choose up to 2. (EXTRA 50¢ EACH)
Asian Chili Garlic Sauce Balsamic Dijon Dressing Buffalo Sauce Caesar Cajun Mayo Curry Ketchup Chipotle Ketchup Creamy Italian Dressing Creole Mustard Fire Sauce Grape Jelly Guinness Dijon Mustard Honey Mustard Horseradish Mayo Lemon Dill Aioli House Bacon Mayo Mayo Peanut Butter Pesto Parmesan Aioli Ranch Roasted Garlic Aioli Sour Cream Smoky BBQ Sriracha Steak Sauce Southwestern Ranch Fajita Sauce Teriyaki Sauce Thousand Island Tzatziki +25¢ Truffle Ketchup +50¢ Wasabi Mayo
8th Step: Which Side?* Bacon-Infused Potato Chips Broccoli Slaw +50¢ Coleslaw +50¢ Fresh-Cut Fries Mac & Cheese +$1.00 Loaded Baked Potato Salad +50¢ Pork Rinds Side Salad +50¢
There is also a little food truck area right on South Palafox called Al Fresco. The Taco Truck and the Veggie one are the best of the two. Pretty cheap. eatalfresco.com/ Looks like there are some changes. I love Z Taco, but the chicken and waffle place might be good.
Also there is Hopjacks Pizza (has about 200 beers there) on Palafox. Toppings are great (filet and such), but the crust is blah. However, their duck fat fries are probably worth stopping in there alone for. hopjacks.com/
5 Sisters Blues Café just west of downtown by about 5 blocks is pretty decent. It's downhome Southern. It's probably 3/5. fivesistersbluescafe.com/menu/
McGuire's Irish Pub is a Top 10 steakhouse in the country (you can wear shorts and flip flops there). It's reasonable and they have a large menu. That's 2 minutes east of Downtown on the Bay by the Civic Center. If you go there, get steak though. www.mcguiresirishpub.com/pdfs/pensacola-lunch.pdf
Tuscan Oven up on North 9th (closer to the Airport but about 5 minutes north of Downtown) is great pizza for that area. www.thetuscanoven.com/menu.html
Ruby Slipper is a New Orleans place that opened up 5 or so years ago and has expanded to 3 locations here and one in Pensacola. They're getting ready to open one in Orange Beach. It's very good (3.5 star) breakfast/brunch stuff. It's hard to go wrong there. That's also on South Palafox a couple blocks south of downtown www.therubyslippercafe.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/NewMenuFront10_2015_hires.pdf
Bagleheads is a Pensacola/Tallahassee local scratch bagel place that's pretty good and popular. It's on Gregory right near downtown/civic center. bagelheads.com/
Adonna's Bakery on Palafox (btw, that's the main N/S street through downtown) is also great for breakfast or lunch. www.adonnasbakery.net/
Those are some of the places I like for breakfast/lunch that are fairly easy to please for anyone. It's home away from home, and you know us f'n New Orleanians have to seek out food wherever we go.
I had a dream last night that I was at Hangout and Sting (the retired professional wrestler, not the singer) was there to announce The Cure as a surprise replacement headliner for a cancelled Calvin Harris. It was beautiful.
Did you just see their nola shows this week? After seeing those, I want to catch every show of this tour. If I had the time off and $$$, I would.
So thoughts on the Superjam this year? I think it's particular weak compared to the past few years.
I disagree. I think the fact that you have all that brass in there, they're going to funk stuff up. I love Pretty Lights, but I wasn't a fan of the 80's superjam.
This one has Shady Horns (who rule), GRiZ (who rules), Kamasi (who rules) laying some of the foundation. Whatever else happens happens. It's kind of cool that no real big names are in it this year. I'd expect this one to actually be good music rather than a bunch of names.
solidrock...you going to see the Blue Angels Tuesday-Wednesday before or after Hangout?
Before
Yeah, I was planning to go Tuesday at 9:30. I'm staying just minutes away at Indigo in Perdido. I drive back/check out Wednesday. If you go Tuesday, give me a yell.
Perdido is having festival across the street from me with good food, jazz, and wine tasting.kinda opposite of Hangout. Weather is awesome.
So thoughts on the Superjam this year? I think it's particular weak compared to the past few years.
I disagree. I think the fact that you have all that brass in there, they're going to funk stuff up. I love Pretty Lights, but I wasn't a fan of the 80's superjam.
This one has Shady Horns (who rule), GRiZ (who rules), Kamasi (who rules) laying some of the foundation. Whatever else happens happens. It's kind of cool that no real big names are in it this year. I'd expect this one to actually be good music rather than a bunch of names.
my thoughts exactly! i think this would be cool and funky as hell to see
I disagree. I think the fact that you have all that brass in there, they're going to funk stuff up. I love Pretty Lights, but I wasn't a fan of the 80's superjam.
This one has Shady Horns (who rule), GRiZ (who rules), Kamasi (who rules) laying some of the foundation. Whatever else happens happens. It's kind of cool that no real big names are in it this year. I'd expect this one to actually be good music rather than a bunch of names.
my thoughts exactly! i think this would be cool and funky as hell to see
No doubt. I put a more detailed post in the Superjam thread, but yeah, no fucking way is this weak at all. Plus they haven't even told you who all are going to be guest appearing even though they really don't need anyone else. What will be interesting to me is how they approach the Tennessee theme with all the brass. There is some brass in Tennessee music, and you can translate it to any other style (reference Lettuce, Rebirth Brass Band, Soul Rebels, Kamasi, etc.). People might want some big names or whatever, but fuck that. Give me music over names any day. That's exactly why I'm skipping Hangout this year. Music > names.
Yeah, I was planning to go Tuesday at 9:30. I'm staying just minutes away at Indigo in Perdido. I drive back/check out Wednesday. If you go Tuesday, give me a yell.
Perdido is having festival across the street from me with good food, jazz, and wine tasting.kinda opposite of Hangout. Weather is awesome.