Monday, January 23, 2017

#11: Whole Foods Bar Lamar

The Bar


Bar Lamar. 525 N Lamar Blvd, Austin, TX 78703

Visited 1/23/17 @ 7pm.

The Drink



512 Cascabel Cream Stout. $6.

512 is one of my favorite breweries in Austin, and this stout has got to be one of their best. It's sweet but not overpoweringly so, and the cascabel chilis they add in give it just a bit of heat at the end, without the frontloaded fire that trips up many other chili beers. They only give you a 10 oz pour, but it is 6%.

The Crew


Aaron, Rome, Travis.


Notes


It only took 3 nights before I irreparably botched my goal to be as linear as possible. Backtracking, argh! Thanks to my inability to correctly use Google, I had ignored this little semicircular bar way in a sector way at the back of the ground level of the Whole Foods mothership by confusing it with a non-bar restaurant in a sector way at the back of the ground level of the Whole Foods mothership. But thanks to a friend of mine, we corrected our mistake, and eventually arrived at a cozy little area of mini-tables next to the wine section.

I hardly ever go to Whole Foods, to be honest. Their food is awesome, and their grocery selection can't be beat in terms of quality, but it's a bit too rich for my blood, and their labor practices leave something to be desired. I'm more of an HEB guy, or even Hill Country Faire. But even the staunchest hater would have to admit that they know what they're doing, even if I'm not sure who the target audience for this micro-bar is - tired shoppers who can't face another row of organic kale without a drink? Regardless, this is a good place to sit and chill for a while, maybe making fun of the preposterously exuberant marketing copy for wines. Yeah, that cab sauv really does look "racy, zingy, alive!", why not?

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