All right, welcome to the Mark Mo show podcast
all podcast platforms and YouTube I'm your host
Mark Maloney along with Aidan Maloney and this
is the Mark Mo show on the road This is the dive
bar bus tour and this is the fourth dive bar
bus tour is put on by Tasty 219 and Lake Dale
Ale. And this is our first location, Aidan. This
is, I believe, the pour house in Demotte. Yeah,
it's a little little divey, but that's kind of
the vibe. It's very we made the joke earlier.
That is a little bit like the Blues Brothers
spot. Bob's Country Bunker. They got both kinds
of music, country and western. Yeah, it's it's
it's it's definitely a vibe for sure. But it's
kind of a surprise really because it's just off
the expressway in Demotte I -65 and you wouldn't
know it. It's just very because it's kind of
that that that demarcation that line between
quote unquote civilization and rural America.
So it's kind of what this is. So there are like
very old strip malls here and a couple of gas
stations and some definitely some companies and
Industrial kind of places like that and farms,
of course, right? It's it's one of those spots
where if you go in just on a random day looking
like a city folk, you'll probably catch some
side eyes. You might catch side eye for sure.
That's that's not this place might not be for
you. But I mean, if you're local, there's probably
not a lot of other options. Not a lot to do out
here. There really isn't. And the cool place
about this, like I think the bar is great. So,
I mean, they have some older TVs and that kind
of stuff, but they like they had a game on and
and things like that. But the bar, number one.
The bar stools are comfortable. So comfortable.
As hell, man. They're so comfortable. I sat there.
I'm like, if I were a local, I would sit right
here and not move for like two or three hours.
This is awesome. So no, I really enjoyed that
for sure. I do like the bar area. But then there's
this big open area, which is more like a dining
area. But then there's like pool tables and kind
of a cool -looking stage stage. Yeah. Yeah very
kind of a cool stage so For for Damat for this
area kind of a deep place. Yeah, very neat very
vibey as you said Yeah, so this is this is the
first leg of the dive bar bus tour and we'll
be talking with people throughout the day definitely
Larry and Greg who are our tasty two one nine
podcast brothers and We'll be talking with them
a little bit later here in the show. So if you're,
you know, if you're tuning in this week and you're
like, Hey, where's the world where news and our
top 10 list and things like that? Well, it's
just a little bit different, because you're kind
of getting us out. out in the wild, which may
or may not be a good thing. So we're going to
figure that out real quick. But at any rate,
come on this journey with us. I think we're going
to have a really great time. Move vicariously
through us. Most definitely. It is the beginning
of the dive bar bus tour. So we'll just kind
of see how this goes by the time we get to the
fourth and fifth bar. Could get interesting.
All right, this is the Marc Mosho podcast and
we just got back on the bus from our second stop
at The Spree Spree's bar and grill. Yeah, and
that is in Rensselaer Indiana friend of mine
calls it Rensseltucky checks out definitely definitely
checks out very very much rural Americana, but
Kind of a neat place where we're from Valparaiso,
Indiana And so there's a dive bar that we have
there that's called Duffy's. And so it kind of
had that vibe a little bit, didn't it? Yeah,
it's very similar. Like, I caught that immediately
walking in. I'm like, ooh, this reminds me. This
remembers me of something. Absolutely. And as
you can hear on the bus, everybody's having an
awesome time at the dive bar bus crawl put on
by Tasty219, Lakedale Ale. And we'll talk to
you a little bit more when we get to our third
spot here in town. All right. Mark Mo's show
podcast. I'm Mark Maloney, along with Aidan Maloney,
and we're at Northside in Rensselaer. Kind of
a cool place. Nice outdoor venue for bags, play
pool. They have darts. They have all sorts of
stuff. that machine where you wind up and you
punch it and unless you get really drunk then
you miss and you crack your hand outside. You
know how that goes. But at any rate, it was a
really great place, really good food. For the
food that they had out there these the smoke
wings were righteous and we had one of the probably
spiciest Shots, I think I've ever been subject
to it was advertised. Oh, it's not that bad But
it had a piece of jalapeno on top and I know
like jalapenos not spicy spicy, but you mix it
with tequila and habanero Hold on. They yeah,
they turn that shit up to 11 and I'll tell you
I mean like originally I thought you know what?
I'm just going to swallow that whole chunk of
jalapeno. That was the goal. And that was the
goal. And it wouldn't be that bad. And all of
a sudden, I swallowed all the liquid and the
jalapeno is still in my mouth. And I'm like,
holy shit. But that's about it. Anything else
on Northside? No. All right. We'll be back at
you. And we're going to have some special guests
in just a minute. All right. We're back, everybody.
This is the Mark Mo Show podcast. your host Mark
Maloney along with Aidan Maloney, and we're in
Madari -ville. And if you ask me, hey Mark, where's
Madari -ville? I'm in it, and I don't know. But
we're here and we're at a great spot. Where are
we at Aidan? We are at the Peak Inn in Madariville.
The Peak Inn in Madariville. And I'll tell you
what, this place is very much like the TARDIS.
It's a lot bigger on the inside than it looks
on the outside. Real big place, like cool if
you're into dancing and holding the vents and
nice bar area, pool, the whole thing. And you
know, the exciting thing, it's not only is a
great location, four stop on five. We're now
here with Tasty 219. We're here with Greg. We're
here with Larry. How's it going, guys? Very good.
I can tell you the history of how we got tied
into this fucking bar. Please do. So we were
in Medaryville about two years ago, visiting
one of our good friends who had recently married
a motocross asshole with a mullet. And he's like,
hey, man, there's one bar in town, but you got
to go. And I'm like, fuck it, fine. So we leave
hanging out with them. And we didn't really have
a plan for an episode that week, and we weren't
planning on doing this. And we get in here, we
sit down, they hand us menus, and I'm like, nope,
we're doing a show here. This menu is awesome.
And then we put the show out, Jeremy, the owner,
hits us up, and he's like, hey, whatever you
want to do ever, please holler. We did our season
one finale here on location, our first on location
episode we ever did. was here. I think our first
year anniversary show was here too. It was our
one year anniversary. That's awesome. We recorded
it here with The Peak. They named a pizza after
us at one point. They've just been like one of
our first friends really. This is actually the
first show we did live on location. Totally.
Yeah, Pete's been very, very good to the Tasty
2 at Night podcast. Love them. Love the Peaks.
So glad we finally got to make it to the Peaks
on one of these fucking crazy tours. Yeah, we've
been trying to do that for a long time. Fucking
two weeks ago, I clocked out at work and I sit
down and Jeremy, the owner, is on the other side
of the bar at Franklin House. He's like, hey.
And I'm like, all right. We hung out all fucking
night. He ate my food. We chilled. It's awesome,
man. I love this part to death. They're really
good to us. Very good to us. Our first show that
stayed number one for a long time. A long, long
time. As far as analytics and numbers go, that
was true. It was number one for two years. We
have really good success with the... establishments
down south. It's like, you know, a lot of people
don't pay attention to them. So when someone
comes out, they make it a big thing. And everyone
in the bar community shares that. Literally today,
I had a guy on the bus like, why are you guys
going to like more popular places? I'm like,
uh, cause they don't fucking need it. I'm going
to take you guys to a place you've never fucking
been ever. And you probably will never go back
to. But no, no, that's, that's the point of it.
Yeah, absolutely. And, and it's, it's, you know,
as soon as we walked in, it was just like, Right
down the middle. I mean I like yep. This is exactly
the kind of place. You know for this Yeah, so
now that that leads us what we're at the fourth
stop five legs, right? So we got one more to
go. Yep, and that is in Wheatfield It's actually
the only double we've ever done. Yeah, the first
job The very first dive our bus tour we did two
years ago the very first one This was the stop
there. Oh, wow, really? OK. Very first one. They
went very hard on that one. God, I cannot get
over your fucking head. We're expecting the same
today. There is a bit of a, there's always some
sort of theme which also makes it fun. Last time,
I got to break out one of my badass wine shirts
and everybody got laid. Well, I mean, relatively
speaking. No, I had sex with everybody on the
bus. Well, that's true. That's true. Larry is
a cuddler. There's a reason behind that, too.
It helps us identify who should be on the ball.
That's why Mark is wearing a hoodie with Michael
Myers and graffiti on it. It's very cowboy. That's
right. That's immediately what I thought. So
at any rate, no, it's really great. And it was
funny because this is Aidan. It's his first time
doing one of these. I'm so glad he made it, dude.
I was like, are you loving it? He's like, yeah.
I say, you know what's interesting? It's only
my second one. But even though it's like, oh,
it's a Dybar bus tour, it's so different than
the last one I was on. Totally. And I love it.
I love that part of it. Yeah, totally. Absolutely.
And we have a lot. This morning. I'm sorry, go
ahead. We have a lot of newbies this time. Totally.
Which is unusual. A lot of these people, I do
not know. Usually I know most of them. Yeah.
Not this one. I've had so many come up to me
and say, we're signing up for the next one today.
And I'm like, well, we don't know when that is
yet. There was a few hiccups this morning. Yeah.
Nothing crazy. The driver had the route printed
out for the last bus tour. Yeah, he showed it
to me. He's like this and I was like No, not
at all. This is the last one. Oh my god. What
did we do? So I'm trying to talk to him and then
Greg comes up and I'm like motherfucker You deal
with this and I went and sat down and chilled
and normally he's like super organized and never
if something goes wrong He gets real tense and
worked up and I saw him talking to the driver.
He's smiling and laughing. I'm like, oh If you're
chill, I'm good. So I just kind of sat back and
sit the high noon and hung out. But when something
hairy goes on, I'm like, Greg, please do this
for me. And I walk away. Had we rolled up to
Bugaboos, I'd have been like, what the hell is
going on? I wouldn't have minded. I love that
place. Oh, that place is great, isn't it? Oh,
that was such a great time. Literally, it was
like all of the stops in the last one. He's like,
this is it, right? Oh no. This was like seven
months ago, dude. Shit, what do I do here? So
then I asked him, I'm like, hey, what do I do?
He goes, I don't know, talk to him. So then I'm
like at the front of the bus telling people the
situation and everyone has their phone in my
face with the address in the first place. And
I'm like, one at a time, fuck you. And I walked
away, I'm like, you do it, man. And you nailed
it, so thank you. We got through it and we're
on track. So from what I hear, No plans as far
as dates or anything for the next one. Yeah But
April May of 26 ish. Yeah ish So what I'd like
to know what is tasty to when I got coming up?
That's a very good question. We got eating and
chilling Love that Valpo hot ones edition. Number
two is gonna be coming up in November sometime.
Yes The first hot ones we did was I wasn't hosting
I was just a guest Greg was the only host So
it was me as a panelist, Art from Saks, and Nicky
from Running Vines and Aftermath, and him asking
us questions, and us eating progressively hotter
wings covered in hot sauce made by Derek Moletta,
which is my homie who owns a local Kraft hot
sauce company. And it went super well. It was
super fun. We made a bunch of great friends that
night. So I was just like, you know what? Fuck
it. Let's do another one. And the next one is
Greg Hosting again. I'm still a panelist. Alex,
who is a bartender at Northside. a super mouthy,
aggressive, funny, wonderful girl. I love her
to death. And Eric, who is the head chef at Northside,
who used to be me at Franklin House, who I am
now Eric at Franklin House. It's going to be
super fun. I love that. That's amazing. Well,
guys, this has been a great Dibar bus tour. Looking
forward to the next one. And thank you so much
for being on the Mark Mo Show. After the last
dive bar bus tour, we did a remote episode with
Mark. Yes, we did. We will do another one with
you in about two weeks or so, same context, and
that's perfect. Why not? Why not? Sounds great.
Thank you guys. Nice to meet you. Thank you guys.
Good to meet you. All right, this is the Mark
Mo Show podcast. I'm your host, Mark Maloney,
along with Aidan Maloney. You can find our content
on all podcast platforms and YouTube. We finished
the Dibar bus crawl and we the last bar we went
to was L, L and J or LJ, LJ. And LJ pub or barn
bar and grill is that what it was? And that was
in Wheatfield Indiana another little community
Stuck in the middle of all the soybean and corn
and right not not a very large downtown by any
stretch but there's this little gem there and
The vibe was really good I just think everybody
was getting really tired and or drunk. Oh, there
were a couple people in there that were... Oh,
yeah, we were talking about him. We picked him
out. They're like, he's cooked. He's cooked.
Oh, yeah, we he's looking rough. We watched the
progression. Oh, yeah. As we went from bar to
bar and the same thing you can do at Walmart.
You know, it's like people watching. Yeah, exactly.
And so but it was a good thing. Like nobody got
out of hand. No fights, nothing like that. You
know, just a few people got cooked, you know,
and that's that was bound to happen. A lot of
newbies on this trip are on this yeah, on this
particular bus trip. And so I guess that's to
be expected perhaps if they they don't know how
to do it And that being you have to pace yourself,
right? It's a full day of drinking So it's like
look go to this bar have a beer go to that bar
Have a beer and a shot go to the next bar have
a beer, you know And space it out throughout
the day having some water staying hydrated and
you'll make it right like we made it We made
it throughout the day. I even I leave it worked
in a little nap on the bus So that helps too,
of course, because you're recharging your battery
a little bit. But all in all, I thought LJ was
just a fun little hole in the wall in Wheatfield.
I don't know like the vibe was fun. I almost
wish it had been earlier Because like everybody
was already like I said if they weren't drunk
they were just getting kind of tired, right?
So I feel like the vibe of that place I was like,
I wish this was like in the middle right now
when everybody still had some juice because like
the music they were playing and Like I thought
though the food that they had was kind of cool
Like they had this cowboy hash or whatever. It
was called with some pretty good cornbread Yeah,
it was almost like a chili. It really was in
a way. Yep, it really was. And it was just good.
It was really good. And, and so, you know, that
was good. I really enjoyed that one. Then we
came back here and wrapped up here in Lake Dale
Ale. And And here it's just kind of end of the
journey. Beginning and the end. Beginning and
the end, correct. And so we had a little bit
of pizza. We had one more beer for the road kind
of deal. And it was great. It was a good day.
And more importantly, I want to ask you, because
this was your first one, how you felt the whole
experience went. It was pretty great. We were
sitting in the front of the bus and I noticed.
As the day progressed it seemed like the bus
driver got slightly more irritated yes, and there
were a couple times where like passengers would
just be goofy or like Right before we got back
here some dude walked up to what next to the
driver and was trying to give him directions
It's like dude He has two GPS's on. He'll be
fine. He'll figure this out even even you know
because even we're kind of making jokes with
it like I feel well first of all to be fair the
dude when he showed up he had all the directions
to the bars from the last pub crawl. He did not
have... He was not up to date. He was not up
to date. So he had to kind of figure this shit
out on the fly. Right. So props to him for that,
even if he had to kind of get lost a little bit.
But it wasn't bad. No. You know, it was just
like he had to loop around a block a time or
two. But all in all, I thought he did a pretty
good job. Although, like with the when the journey
first started. We did the first bar, and then
we had to go on to the interstate on the I -65
for a little while. And so on I -65, and every
once in a while, I was like, m -m -m -m -m -m
-m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m
-m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m -m next to us in his
own little seat. Was telling the driver he's
like hey, bro. You want me to drive there first?
Later later, I'd got the first drive Oh, yeah,
cuz I mean it was and that's something else that
I think really makes these dive bar bus tours
of the people and Because there were so many
new people like the vibe and the energy is just
kind of different and the bars are different
So that's why I encourage people like if you've
thought about doing this do it and they're all
kind of different and they're fun And I think,
you know, I think you would enjoy it. It's really
a good day and There was even this one thing
there was this one guy that was sitting next
to us and like he literally I thought he was
part bull. He had this like little septum thing,
but it was like horns like bull horns or some
shit, right? And I was like, wow, that's that's
that's unique. That's a design. And so his politics
didn't match mine. He was making a few comments
and I was kind of rolling my eyes and Aiden and
I are kind of laughing. I'm like, yeah, whatever.
And there's always one in the crowd. What are
you going to do? And all in all, I mean, he's
an all right dude. He just had fun like everybody
else. So it was like whatever. But You know,
he was kind of doing that, but then like. Was
gonna I was gonna poke the bear maybe a little
bit and I didn't and I'm glad I didn't because
we got off the bus The first time I was like,
oh shit. He's blind. Oh, yeah, I didn't know
I had no idea and I'm like, oh, I would have
looked like an asshole I'm like, yeah, that's
good. Plus I guess he was a former Marine or
something I heard him talking to some guy. So
maybe he was injured in bed I don't know. All
I know is I'm mad. I glad I harness that one,
right? That would have just been so bad cuz we
had to sit up there with him to that would have
been Real shitty does like one of the first things
in the day to it was an awkward Several hours
of sitting in a bus with this dude. It would
have been so awkward. So I'm glad I did harness
that Yeah, cuz when you do that stuff It's it's
better if you know the person or your friends
with them or whatever where you can poke each
other a little bit harmlessly And so I'm glad
I didn't say anything in all honesty though that
I'll say it. That dude's a trod. Why are you
talking politics on the dive bar bar? Why are
you doing it? No Kings on this bus. So we were
just like What what are you talking about you
talking about we're all here having a good time.
I'm like Jesus freakin Christ But that rhetoric
went away eventually so I'm glad we just didn't
escalate or You know interact with him because
he was kind of an interesting Person rose a character.
He is a character. Yeah, he was definitely a
character But at any rate, I mean it was it was
fun. The day was gorgeous So there are a couple
of times, you know We were able to kind of go
outside the bars and just chill and relax a little
bit Played some bags probably the worst game
of bags I ever played in my life. I just I could
not get it to the damn board. That was kind of
crazy But that was fun. It's All the little different
things that you do at each place. It just kind
of makes it You know, we had a good game of pool.
I We had the oh my god those shots He's now we
mentioned the the jalapeno. Oh My god, that was
that was a little much so they had two specialty
shots One I kid you not I found out later. So
it was a white shot. So I don't know what was
in it So this is white shot That people are doing,
they're like, oh, it was really good. It was
blah, blah, blah. Someone was saying it's like
Fireball and Bailey's or something like that.
Something like that. And when I heard that, I'm
like, I probably would have fucking liked that.
That would have been good. They called it. Now,
this was a theme. Cowboy was like the theme of
this. They called it Cowboy Come. Yeah. And I'm
like, OK, well, there's a thousand other things
you could have called it. You could have called
it, right? Yeah. Yeah, that's that's someone
asks me. It's like, oh, you know, how how is
the how's the bus tour? Well, I was slurping
some cowboy calm service of cowboy cow. I mean,
yeah, exactly. So that's a good we average Saturday
night ever said. Exactly. Here's another Saturday
night. But yeah, so we did the jalapeno one and
we joked about it and we said it earlier in this
in this podcast about how. like the strategy
I had was kind of the strategy Aiden had was
like alright if I can just suck this thing down
and swallow it then I'm good right if my taste
buds don't interact with the jalapeno but the
jalapeno was half the battle because there was
something some kind of habanero tequila yeah
that they put in there yes so they really she
undersold it she did undersell it's not that
bad yeah and like usually I'm Don't want to say
good at spice, but I'm fine with spice right
that was just now in hindsight That was a bit
much. I should have just taken it out of my mouth
and put it in the shot glass I was thinking that
too. It was like once I started chewing it. I'm
like why did I do that? Oh, yeah Why did I start
doing that? I thought I could swallow it and
I remember throwing it back I did the same and
then my throat hole was like No, you're not doing
that. That's not the size of it. That's not the
size of the ibuprofen dog. You gotta chew that
shit and I'm like, god damn it. So that was a
bad choice. Yeah. Definitely a bad choice. It
did help you win the pool game though. I think
it did. It locked you back in. It really did
because nothing else mattered other than the
taste buds that were now on fire. You think it
was like the wake up shot or whatever it was.
Oh, I believe it. Yep. I was like, holy hell,
and I kept looking over to Aidan. We're there
and we're playing pool. And I'm like, I have
this awesome hoodie, by the way, I have to say.
It has Michael Myers all over it. So I'm like,
I'm like taking my hoodie and I'm fanning it.
I'm like, oh, I'm hot. I'm sweating. Yeah, so
that was, that was a shot. That was for sure.
But other than that, I thought it was a good
day. I thought the places were good. I thought
the people there were good. We ran into a friend
at one place that was super fun. Running into
Renee was super cool. We knew we were going to
be in Rensselaer, Indiana. So I reached out.
I'm like, hey, we're going to be here. And she
was super excited about it. I'll be there. She's
like, yeah, this is my place. I'm like, all right,
awesome. So we got to hang out. And that was
really cool. And everybody here was like Super
friendly like willing to just like hang out right
just come up and be like hey and and just You
know now somewhere maybe more friendly than others.
I think my official friendly. I think my official
grope count is six I got groped six times I think
So that was I was kind of funny like nothing.
It was not like a bad group. I wasn't assaulted,
but I mean it was just like Playful whatever.
Yeah. Yeah, but At any rate is fun die bar bus
tour tasty 219 Lakedale ale. It's really great.
I think the next one I think they said like March,
April or April, May, April, May is what they
said. Spring 2026. Yep. Yeah. So that'll be that'll
be the next one. I'm looking forward to it. Yeah,
it'll be good. And this, by the way, is not sponsored.
We're just shouting it out because it's the thing
we're doing today. Right. It is the thing we're
doing. And we've done some collabs with the tasty
two one nine guys, by the way. Check out their
podcast. Absolutely. Yeah, they're they're foodies
and. And Larry is a chef in town at a couple
of different places. So they really Um, they
really have an entertaining podcast, uh, going
to different restaurants, reviewing food and
all that kind of stuff. Uh, it's just a good
time. Uh, so check out, uh, their podcast. And
of course, uh, next week, uh, check us out. I
have some interviews coming up. I'm not going
to say who they're going to be, but I have some
interviews coming up soon, uh, on the Mark Mo
show. So stay tuned. And then of course, thank
you for listening to this like subscribe, all
that kind of good stuff. Uh, and. Then as pertains
this guy over here Aidan Maloney Check out his
Aidan spelled the right way podcast all that
podcast but gaming channel as it were on YouTube
and Once you tell everybody like a little bit
about it and what you got coming up Yeah, definitely.
It's a fantastic time You kind of encapsulated
it with gaming channel because that's usually
what I do games fun quizzes things like that
And of course, it's spooky season. Yes is the
month of Halloween Although there's only a Halloween
day, but I call it the month of Halloween. So
it's been spooky games for the last week or two,
and it'll be spooky games for the next week or
so. I love it. Yeah, the spooky games are good.
I think the most entertaining thing and I'm not
saying that I'm biased because he's my podcast
partner and my son. I genuinely mean it because
we give each other feedback and we're we're in
it to win it as they say. So when you when you
watch his content, especially these horror movie
things, his comments as he's going through the
game. Make it. Absolutely make it. Yeah, because
I just sit there and I laugh and a lot of the
times I'll sit there and go, Oh my God, I was
thinking the same thing. Yeah. Yeah. So the edge
of a seat, you turn that corner. I was like,
ah, you know, so it's, it's really just entertaining.
It's a good watch. So it is a good time. Uh,
so I think everybody should watch it and also
like a subscribe there. Uh, we have AK two one
nine guys being dudes, which is our collab channel
where we do games, but we do it with kind of
a Mark Mo show flair. which is a lot of fun,
so definitely check that out. And I guess last,
certainly not least, is my radio show, and that
is after hours. You can find that on the wvlp
.org website, that's where it streams at, or
the TuneIn app on your handheld device. My show
is live locally in Valparaiso, Indiana. Tuesday
nights at 9 p .m. Friday nights at 8 p .m. So
make sure you check that out. Other than that,
thank you so much for joining us. We hope you
had fun with us as this was the Mark Mo show
on the road and hope you enjoyed it. Maybe we'll
do some stuff like this again in the future because
little things like this are kind of our vibe.
So once again, thanks a lot.