WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.419 Hello lovely viewer, this is your Aidan in Editing 00:00:04.419 --> 00:00:07.540 coming to tell you that, hey, the audio quality 00:00:07.540 --> 00:00:10.539 on this episode is gonna be a little sus at some 00:00:10.539 --> 00:00:14.060 times, don't be mad at me. We don't yet have 00:00:14.060 --> 00:00:18.039 the, you know, budget for professional lav mics, 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:24.059 so we did what we had with what we could do, 00:00:24.500 --> 00:00:26.879 if you know what I'm saying. I hope you enjoy 00:00:26.879 --> 00:00:38.729 the episode. Prepare your ears. All right. Hey 00:00:38.729 --> 00:00:41.729 there, everybody. This is Mark Maloney along 00:00:41.729 --> 00:00:44.729 with Aidan Maloney. And this is the Mark Mo Show 00:00:44.729 --> 00:00:49.009 and Mark Mo on the road. And we're about to embark 00:00:49.009 --> 00:00:52.369 on an amazing journey, a quest, if you will. 00:00:52.549 --> 00:00:55.789 Indeed, we are going to experience the fifth. 00:00:56.090 --> 00:00:59.289 Dibar bus tour here in the region covering Crown 00:00:59.289 --> 00:01:02.009 Point and Cedar Lake. It's going to be amazing 00:01:02.009 --> 00:01:05.909 I'm looking forward to it six bars this year 00:01:05.909 --> 00:01:09.670 or this I guess this fifth one Yeah, well, and 00:01:09.670 --> 00:01:12.290 I'm looking forward to it. It takes us to some 00:01:12.290 --> 00:01:15.750 that we know some that we don't know and I'm 00:01:15.750 --> 00:01:18.209 looking forward to it. Yeah all across Lake County 00:01:18.209 --> 00:01:21.510 of the old, Indiana. Yes, you Chicago and still 00:01:21.510 --> 00:01:24.790 they say That's right. Allegedly is what allegedly, 00:01:24.969 --> 00:01:26.590 right? It's what I've been told. Yeah, right. 00:01:26.909 --> 00:01:29.109 But it shall be a good time. Yeah, it's gonna 00:01:29.109 --> 00:01:31.329 be a great time. We are looking forward to it. 00:01:31.450 --> 00:01:33.590 Starting at Lake Dale, ending at Lake Dale that's 00:01:33.590 --> 00:01:37.890 in Lowell, Indiana. Uh, right by Lake, uh, the 00:01:37.890 --> 00:01:41.950 Lake Dale Lea or whatever. Whatever the hell 00:01:41.950 --> 00:01:44.230 it is. It's a long name. That's why we call it 00:01:44.230 --> 00:01:46.750 Lakedale. Just Lakedale. That's enough. You don't 00:01:46.750 --> 00:01:48.849 really need any more than that. But Lakedale 00:01:48.849 --> 00:01:50.629 is a cool little place and we're going to start 00:01:50.629 --> 00:01:53.069 it here. We're going to finish up here and lots 00:01:53.069 --> 00:01:56.290 of bars in between. Some that we know, some that 00:01:56.290 --> 00:01:59.579 we've never been to. I've never been to. This 00:01:59.579 --> 00:02:01.959 guy delivers beer for a living, so he's probably 00:02:01.959 --> 00:02:03.560 been to most of them. I've been to all of them. 00:02:03.599 --> 00:02:05.319 He's been to all of them. I can tell you how 00:02:05.319 --> 00:02:07.780 easy or difficult each place is to deliver to. 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.620 Right, exactly. Like, we come to a place, and 00:02:10.620 --> 00:02:13.000 like most people, we'll have an experience like, 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:14.919 oh, their bartenders suck, or oh, the food's 00:02:14.919 --> 00:02:16.759 great, or whatever the case is. This guy's like, 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.159 oh, man, their cooler sucks. Yeah, their cooler's 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:21.000 ass. Oh, man, I got to take it down ten flights 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.400 of stairs. So he has a completely different perspective, 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:26.979 which is kind of fun. But I don't know, man. 00:02:26.979 --> 00:02:28.969 I don't know about you. But I'm ready for this. 00:02:28.969 --> 00:02:32.330 I'm pumped. Let's freaking go. Let's go. All 00:02:32.330 --> 00:02:35.550 right. This is the Mark Mo show on the road for 00:02:35.550 --> 00:02:39.669 the fifth Dybar bus tour in Northwest Indiana. 00:02:40.050 --> 00:02:44.770 We're starting off in I believe the town of Cedar 00:02:44.770 --> 00:02:47.250 Lake. Little Cedar Lake out here boys. Little 00:02:47.250 --> 00:02:49.810 Cedar Lake and the first place is called the 00:02:49.810 --> 00:02:53.229 Hunleys in Cedar Lake. Very cool little place. 00:02:53.629 --> 00:02:58.449 And I really like it. They decorated. They had 00:02:58.449 --> 00:03:02.289 the whole spread, the wings and the sliders and 00:03:02.289 --> 00:03:04.610 a big pile of bacon. That was a plus for me. 00:03:04.650 --> 00:03:07.419 Wonderful. There's something very Parks and Rec 00:03:07.419 --> 00:03:11.699 about it when... Yes, I will have all of the 00:03:11.699 --> 00:03:13.379 bacon that you have and they gave it to us. Oh, 00:03:13.539 --> 00:03:15.080 yeah, it was a big tray of it. It was wonderful. 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:17.259 Yeah, it was awesome. But everybody there was 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:20.080 like super chill. And so if you're ever in Cedar 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:22.819 Lake, definitely recommend. I think it's a very, 00:03:22.939 --> 00:03:25.080 very cool spot for the first stop. Absolutely. 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.599 Yeah. So hang with us, Mark, most show fans. 00:03:29.780 --> 00:03:34.259 We're on the road today. First bar of six. And 00:03:34.259 --> 00:03:36.080 then, of course, we're going to finish up at 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.319 Lake Dale, where we kick everything off. So hang 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.120 with us. We're going to try to make it. We're 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.000 cooking, boys. All right. The Mark most show 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.620 is back on the road during the Dybar bus tour. 00:03:48.740 --> 00:03:52.199 We're now at location number two. There's a place 00:03:52.199 --> 00:03:55.280 called the Hill on Cedar Lake. We can see the 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.099 lake. I remind you, it is also on a hill and 00:03:58.099 --> 00:04:00.259 it is on a hill. This is not false advertising 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:02.199 in the slightest. It is definitely on a hill. 00:04:02.780 --> 00:04:07.250 And Aidan. for what he does in his career. He's 00:04:07.250 --> 00:04:09.889 a truck driver and occasionally makes deliveries 00:04:09.889 --> 00:04:13.169 here. Not easy or fun. No, yeah, because it's 00:04:13.169 --> 00:04:16.410 on a hill. It's a little sus bringing a tractor 00:04:16.410 --> 00:04:18.949 trailer around to deliver beverages in there. 00:04:18.990 --> 00:04:21.649 Yeah, for sure. Just slightly sus. Beautiful 00:04:21.649 --> 00:04:23.810 view, though. We love to see it. The view is 00:04:23.810 --> 00:04:28.000 great. I love being on the lake today. Hot, hot, 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:30.699 it's warm, but it's relatively comfortable, I 00:04:30.699 --> 00:04:33.040 think it's fair to say. Yeah, not bad. And so 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:36.560 we came to the hill, very tiny little bar, which 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:41.660 kind of is cool, has its appeal for sure. And 00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:45.240 yeah, I kind of dig it. They had the very decked 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:48.360 out in the 80s. Yes. Yeah, it is the theme of 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:51.120 the day. Definitely. And it is the theme of the 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:54.329 day. Had kind of a cool quiz, which we we smoked 00:04:54.329 --> 00:04:56.750 pretty pretty well. Yeah, killed it. Guess the 00:04:56.750 --> 00:04:59.509 80s lyrics. Guess the 80s lyrics. We did that. 00:04:59.810 --> 00:05:03.569 And then they put a they put a platter of pizza 00:05:03.569 --> 00:05:05.490 puffs in front of us. So Tina's pizza rolls. 00:05:05.769 --> 00:05:07.329 Right. She's like, yeah, this looks old school. 00:05:07.449 --> 00:05:09.269 I'm like, it is definitely old school and much 00:05:09.269 --> 00:05:11.269 appreciated. They're pretty damn good though. 00:05:11.430 --> 00:05:13.389 Yeah. And I think it's brilliant that these places 00:05:13.389 --> 00:05:16.810 realize that you're on a dive bar bus tour. You're 00:05:16.810 --> 00:05:18.769 going to be drinking all day. And so they got 00:05:18.769 --> 00:05:21.620 the snacks and food and stuff. Very smart. Which 00:05:21.620 --> 00:05:25.480 helps yeah, and like last time we were out here 00:05:25.480 --> 00:05:27.699 and we did this the audio quality unfortunately 00:05:27.699 --> 00:05:31.000 not that good but we did notice that the people 00:05:31.000 --> 00:05:33.540 watching is kind of half the fun because some 00:05:33.540 --> 00:05:37.620 people last uh semi -annual bus tour yeah they 00:05:37.620 --> 00:05:40.579 got sloshed they they did we were just watching 00:05:40.579 --> 00:05:45.000 them uh drop in and and aiden uh to his credit 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.600 can can really slam a beer so prior to his first 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:51.639 one last time i was like dude today's such a 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:54.660 marathon yeah just one beer at a time and we'll 00:05:54.660 --> 00:05:57.759 go from there and so we both did really well 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:01.600 but some people did not fare so well by like 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.300 halfway through the day they're like falling 00:06:03.300 --> 00:06:06.000 over it's like oh come on dude yeah yeah it's 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.120 it's a full day of that so just kind of be smart 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:10.939 about it I see I learned this back in the day 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:13.500 with st. Patrick's Day in Chicago because not 00:06:13.500 --> 00:06:15.779 only is it a day it's a weekend so if you go 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:20.000 and get some mashed on night one your weekends 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.079 ruined right right cuz you'll be hungover as 00:06:22.079 --> 00:06:23.879 hell the second day and you're going to recover 00:06:23.879 --> 00:06:25.180 for the third day, but then you're not going 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:27.439 to feel like drinking. Yeah. So it's it's not 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.720 you got to pace yourself. Yeah. Play play the 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.639 cards right. You have to play them right. You're 00:06:31.639 --> 00:06:34.120 going to have a good time. So yeah. So we're 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:37.879 on just finishing up location number two and 00:06:37.879 --> 00:06:39.680 then we're going to be heading to Crown Point, 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:41.720 Crown Point, Old Crown Point. We're going to 00:06:41.720 --> 00:06:45.040 be heading up three bars there. And yeah, stick 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:49.860 with us. Larry and Greg from Tasty 219. Check 00:06:49.860 --> 00:06:53.300 out their podcast. good food talk um we're gonna 00:06:53.300 --> 00:06:55.540 be probably talking to them a little bit later 00:06:55.540 --> 00:07:01.600 so uh hang in there guys all right uh stop number 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:06.100 three which is zombie club in crown point on 00:07:06.100 --> 00:07:09.750 the square old stomping ground for me yeah definitely 00:07:09.750 --> 00:07:12.149 you've got experience in the place i've been 00:07:12.149 --> 00:07:15.449 coming here for a better part of two two and 00:07:15.449 --> 00:07:18.250 a half years something like that uh i have a 00:07:18.250 --> 00:07:22.509 friend who is bartender here and uh so try to 00:07:22.509 --> 00:07:25.350 come in here like once a week if i can and uh 00:07:25.350 --> 00:07:29.290 it's just a it's a cool vibe it's a cool uh dive 00:07:29.290 --> 00:07:34.399 bar kind of vibe but like in a city -ish kind 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:36.220 of settings, so it's a little bit different. 00:07:36.500 --> 00:07:39.759 Yeah, kind of upscale dive, if you will. I would 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:44.879 agree with that. But on these bar crawls, bars 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.019 do special things, right? They lay out food, 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.279 they give you tchotchkes. There's just always 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:54.519 some thematic thing. Today's the 80s. Yeah, little 00:07:54.519 --> 00:07:57.060 hors d 'oeuvres, if you will. Right, exactly. 00:07:57.579 --> 00:08:00.560 So, you know, we're here and it is, you know, 00:08:00.620 --> 00:08:05.709 it is the... the third stop and they it was just 00:08:05.709 --> 00:08:09.149 a regular stop i mean there was like they didn't 00:08:09.149 --> 00:08:12.209 decorate foodlessness foodlessness they were 00:08:12.209 --> 00:08:15.189 understaffed yeah everybody was dying like some 00:08:15.189 --> 00:08:16.850 people didn't get beers till like we had to leave 00:08:16.850 --> 00:08:19.410 in like 10 minutes so that was kind of weird 00:08:19.410 --> 00:08:22.069 a rough showing it was a rough showing it was 00:08:22.069 --> 00:08:24.930 like and for like coming here like this is this 00:08:24.930 --> 00:08:28.149 is my hometown bar yeah exactly it's my regular 00:08:28.149 --> 00:08:31.000 spot so I was kind of disappointed in the fact 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.539 like they didn't have little tchotchkes. I couldn't 00:08:33.539 --> 00:08:36.360 even play music on the jukebox. They'd shut down. 00:08:36.379 --> 00:08:38.000 Yeah. And they were just playing whatever they 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.980 wanted to hear. I'm like, why would you not let 00:08:39.980 --> 00:08:42.860 us just jam out? Very strange. It was kind of 00:08:42.860 --> 00:08:45.000 a very strange setup. Like they were almost inconvenienced 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:48.360 that we were there. Right. But at any rate, I 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:51.100 mean, I'll still come here. Yeah. Yeah. It just 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:53.860 it was a bit rough. Yeah. Yeah. Your thoughts? 00:08:54.259 --> 00:08:56.830 I'm kind of in the same boat. I mean, We had 00:08:56.830 --> 00:08:59.929 a good drink, had some Peebers, as we call them, 00:09:00.029 --> 00:09:03.700 with PBR. Indeed we do. and uh yeah just more 00:09:03.700 --> 00:09:06.019 people watching yeah for sure who's gonna be 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.019 the first to drop who's gonna drop we we watched 00:09:08.019 --> 00:09:10.320 last year there's a couple of candidates already 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:14.679 yeah and uh people taking uh a lot of shots yeah 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:17.340 it's a it's a marathon not a sprint so we're 00:09:17.340 --> 00:09:20.279 gonna see who's gonna drop here soon uh yeah 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.080 we're we're gonna be in crown point for the next 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:26.480 two bars and then uh finishing up in uh in cedar 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.100 lake so away we go yep keep on trucking boys 00:09:32.390 --> 00:09:36.029 All right, that was track lounge number four. 00:09:36.429 --> 00:09:40.070 Yes Yeah, I've been there. I know it was really 00:09:40.070 --> 00:09:42.909 great. Just different different vibe all together 00:09:42.909 --> 00:09:46.070 from zombie for sure It was great. They had a 00:09:46.070 --> 00:09:49.090 DJ. He was fun Girls were out there dancing. 00:09:49.470 --> 00:09:52.070 I mean everybody was having a good time hot dogs. 00:09:52.070 --> 00:09:55.230 That was key That was cute. So clutch, you know 00:09:55.230 --> 00:09:57.490 when you're when you're drinking up and you're 00:09:57.490 --> 00:10:00.100 on your fourth stop Hot dogs is a good play. 00:10:00.259 --> 00:10:02.879 Oh, yeah. God damn. That was it was like music 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:05.899 to my ears, but for my taste. I know exactly. 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:09.580 But the the music was good. The people were good. 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:11.980 The bartenders were great. They were great. DJ 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:14.919 was fun. Yeah. They had a DJ. I didn't mention 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:18.419 that. Yeah, they had a DJ and they like they 00:10:18.419 --> 00:10:20.580 rolled out for us. So we definitely appreciate 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:23.840 that. Tasty 219, Lakedale, the Mark Mo show. 00:10:23.879 --> 00:10:27.679 We all love it. And yeah, so we had a great time. 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.350 Props. props attract for putting on a good party 00:10:31.350 --> 00:10:34.149 and we still got a couple more stops to go yeah 00:10:34.149 --> 00:10:36.690 and we learned too that they're one of the oldest 00:10:36.690 --> 00:10:39.169 if not the oldest bar in Crown Point like longest 00:10:39.169 --> 00:10:41.330 lasting liquor license or something like that 00:10:41.330 --> 00:10:47.399 longest lasting 1874 Wow 1874 and voted best 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:51.340 dive bar in the region. And I believe it. I mean, 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:54.399 it's just a great vibe. Checks out for me. No 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:57.799 doubt. So we're having a good time. Everybody, 00:10:57.879 --> 00:10:59.840 you know, if you're in the area, definitely check 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:03.600 out track. Track's a lot of fun. Yeah. No doubt. 00:11:04.039 --> 00:11:08.500 All right. We got two more to go. All right. 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:13.840 Strikers. We're here at Strikers and new opening 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:16.940 fifth of six and it's up to be great. It's a 00:11:16.940 --> 00:11:20.649 great place New place Aaron. Former registry 00:11:20.649 --> 00:11:23.350 owner I heard. Yes, yeah it's kept some of the 00:11:23.350 --> 00:11:26.429 old swag around. Yeah it's really great. The 00:11:26.429 --> 00:11:28.629 bartenders are great. They had some snacks and 00:11:28.629 --> 00:11:31.889 stuff. Great place. Chocolate pretzels, oh my 00:11:31.889 --> 00:11:34.710 god. It was awesome. Incredible. Yeah so we got 00:11:34.710 --> 00:11:36.309 to get on the bus so this is kind of a short 00:11:36.309 --> 00:11:39.230 one but at any rate want to let you know Strikers 00:11:39.230 --> 00:11:41.330 is new. It's great. They've been here a month 00:11:41.330 --> 00:11:45.330 and I highly recommend that you know people come 00:11:45.330 --> 00:11:48.159 on out. Can't partake. Yeah. Now they had a DJ. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:51.259 It was a great time. Damn right. All right. We'll 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:55.080 see at the last spot. All right. That's the the 00:11:55.080 --> 00:11:58.440 last bar. We head back to Lake Dale, which is 00:11:58.440 --> 00:12:00.799 where we started. We'll time out. We'll time 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:04.320 out in Cedar Lake right here on 41. And yeah, 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:08.799 kind of a cool spot. Once again, don't know if 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:13.610 I would classify it as a dive bar. It's a cool 00:12:13.610 --> 00:12:15.830 spot, like the outdoors are neat. Sports bar 00:12:15.830 --> 00:12:18.129 -esque. Yeah, I would agree with that, for sure. 00:12:18.629 --> 00:12:22.389 It is very neat and yeah, we had a good time. 00:12:23.070 --> 00:12:25.549 I had some good food. Yeah, met up with some 00:12:25.549 --> 00:12:30.970 old homies. Yeah, we sat down with someone in 00:12:30.970 --> 00:12:33.269 a punk rock band. Yeah, his name was Luke. Yep. 00:12:33.690 --> 00:12:36.529 Yeah. And the name of his band was? It was Overcoast. 00:12:36.970 --> 00:12:39.759 Overcoast. Yeah. So, uh, we may be doing some 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:41.580 future content with him, which would be great. 00:12:41.679 --> 00:12:44.639 Hell yeah. And, uh, no, it's been, uh, it's been 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.440 really great. Uh, I feel like five -sixths of 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:52.200 the... Diobot bus tour is outstanding. Yes, five 00:12:52.200 --> 00:12:55.759 sixths. Five sixths of it, I think. If anyone 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.960 wants to go back to, oh, I don't know, stop number 00:12:57.960 --> 00:13:00.519 three and catch our vibe when we were there. 00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:03.360 That was weird. That was just odd. It's all uphill 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.419 from there. It's all uphill from there. It was 00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:07.960 good times. Everybody, I think, kept a pretty 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.620 good attitude about the whole thing, which I 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:13.759 thought was great. And yeah, it was good times. 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:17.309 Did you have anything that you... that you liked 00:13:17.309 --> 00:13:19.830 or was like a favorite for you? I loved our first 00:13:19.830 --> 00:13:22.669 stop. I thought Hunley was fantastic. Yeah. I 00:13:22.669 --> 00:13:25.289 really, really enjoyed Trek Lounge. I thought 00:13:25.289 --> 00:13:27.450 that was excellent. Trek was great. And of course, 00:13:27.450 --> 00:13:30.029 we wrap up at Lake Dale here in a moment. Yeah. 00:13:30.029 --> 00:13:32.990 And we'll give some closing thoughts there. Yes. 00:13:33.350 --> 00:13:35.409 Because Lake Dale is half of what this is, right? 00:13:35.610 --> 00:13:38.870 That's right. The beginning and the end as it 00:13:38.870 --> 00:13:41.509 were. And everybody's honking, having a good 00:13:41.509 --> 00:13:43.740 time. We're getting back on the bus. And we'll 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:46.120 have a few more words for you in just a few. 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:49.700 All right. Well, that's it, ladies and gentlemen. 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:54.779 We have finished our marathon, our dive bar bus 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:58.279 tour, six bars plus Lakedale Ale that kick it 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:01.720 off and to finish up here on a beautiful evening. 00:14:02.090 --> 00:14:05.450 pretty great time uh gail's a friend of mine 00:14:05.450 --> 00:14:07.590 she's a bartender so that was like the bonus 00:14:07.590 --> 00:14:09.370 that coming back here tonight is that we saw 00:14:09.370 --> 00:14:15.110 gail uh we met luke and uh luke is actually someone 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:17.850 that aiden knows old co -worker my old co -worker 00:14:17.850 --> 00:14:20.009 his band we were talking about earlier the band 00:14:20.009 --> 00:14:21.850 we were talking about earlier the punk band so 00:14:21.850 --> 00:14:23.789 i think we're maybe gonna do some content in 00:14:23.789 --> 00:14:26.450 the future with him um looking forward to checking 00:14:26.450 --> 00:14:29.419 out some of their music for sure But that's kind 00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:31.320 of what these things are all about, right? It's 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.340 like, yeah, you want to go to the different dive 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:35.340 bars. You want to have the different experiences 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:38.120 and they give you different food and specials 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:39.700 and all that kind of stuff. Sometimes you get 00:14:39.700 --> 00:14:42.820 introduced to a new bar. That's the fun. But 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:46.419 it's also meeting the people. Oh, yeah. And that 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:49.100 I really love. You know, I met a few people today. 00:14:49.960 --> 00:14:52.720 A couple got kind of awkwardly close, but, you 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:57.059 know, your host is not going to expand much more 00:14:57.059 --> 00:15:00.320 on that. Because ultimately, I just wanted to 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.799 get to the end so I could hang with Gail for 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.919 a bit. And she's one of my buddies. She's great. 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:07.659 She's great. I just I love hanging out with her. 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:11.200 So we were able to chat a little bit and then 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:15.619 just being able to chat music with Luke. That 00:15:15.619 --> 00:15:18.100 is well as well as you that's that's our ship 00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:21.159 price to just like for sure I haven't seen this 00:15:21.159 --> 00:15:24.379 kid for four years some odd. Oh, yes, just on 00:15:24.379 --> 00:15:26.980 the bus tour It's like oh my god. Yeah, exactly. 00:15:27.059 --> 00:15:29.220 And you just never know who's gonna be on this 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:32.659 thing and I this is my third one. This was eight 00:15:32.659 --> 00:15:35.720 and second and That's the fun part is you just 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:37.299 like you're meeting with different people hanging 00:15:37.299 --> 00:15:41.000 with different people and that's that truly is 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:45.840 the fun of these things we always watch for people 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:49.299 that are quote unquote first time kind of amateurs 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:53.460 and those that first day yeah first day uh you 00:15:53.460 --> 00:15:56.720 know the day drinking thing like these are marathon 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:00.779 right gotta start slow maybe a beer bar and then 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:02.600 you can kind of pick up business towards the 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.200 tail end and then kind of go into your night 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:07.980 right that's the idea some people don't get it 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:11.000 yeah some people That maybe have something to 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:14.100 do with the entire thing. They just It's like 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:15.639 sometimes things get away from you. We're not 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.019 gonna call anyone out No, hell no. Hell no. I'm 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:20.759 not gonna do it But i'm just gonna say some people 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:23.980 maybe a lot a couple two three four ten drinkies 00:16:23.980 --> 00:16:27.539 get to them. Yeah Really uh really front -loaded 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:30.679 the day Literally, I think we left the last bar. 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:32.899 I think we left without people. We left without 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:35.279 people Yeah, they bounced they either bounced 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:38.039 or they ubered or they just or they disappeared 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.379 and it's like we gotta go We gotta go, you know 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:45.860 So it's it's always an adventure without a doubt 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:49.539 Glad we could be part of it. I think as I mean, 00:16:49.580 --> 00:16:52.820 this is only in second my third But I think as 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:55.899 they go It was right near the top. I thought 00:16:56.619 --> 00:17:00.559 Five sixths of the bars and our hosts. Yes, we're 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:03.399 great They were fantastic six to the bars and 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.700 one half of the hosts and one right exactly It's 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:09.380 just it was it was weird. It was just kind of 00:17:09.380 --> 00:17:12.819 that was kind of an oddity Because the one we 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:15.099 had kind of an odd experience is one we have 00:17:15.099 --> 00:17:17.539 the closest relationship So it's kind of odd. 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:19.990 It's kind of a weird deal But I thought like 00:17:19.990 --> 00:17:22.750 in terms of them getting into the theme, getting 00:17:22.750 --> 00:17:25.369 into like, hey, here's some free food. Here's 00:17:25.369 --> 00:17:28.710 some like the first bar, these sliders and just 00:17:28.710 --> 00:17:32.470 a pile of bacon. And what a treat. And wings 00:17:32.470 --> 00:17:35.450 and like they got it, man. And I'm like, right, 00:17:35.509 --> 00:17:37.529 because you have you have 60 some odd people 00:17:37.529 --> 00:17:39.369 showing up. Right. And they're all going to get 00:17:39.369 --> 00:17:41.329 a drink or two and they're all going to tip your 00:17:41.329 --> 00:17:43.390 bartenders. Yes. So why wouldn't you put out 00:17:43.390 --> 00:17:46.299 a little treat for them? Correct. Yeah. Oh for 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:49.259 sure. It's business, baby That's business. That's 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:51.539 how you do it and even in a never talk and I'm 00:17:51.539 --> 00:17:54.900 like look like the first bar we went to Hunley's 00:17:54.900 --> 00:17:58.579 Yes in Cedar Lake we're talking and we're like, 00:17:58.640 --> 00:18:00.839 you know They had some like screens to watch 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:06.200 a game kind of a folksy little Kind of dive bar 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:09.480 feel to it And I'm like, you know, I could totally 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.339 come here like on a college football Saturday 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:13.880 or a football Sunday and just chill. Right. Have 00:18:13.880 --> 00:18:15.559 a few beers and some wings and just have a nice 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.819 day. Yeah. And you know what? Would it take 45 00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:20.599 minutes to get here? Yep. But you know what? 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:23.200 I'm OK with that. Yeah. Because if you make a 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.559 day of it, right. So it was it was really that's 00:18:26.559 --> 00:18:28.160 another point of it is just like discovering 00:18:28.160 --> 00:18:30.279 these new places. And I think that was that. 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:33.440 And Strikers Strikers, I was just like in there 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.440 and kind of like number one, the bartenders were 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:38.369 awesome. Strikers and track. Track was great. 00:18:38.730 --> 00:18:40.670 I like track. Track was good the first time I 00:18:40.670 --> 00:18:42.910 was there. And then this was kind of a repeat. 00:18:43.490 --> 00:18:44.990 So like going in there the second time and getting 00:18:44.990 --> 00:18:48.089 that same kind of vibe and great service, I was 00:18:48.089 --> 00:18:50.549 just kind of like... Okay, this is great. Right, 00:18:50.690 --> 00:18:53.170 right. This is they like they they're really 00:18:53.170 --> 00:18:54.930 good at what they do They give a shit about their 00:18:54.930 --> 00:18:57.269 patrons and put on like a good I mean if you 00:18:57.269 --> 00:18:59.670 gave us fucking glizzies, baby real hell Yeah, 00:18:59.710 --> 00:19:02.329 that was like it if these things you're drinking 00:19:02.329 --> 00:19:04.009 and at some point you're like I need some food 00:19:04.009 --> 00:19:06.569 to like soak it all up and There they show up 00:19:06.569 --> 00:19:09.750 with free glizzies. There's like This is amazing. 00:19:09.750 --> 00:19:14.349 It's so good overall overall really good like 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.299 I think every place got graded like an A or B. 00:19:17.380 --> 00:19:18.920 Five, six of them, anyway. Except for one, yeah. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:21.940 Except for one. So I thought it was really good. 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:25.740 It was a lot of fun. And it's why we do this. 00:19:25.740 --> 00:19:29.019 And it's the only time we take Mark Moe on the 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:31.079 road. Now that doesn't mean we're not going to 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:33.240 do it in the future or something else, but at 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:35.619 least for now, it's kind of our on the road show. 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:38.680 Right, right. Thus far. Thus far. Tis what's 00:19:38.680 --> 00:19:41.000 planned. It is. Doesn't mean the door couldn't 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.960 open in the future. Indeed. Wait. Yeah, so I 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:47.559 hope you guys have enjoyed this. It's a lot of 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:51.440 fun, especially if you're in, like... Chicago 00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:54.819 or the region, Northwest Indiana, and we can 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:57.319 kind of just share some of our experiences. And 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:58.660 then if you're in the area, you can be like, 00:19:58.660 --> 00:20:00.339 oh, yeah, Mark Mosha, this said this Humley's 00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:02.720 place is great. And you go in there, then our 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:05.299 job is done. Yes. You know, that's kind of also 00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:08.539 another point of this. But it's great, man. And 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:10.500 of course, I do it with you. And so it's like 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:14.119 a fun day out for us. Damn right. Yeah. So anyway, 00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:18.099 this is The Mark Mo show. I don't know if this 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:20.220 is actually technically an episode we're going 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:24.619 to put a number on. If it is, it's 69. Oh, holy 00:20:24.619 --> 00:20:31.619 shit! It's season six, episode nine. Sixty nine. 00:20:31.700 --> 00:20:34.240 Sixty nine, baby. That's that's the way it should 00:20:34.240 --> 00:20:36.640 be. And you're welcome. Lovely listener. And 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.779 you're welcome. You're welcome for that. An entire 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:43.039 day of drinking and lots of beer to be had and 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:46.420 piles of bacon. Damn right. So great. All right. 00:20:46.460 --> 00:20:48.259 Well, thank you for listening. Thanks for being 00:20:48.259 --> 00:20:50.240 with us. We'll get back to our regularly scheduled 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.680 stuff next week. An interview or two coming up 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:54.779 this season before we close out this season. 00:20:55.180 --> 00:20:57.039 And that's about all I got. You got anything? 00:20:57.339 --> 00:20:59.920 No. Keep your eyes peeled for a future interview 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:02.279 with our boy Luke Wilson. For sure. One of the 00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:05.680 homies. Yep. We go way back. Yep. And yeah, no, 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:05.900 bye.