Night 2: Josie Wood's Pub, Pinch, Ponchitto's, Bourgeois Pig

Tonight started off at Josie Wood's Pub on Waverly with Twittybird. The pub is downstairs and has the feel of a real college bar like you might find in the Midwest. Vinny the bartender was very friendly, volunteering the on tap selection and quickly getting me a good vodka tonic for $6. On a Monday night the scene was quiet, but seemed fine.

Next we went to Pinch on Thompson. This place has a nice look, but the $6 vodka tonic wasn't that good. The crowd and the staff had nothing to offer. Not much positive to say here.

Feeling hungry we went into Ponchitto's on MacDogual. Our server was very cute, but the chips and salsa was awful, though the quesadilla is fine. The $5 vodka tonic came in a 4 oz juice glass and was absolutely horrible. Aside from our server the only other thing of note here is the group of underage drinkers, freely pointed out to us by our server, though not all that challenging to figure out. Whether one considers drunk 16 year olds, a plus or a minus is I guess a matter of taste.

Again the final stop turned out to be the best. We wandered into the Bourgeois Pig on MacDogual, not sure if it was open since it was pretty empty. This is a great little wine bar with fondue and a cheese plate. The kitchen was closed (and we had just had mediocre Mexican food) but I plan to come back for the cheese plate (I'm a sucker for a cheese plate). The space is great, decorated like the inside of a French palace. The selection is only wine and bottled beer, but I had a good class of wine, $7, generous serving. This is not a place to go for the crowd, it probably seats a total of 15, but it is a cool place to chill with someone. The music is mostly early jazz though almost anything else mellow gets thrown it with that.