10 Super Bowl-Worthy Watering Holes
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.01.08 | 10:07 AM ET
The editor of epicurious.com suggests 10 places around the country—from The Waterfront Café in Boston to Barney’s Beanery in West Hollywood—to eat and drink in style Sunday while watching the big game. For those who like their football with Mexican food and tequila, Tanya Steel suggests Spitfire in Seattle: “Fish tacos, chorizo-and-cheese-stuffed mushrooms and roasted pork tamales are just a few of the offerings—complemented by 18 types of margaritas.” I’ll have the Conmemorativo Cadillac.
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
John D 02.01.08 | 5:41 PM ET
This is gonna be the best game ever!
Can’t wait to see how it turns out…
http://www.JohnDennerRocks.com
TambourineMan 02.01.08 | 9:50 PM ET
From the LATimes, the odds on which song Tom Petty will open the half-time show with:
“Free Fallin’ ” (3-1), “The Waiting” (10-1), “American Girl” (7-4), “Running Down a Dream” (11-10), “Learning to Fly” (6-1), “I Need to Know” (10-1), “Don’t Do Me Like That” (16-1), “Even the Losers” (5-2), “You Got Lucky” (25-1).
No Refugee?
I Won’t Back Down?
Jim Benning 02.02.08 | 4:06 PM ET
Interesting.
My money’s on “Running Down a Dream” as the opener or closer.
TambourineMan 02.02.08 | 10:29 PM ET
I’m predicting Running Down a Dream will be the closer. I just bet $20 on American Girl to open.
Michael Yessis 02.03.08 | 8:55 AM ET
Running Down a Dream seems the best pick, and therefore Tom’s gonna change it up. I’ll take a relative longshot: The Waiting.
“Baby don’t it feel like heaven right now, don’t it feel like something from a dream….”
Eva Holland 02.03.08 | 10:48 AM ET
You guys don’t think “You don’t know how it feels” has a shot? I’m dating myself here, but boy, some good memories from junior high dances just after that song came out. The teachers always made the DJ cut the sound on the line “let’s roll another joint”, which naturally resulted in 300 13-year-olds shouting it out instead. Silly teachers.
TambourineMan 02.03.08 | 3:43 PM ET
Eva, you may be interested in this prop wager from bodoglife.com:
Tom Petty will smoke a joint during his halftime performance (25-1)
JohnD 02.03.08 | 4:21 PM ET
Running down a dream seems to be the best pick for this event!!!
http://www.JohnDennerRocks.com
Eva Holland 02.03.08 | 11:35 PM ET
Wow, TambourineMan, you managed to call the opener and the closer!
The Globe and Mail has a harsh review of Tom Petty’s 15 minutes: “This year, the spotlight was on the veteran 1980s-era rocker Petty, who did not fail to underwhelm.”
(http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080203.super-show04/BNStory/Front)
This was only my 2nd-ever SuperBowl viewing, the other was in 2002. I don’t know much about the NFL, but I gather that means I’ve seen a couple of good ones?
TambourineMan 02.04.08 | 12:39 AM ET
Won $20 on American Girl. Won another $20 on the Giants.
Andrew Ryan of the Globe & Mail is a dick. Tom rocked.
Eli, MVP? Criminal. The NYG defense won that game.
Jim Benning 02.04.08 | 1:27 AM ET
Good calls all around, TambourineMan. I’m with you: Tom rocked. A fine performance. The Giants didn’t do too bad of a job, either.
I think you caught a good game, Eva. And I’m not even much of a football fan, either.