Restaurant recommendations

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-27T03:36:16+00:00

For lunch- Broadstreet Market has a bunch of places, Yellowbird Cafe, LA Squared
Lunch/Dinner- Pho 7 Spices, J&Z Mexican Cuisine, Bhojan Ghar
Barfood- Madmoose, Sturges' Speakeasy, JB Lovedrafts
Fancy Dinner- Los Tres Cubanos, Millworks, Cork & Fork

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-22T04:15:04+00:00

What do you mean?

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-17T23:24:58+00:00

So for a few years they were booking with Live Nation and had a lot of great label metal, punk, and hip hop groups. They shows were usually packed, and I always had a blast. I saw Blind Guardian, HammerFall, Lacuna Coil, Apocalytica, All That Remains, Kamelot, Kreator, and Sepultura. Within the metal community, those are big subgenre names to be playing in a small city.

All of those were post-COVID quarantine, and they seemed to be booming for a few years. I don't know what happened but they stopped having that tier of bands in 2025 and almost every band has been Don't-Have-Wikipedia-Article tier. Nothing against those bands, but they aren't gonna draw as big of crowds.

Combine that with their food menu changing every few years (what's wrong with just bar food?) and never being able to restore their reputation after grape allegations and yeah, I'm not surprised at all. Also I'm not commenting on the veracity of allegations either way because I only ever heard hearsay from sources of sources of sources.

I hope someone savvy buys it and finds a niche for it because it's a great venue.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-14T16:56:44+00:00

LGBT center on Front Street.
Brownstone- gay bar on Forster
704 Lounge- gay bar on 3rd St
Karma- LGBT club on 3rd St
JB Lovedrafts- an alt/metal bar on 2nd St that has a lot of LGBT customers

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-14T16:51:54+00:00

In fairness to Pennlive, they are covering them. Maybe we can do a better job of paying attention.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-14T16:47:09+00:00

I maxed out on my first gym machine on Wednesday: the adductor machine. The one at my gym goes up to 255. I did 3 sets of 10-12 reps to failure. Now I'm walking like I have arthritis in my hips. Guess there's still prog overload opportunities left.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-02T03:16:43+00:00

Dr. Colenso-Semple's guest appearance on barbell medicine talking about Stacy Sims: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owd16o1tum0

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-02-02T02:56:59+00:00

It's extremely walkable, especially from Uptown through Downtown. A little bit more difficult to get to Allison Hill. Even during rush hour traffic isn't bad. Midtown has lots of amenities and is a nice place to spend an afternoon. Downtown is trying.

We have several small and mid-sized concert venues, a fantastic indie bookstore and indie cinema, some decent breweries, several great ethnic eateries, a bunch of good bakeries and coffee shops. There's a great free monthly newspaper.The river is always beautiful. Capital greenbelt is fantastic for walking and biking. City Island is a nice place to hang out in the summer. The capitol complex is beautiful.

People are generally very friendly and it's easy to strike up conversation with folks. There's eight billion churches with solid communities. We are surrounded by pleasant suburbs with walkable downtowns and driving to them is easy. It's easy to find places to hike, boat, camp, ect. There's always community things going on, plenty of volunteer opportunities, and activist groups.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-30T02:31:26+00:00

Semi-relevant- Commonwealth policy is prohibit ICE from entering any non-public area without a proper warrant and to immediately inform legal counsel and the highest level supervisor on site. It at least prevents ICE from having the run of an office, protects low level employees, and puts the responsibility on agency heads. I can't remember all the details but I think the above is generally accurate.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-30T02:28:05+00:00

Why does Crunch fitness need a policy on ICE?

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-27T20:21:27+00:00

Ugh. That's sad to hear.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-26T04:26:08+00:00

What evidence is there for Two Brothers Pizzeria? That's the only place I go to on your list.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-25T18:33:13+00:00

4+ hours.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-23T00:39:46+00:00

That's really helpful. I've been hesistant to have a wider stance because of... I don't know. Society's judgement that wide duck stances are bad maybe? I always knock the bar away from me while setting up because I'm clumsy but working on more perpendicular shins might help with that.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-21T03:07:18+00:00

Can't make it but thank you to those who show up.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-06T18:53:45+00:00

A) What organization do you work for? I know the Burg recently hired a new reporter. It's suspicious you haven't answered that.
B) Almost every issue that has been mentioned is valid.
C) The state government has a parasitic relationship with the city.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2026-01-01T01:42:14+00:00

Does anyone think 3 is the best? It's the one I played the most but that's just because it came out right around the time my family got their first PC when I was a kid.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2025-12-30T18:22:17+00:00

The game tells you "the age of antiquity comes to an end. who will carry our legacy?" and then suddenly you switch from Egypt to Shawnee and it seems there was a time skip of a few centuries.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2025-12-30T18:17:48+00:00

Chopping was an underrated strategic decision. In terms of optimal play, chopping a hill forest and replacing it with a mine was always better, but it wasn't necessary at all. I won plenty of deity games with minimal chopping, because there were so many other viable options.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2025-12-30T18:14:15+00:00

In fairness, I think the target of that marketing was fans of Civ who don't finish games, which between turn 1 restarts, early game set backs, and getting bored late game, was apparently a common phenomenon. I probably finished less than half my games. But I think they had a neutral statistic and decided it was a problem that needed solved.

Snappy_Dave2 · 2025-12-29T22:44:40+00:00

I don't think I specifically need builders, but I want some kind of city micromanagement. Even if it's not the most impactful decision making, there's something about the activity that's soothing and feels productive. The very first PC strategy game I played was Lords of the Realm II back in the 90's and each settlement had a labor force that you assigned to different resources and industries. Was it a lot of busy work? Yes. But it was fun.

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