Why I Love Groupon

 We not only got to visit one of our favorite places in Punta Gorda, The Icehouse Pub

 but for $21 we got to eat one starter

deep fried artichokes

two entrees

Bill's very yummy cheesburger (with choice of cheese)

My yummy chicken cottage pie.  Like Shepherd's Pie, only different ;o)

and TWO 16 oz draft beers.  As most of you know, Bill does not drink, which meant that I got to drink 32 oz. of beer.  They no longer offered the strawberry one I liked but suggested two different cider beers

Fox Barrell Brewery Blackberry/Pear Cider on the left & Crispin Cider on the right

I decided on the Blackberry/Pear; a good choice    

I drank ALL of this one

and MOST of this one

and Bill drank two of these

Coke on the rocks

As I was working on my second glass I couldn't help but think to myself "I'll never finish all of this; I'll just drink it to the bottom of the writing."  When I told Bill I would never drink all of the second glass, he responded "Just drink it to the bottom of the writing."  You know what they say - great minds...

To our surprise, they have built an addition, which will be open during the upcoming weekend.

Our total bill for tonight was $4.38 (Bill left a sizable tip)!  That's why I love Groupon.

Thanks for stopping by...
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Wendy's Visit...Ice House Pub

Although this is a continuation of Sunday, 3/11, I'm unable to post it below my previous entry.  If you know how to achieve that, please advise.


After Wendy's 5 mile run and a trip to Venice, we decided to eat out and thought Wendy would enjoy the Ice House Pub, an authentic English pub and restaurant, because they serve Guinness.  According to their website, they have 26 beers on tap and over 150 beers from 15 different countries.  That's about 149 more beers than I need; however, Wendy says Bud Light Lime is not really a beer.  Huh?  It was her goal that I should drink a "real beer" and the waiter was very willing to help.  He brought me four different kinds of beer to taste in cute little, tiny glasses.  The first two were...uh, not really for me.  The second two were ciders, one was strawberry (I think) which was...uh, not really for me.  The last one I tried was...uh, not that bad so I ordered a glass.

Crispin Cider, my first "real beer"

Crispin Cider was a winner, although I'm not sure that cider counts as beer.  Whatever!  It was actually quite good, even though I didn't finish my 10 oz. glass and I'm not sure I would order it again.

Cheers

The best picture of all the bad pictures

We started with fried artichokes

Yummy, fried artichokes

Bill and Wendy had burgers and I had something like Shepherd's Pie.  It was all VERY good and we will definitely go there again.

No worries, Wendy finished her beer and mine, too.  What a good daughter.

Thanks for stopping by...

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