The Adventures of Drunken Dragon by Marc MacDONALD

LocaTION: Casey’s Sport Lounge DESCRIPTION: The downtown version of Pal’s.

COVER CHARGE: $0

Wuat You MIGHT FIND: Thursday — Trivia/Open Mic; Friday — Karaoke; Saturday — Happy Hour all day DRINK PRICES: Pitcher — $7.25 (Happy Hour); 12 oz. Beer — $2.50, Mug of Beer — $4.00

“Where the fuck are we?! What the hell is with all these ugly pictures of baseball players? Oh, shit. It’s Casey’s; that explains everything.”

Well I’m at Casey’s Sports Bar. But that is the risk I’m willing to take, because the life of a drunken cor- respondent is not all bumpin’ dance clubs and beer-stained rock joints. Basically, Casey’s is the downtown version of Pal’s Sports Bar, except it is only one room and not on the outskirts of town. Like Pal’s, you can find pick- up trucks with the Confederate flag on the front licence plate in the parking lot, and big guys with baseball hats shooting pool.

Besides being conveniently located downtown on University Ave, Casey’s has two built in benefits: It is found within a hotel that is now offer-

ing double rooms for only $69.00 a night, in the instance you find that special someone belting out “Brown Eyed Girl” on Karaoke night. And the other good thing is that Greco pizza is just upstairs, so at the end of the night, when you’re willing to sell an organ for pizza because you spent all your cash getting shitfaced, you don’t have to go far.

According to Coolbreeze, Casey’s is the spot to watch Wrestlemania with fellow Hulkamaniacs. But as far as a bar goes, da Cinephile and I prefer a place where we can “shake what our mama gave us.” And, I’m sorry, but it’s hard to dance to two drunk guys from Cape Breton playing an acoustic duet of “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” on open mic night.

Not many UPEI students go to Casey’s. Not to say that it’s impossible to have fun at this bar. If you get the right group of people and the guys doing open mic are not playing Adam Sandler songs, then this place can be great for a night. Or if you are looking for a spot to have a few cheap drinks and a couple laughs before you head out to better bars, make Casey’s your first stop of the night.

“Time me.”

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“Casey’s got a booty that just won’t quit.”

“Yo Bomb, check out the middle-aged honey playin’ the VLT.