Also, I think Pacifico has it’s place, you know, lawnmower beer. When you really need water but would prefer a beer. Working years in the kitchen, one always holds a place in one’s heart for a beer like this. There’s not an IPA made that tastes as good as a cheap lager when it’s your first beer after the shift. So it has sentimental value for me. Well, that and we sell the hell out of it. I’ve certainly learned the hard way that not everyone is looking to have their mind blown and sometimes it’s just easier to take someone’s money and give them what they want than try to educate them.

Saigon, that’s another story. I have to admit that I’m annoyed by the fact that I’ve been bullied into selling it. Frankly, I basically tried all the Asian crap that people brought me until I found one I didn’t loathe. Unfortunate, really, considering that every other beverage on our list is held to a much higher standard. I mean, neither our craft beer or wine lists are long enough to include all the beers or wines I like, yet I waste a space on a beer I can merely tolerate (well, two actually because I have to have a light beer as well and carry HPL).

Oh well, those who know go to the good stuff and those who don’t…

Thanks for that post! It’s nice to see a response and a side from an actual restaurant owner…or another one I should say.

I can’t say I like Pacifico or Saigon, but I have to have respect for that the fact that you just won’t serve crap beer if you really believe it’s crap despite everything else.

Hats off to you!

ilya

Finally, after 5 years of people basically heckling me about how silly it was to have an Asian restaurant with no Asian beers, I found one that wasn’t half bad. Saigon. Mind you, I’ll drink pretty much anything else on the list instead. On the beer list, where I write something about each beer, I basically said, “There you go, here’s your Asian beer.” It sells OK, mostly it saves me the hassle of going through the song and dance.

I’m proud that my Mexican place Dos Perros has about as interesting a craft beer selection as you’ll find around and doesn’t sell Corona. We do sell Pacifico, Bohemia, Carta Blanca, and Negro Modelo, but I actually like those beers.

cheers.