1:45pm
Details on Black Wednesday parties announced at Liar's Club, Buddha, Lava, darkroom and Bar Deville
There’s a photo booth.
A Tamale Guy shows up at any point in the night.
It doesn’t start getting crowded until 10pm.
There’s a cocktail list, a wine list and/or a beer list.
There’s somebody in sunglasses (the blind don’t count).
Wilco is on the jukebox.
Everybody in the room is under 40, bartenders included.
The bartender doesn’t drink on the job.
There are sliders on the menu.
There’s a menu at all.
It’s “Soul” night.
Red Bull is a mixer option.

There are at least a handful of flavored vodkas.
There’s free Wi-Fi; or any Wi-Fi, for that matter.
The bartender is in a band he describes as “post-rock.”
The guy to your right goes on and on about how a new Pitchfork Media review is “trenchant.”