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Shocker: A Boston bar with no Sam Adams
By adamg on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 1:38pm
Our own Cybah reports from a sports bar called O'Leary's that he can't get any Sam. Of course, that might have something to do with the fact that it's in the Copenhagen airport, where's he's changing planes on a business trip, but still.
He adds:
They were showing tennis when I was there. I asked if they showed bruins games and he was like “you’re from Boston, right?
John Costello replies it's part of a chain across Scandanavia:
Apparently the owner lived in Boston in the 80's and loved the sports bar concept. It was surreal getting to customs at the very teak wood Oslo airport after an 7 hour flight and seeing Bird McHale & Parrish through the glass. There is one in the center of Oslo too.
At least they have a small sign for Sam Adams (lower right):
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Comments
Its a chain
I had over 8 hour to kill at Copenhagen Airport before my connection so I did some checking.
It's a chain. Honestly its akin to Applebees at this point because its a chain.
But as soon as I got off the plane in Gothenburg, Sweden... as I was walking toward the exit, I see yet another O'Leary's pub. (not as impressive tho)
Others have reported locations in Ibiza, Stockholm, and Oslo.
I only knew of the place because I spent a few minutes checking out the airport online before I left (so I knew if my 7 hour layover was going to be boring or not). I had to stop and eat lunch there for laughs. It's good to note that the burger wasn't very good. (BBQ sauce on a burger?!?)
I should also note that there's also a Murphy's Pub in CPH also. Except its a "Irish Themed" bar. But the prime beer they sold was Heineken.
And to top off the last 24 hours of traveling to Sweden and Boston related.... I had dinner in Gothenburg after I arrived. Sundays in GBG are dead so nothing is open. The only thing that was open was a pub that main focus was craft beer...... FROM NEW ENGLAND. But well done tho, good selection for imported New England Beer (no Sam or Harpoon tho), and great atmosphere. Coworker and I thought that if we didn't look out the window, the interior and atmosphere would rival a place in Davis Sq.
My coworkers in our Gothenburg office are making fun of me because I want to go to the IKEA flag ship store. Ummmmm Swedes have no room to talk... Pizza Hut is a BIG THING here. (as is pizza in general)
IKEA fan
I've been to IKEA in four different countries now. The mini one in Paris is the only really different one that I've seen.
oh i know
oh i know it wont be much different. IKEA has done a outstanding job making the experience universal no matter which store you go to. But I still wanna go and have lunch there, just to see and say I've been there.
(like the ABBA Museum I plan on going to also)
Ikea
I was in the Massachusetts one yesterday and thought how they should attempt to come up with a single in-store music selection that can used at all their locations world wide simultaneously.
ABBA museum is pretty cool
Be sure to get your photo taken out front behind the cut-out of the band.
(BBQ sauce on a burger?!?)
BBQ sauce on a burger is amazing and anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
It's also pretty common...
Re-run
Adam's been at it long enough that I guess we can forgive some reruns... ;)
https://www.universalhub.com/2015/where-they-drop-their-rs-oslo
The classics ...
Warrant retelling!
Yeah
I though this had been covered before.. but then ya retweeted it and it took off.
Good for them
And their customers. Sam Adams is swill.
It might be worth noting
J.J. Foleys doesn’t sell Sam Adams.
Depends on which Foley's...
The one on Kingston sells Sam.
http://www.jjfoleys.com/menu.html
But do they sell Harpoon?
This is a story?
I think UH is a pretty good source of info, but seriously, this is a story?
This Is a Story
Turkeys are stories here. Turtles are stories. Egrets. Squirrels. Coyotes. Boston-type bars are definitely stories.
Sure, why not?
First, thanks!
But, yeah, I love quirky stuff (and as noted above, turkeys!), and this sure fits. Sometimes straight news can be pretty depressing (which reminds me; I better go turn on the scanner to see if anything is going on ...).
Got a scroll wheel?
Move on if you're not interested.
Not all news needs to be hard hitting
For example, the silly redesign of Latin School's logo, which interestingly the Boston Globe used as the sole source of their reporting on the issue (in the print edition, at least.)