Walk To Drink Bar Winners and Tour announced

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Press Release- Tuesday July 15, 2008

Topic: Announcement of the Walk to Drink best Artscape Bars List and tour

Dates Tour maps will be available at the car show at Artscape July 18, 19, 20 From cartist Conrad Bladey.

Description:

The Walk to Drink Philosophy encourages the promotion of the avoidance of the use of the automobile by those who wish to consume alcoholic beverages by developing an awareness of establishments which sell alcoholic beverages which can be visited without the use of an automobile.

What better location than the neighborhoods surrounding the Artscape site. There are a good number of remarkable establishments and they can all be reached by walking from the Artscape site or by walking to your neighborhood light rail stop.

After a thorough tour of the neighborhoods walk to drink founder Conrad Bladey came up with the following winners. They will be included on the Walk To Drink tour of outstanding local bars available at Artscape. Get your tour guide from Conrad in the Art Car Show area near Penn Station on Charles Street during the festival.

Bars were selected based on unique attributes and user friendly feel and atmosphere. All sell both alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages.

Read about Walk to Drink here: http://mysite.verizon.net/cbladey/walktodrink/walktodrink.htm

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Here is the list:

1. O'She's-328 Charles A good downtown style "lawyers" pub style place. Bar tenders are wonderful. You never wait longer than the Guinness takes to be "pulled". Great food menu but beware of the potato wantons icy centers unless you want to cool your drinks. The ruben is great.

2. Marticks- 214 Mulbery (Goiing North on Charles turn left on Mulberry its on the right just by the parking garage). Unique, a wonder, go there, ring buzzer, watch out for the old man, order steamed shrimp and a St. Pauli Girl. Send a message to the old man- "the beans need more cooking" then leave quickly before he gets it.

3. Midtown Yacht Club- 15 East Center St. (going North on Charles turn right. It is on the right. Great beer, wonderful interior. Stick to the peanuts for food, throw shells on the floor. The Murphys is well pulled.

4. The Owl Bar- 1 East Chase In the Belvedere Hotel. (take Charles North turn right on right.) Pretend you are back in time when the bar was more antique. Great beer selection- try the house varieties. Order fries -leave the rest. The trip through the lobby is worth it all. Try to get a glimpse at one of the special rooms with their murals. After a few beers they will come alive-said a friend. I believe!

5. The Brewer's Art: 1106 Charles. (Going north on left) Pretend you are a student and settle into an overstuffed chair and figure out over a few resurrections (beers) how you will manage to be able to live in a town house like this one. Great atmosphere. Belgian ales are wonderful. Rosemary fries great. Desserts very good. After a few brews and you can no longer hear go downstairs because if you go there first you won't hear when you are upstairs.

6.Club Charles- 1728 Charles Street. (Go north on Charles - On the left across from the Charles Theatre. ) Amazingly untouched (yet) by the wrecker's ball of senseless revitalization. Everyone can be their own alternative when they enter there. Try it. Wondrous to be free and to find reasonable prices. Great art on the walls. Sit back and pretend that none of Baltimore has suffered revitalization at all.

Ok that is this year's list- questions? 410-789-0930 cbladey@verizon.net (non profit) Congrats to the winners send in your suggestions for next year. Stay safe-walk to drink!

Join Walk to Drink At Baltimore's Artscape

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Stop by and see us at artscape and pick up a free Walk to Drink Pub crawl map of the Cultural arts district including directions to some of the most amazing pubs and bars in the entire world. - JULY 18-20, 2008. The noted pub expert Conrad Bladey will schedule a few in person guided tours- He was featured on a Voice of America Special Feature on the Bars of Baltimore.....not to be missed. Consult the artscape page for festival location and times. http://www.artscape.org/index.cfm

Don't miss it! You can reach the festival via light rail....let your feet and not your car take you out drinking!

Event the weekend of August 1-2 2008 Linthicum

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Just off the Light Rail! North Linthicum Stop Baltimore

The Weekend of August 1-2

Walk to drink will gather and send folks out to bars which can be visited without getting in a car via light rail! Its easy...plan now...more details later but will be most of the day both Sat. and Sunday held in connection with the open Artcar Studio Weekend at 402 Nancy Ave. Linthicum, Md. 21090.
We are only three blocks from the light rail. Light refreshments planned....then gather for a walking pub crawl via light rail! e.mail us at cbladey@verizon.net

New! Help us with publicity costs! Shop the Walk to Drink Store

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