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gemini wrote:Thanks Joe 817, and the "Blue" sign covers both the left (food side) and right (bar side) of the entire
establishment? Fantastic. It's also interesting. I was in Arlington for lunch today. I didn't have time
to check out J. G's again personally. So, you doing the leg work helps me out for next time I need a
house burger & fries.

Yes, it covers both sides, as I asked the bartender on the beer side where the liquor license was and she said the only one we have is on the food side(the south side entrance on South street is actually the front entrance of the entire establishment, although it doesn't look like it.) The license is actually immediately to the right as you step in from the south entrance, with their other licenses and permits.

And gemini, thank YOU for starting the thread. It was a real learning experience for me. Now I know exactly what to look for when I have questions.

If you're in the area, we should get a bunch of forum members together and meet there for lunch someday. It'd be a hoot. I'm about 10 minutes away.

Dicion, you are absolutely correct. It is on the sign.

I went into Gilligan's today to talk to the owner again, about CHL as it applies to the store. He's a super nice guy, and so is his mom(he introduced me. She's the CFO.)

Sure enough, on their green permit, in the middle of it are the typed words:

SIGN = BLUE

It's printed, and smack dab in the middle of the permit.

Case solved, and Dicion, you only have to tell me 3 times before it sinks in. My hat's off to ya!

I will be frequenting that establishment in confidence.

USA1 wrote:

joe817 wrote:Oh stoppit! sheessshhhhhhh. The last time I was in there must have been 20 years ago.

OK OK , I'll be good .

Pffffftttttttt! That'll be the day!

Oh stoppit! sheessshhhhhhh. The last time I was in there must have been 20 years ago.

USA1 wrote:

joe817 wrote:. But I'll be sure to notice it tomorrow when I go in there to....well when I get thirsty again.

Joe , thank you for sacrificing your time and energy for the good of the forum .

if i know you , you'll go there everyday if you have to , just to make sure we have the information we need .

this Buds for you .

I feel like it's my patriotic duty to accurately survey the situation, and report back my findings. It's for the good of the cause, don't you know.

To be honest with you dicion, no I didn't, sorry to say. I really didn't know what I was looking at. But I'll be sure to notice it tomorrow when I go in there to....well when I get thirsty again. Thanks for the tip. I'll scrutinize it much more carefully.

As I was in the neighborhood, I went in there today. I met with the owner and he showed me his liquor license. It's a green TABC license, and as stated earlier, it's for a mixed beverage, and mixed beverage, late hours license.

I saw no blue sign or red "51%" sign at all. But I did see a very old "no guns allowed" sign. It looked like it was at least 15 or 20 years old, I kid you not. From memory it quoted PC46.02(I think, don't hold me to that).

I spoke to him in length about it and had a very friendly and cordial conversation regarding it. I even asked him if I should patronize his establishment, with him knowing that I will become a CHL holder.

By the time we had finished our conversation, for some strange reason, I became very thirsty and went back into the beer hall to quench my thirst. And much to my surprise, they only had 20 spigots of draft beer coming out of the wall, not the 40 I originally reported. What can I say? I'm a Texan, and I reserve the right for literary privilege.

Thank you but I'm really not that interested. I'll just go in for lunch next week and check it out, and report back.

My wife's there right now having lunch. I asked her to check for signs, but i doubt she'll remember.

Here's their url:

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gmckinl wrote:

joe817 wrote:Well without being to lazy to dig for an hour, what does "LB" mean? Liquor/Beer?

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Ok, LB means mixed beverage, late hours. Thanks!

Well without being to lazy to dig for an hour, what does "LB" mean? Liquor/Beer?

Actually, it's the other way around. The beer hall is about 3 times the size of the eating area. They are 2 separate and apart areas, with solid walls separating them.

Locally they are very famous for throwing the St. Patrick's Day beer bash. It's an older building, that's been added on to 2 or 3 times. It looks to be late 50's or early 60's construction. I believe the south wall of the beer hall is about 40' long, and nothing but beer spigots coming out of the wall....I'd say a good 30 or 40 varieties, to try to pin it down.

As it's not far from UTA, the college crowd frequents it by the droves at night time.

Good grief! I can't believe they are not a 51% establishment! Have you been in the bar area and seen the 85 spigots of draft beer they have coming out of their wall? It's a beer drinkers Mecca, Nervana....or Valhalla, as the case might be.

I honestly have never noticed it, but I will make a point to the next time I'm there. Wifey used to eat there for lunch all the time, as she used to work right across the street(on Border) from it.