Deer Park

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 2:48 pm

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rezin · Post by **rezin** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:07 pm

i went to the deer park for almost every monday night game last season...

yes, they only have a 12'' television or whatever...

but its a great place to chill and have a beer...

or as tony would say, "the place to bring your dear for a beer"...

dont cuss either, itll cost you a quarter...

jewlee138 · Post by **jewlee138** » Wed Oct 25, 2006 11:08 pm

The owner seems like one of the most hospitable guys around. On the DP Sessions nights, it was waaaay too crowded to enjoy without the tent outside. I'm pretty sure it was also the first place I saw the Legendary Train Hoppers.

Hehehe...I also got fanagled into Marie's car with her & "Ollie's Army" for a fun, short minute!

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:15 pm

Good to see Tony's got DP turned around.

Happy to see him take back running it compared to
the (2) looossars that almost succeeded in
running into the ground.

7WetCigarettes · Post by **7WetCigarettes** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:20 pm

DP is small

Al Quandt · Post by **Al Quandt** » Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:45 pm

DP is awesome though, we played 3 shows there and enjoyed every one, even got the cops called on the second show! We seemed to have that happen alot. cough cough, mid city cough cough

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:00 am

even got the cops called on the second show! We seemed to have that happen alot.

..a true benchmark for success!

The_Dude · Post by **The_Dude** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 11:23 am

Though I'm not sure I could hang out there on a regular basis, I really enjoyed the time spent there for the Deer Park Sessions. That's some of the most fun I've EVER had at a local show. My eyes/ears were opened to lots of new music that night (Trainhoppers, NoRA (pre-NoRA), Taco Toppers, Munger, etc.) that I had never heard before. It was KICKASS.

jewlee138 · Post by **jewlee138** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:02 am

Emma Downs did a nice 'lil bit on Deer Park & Brass Rail in the JG Weekender today.

WBOB · Post by **WBOB** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:16 pm

jewlee138 wrote:Emma Downs did a nice 'lil bit on Deer Park & Brass Rail in the JG Weekender today.

You can walk into the Deer Park Irish Pub, but itâ€™s best if a big, blustering gust of wind blows you inside. After a few hours of frigid tailgating in the outdoor beer garden, the inside of the bar is as warm and cozy as a cabin in the woods.

Itâ€™s a small place â€“ just about the size of a two-car garage â€“ and is filled with homey touches. A rickety piano sits in the corner of the room, the walls are made of knotty pine and red and white checkered linoleum (the kind you find in grandmaâ€™s kitchen) covers the floor. Behind the wooden bar, 42 imported beers â€“ each one marked with the flag of its native country â€“ surround a small statue of St. Patrick. Dressed in green robes, he guards a jar filled with quarters that rests next to his feet. (Any patron caught swearing at The Deer Park is forced to put a quarter in St. Patrickâ€™s swear jar.)

The Deer Park is known as a quirky place. For instance, itâ€™s the host of one of the shortest (if not the shortest) St. Patrickâ€™s Day parades in the country. (Just a few hundred yards down Viola Avenue and back again. St. Patrick â€“ out from behind the bar and carried aloft on a bier â€“ has been known to smile at the brevity of the event, owner Tony Henry says.) And once a month, patrons gather for Dancioke, where customers (occasionally emboldened by alcohol) take the stage and dance for the audience.

During October, Henry and several of the pubâ€™s patrons carry a giant pumpkin to the bridge on Spring Street and toss the orange behemoth into the St. Marys River, igniting a musical cheer from the spectators. As Irish poet William Butler Yeats wrote, â€œnever was a piping so gay.â€

girlzrock · Post by **girlzrock** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 2:47 pm

hands down best place to play a show. I know it's small and there's no room for the band but it's always an enthusiastic crowd and Tony makes that place awesome!!

subgenius88 · Post by **subgenius88** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:11 am

I love DP. It's me favorite kind of porn.

Garr · Post by **Garr** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:19 am

Are you sure you're not thinking of DADV?

sevesd93 · Post by **sevesd93** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 7:24 am

Garr wrote:Are you sure you're not thinking of DVDA?

And I think he is saying he is into 2 guys and 1 chick, where you and I are into 4 guys and 1 chick.

cosmicmusicpromo · Post by **cosmicmusicpromo** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:42 pm

I have been to Deer Park a few times,what a place. Great people, great time, and the best music. Tony Henry, what a fantastic person to own a pub with the same warming personality!

Hey Tony, by the way, I will eventually drop off the 2 Central Catholic metal logo rings I have for you!

Mike Hacha
Cosmic Music Promotions

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