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sprouts are just baby cabbages

I grew up thinking I hated Brussels sprouts because my mom never made them.  My mom never made them because my dad hated them.

Then one day in my 20s, some friends were having a dinner party and they served some Brussels sprouts trimmed, split, and roasted, with just some olive oil and salt and pepper.  I decided to be a big boy and tried them, and my goodness they were tasty.  Perfectly seasoned, crispy on the outside, and almost creamy on the inside.  I've been a huge fan ever since.

Oh, and nowadays I often make them as a side at Thanksgiving, and my dad has tried them, and discovered he actually loves them, too.

I like em all, some are better than others, as most food

Yesterday I had to get two pages notarized.  The lawyer tells me UPS does it, and indeed they do.  Schwab folks say they only do it for Schwab documents, which annoys me, so I trapse off to UPS, my wife is busy.  It's about a mile, a bit less.  It's busy, I wait, the dude charges me $20.  Well, OK I guess, no other viable option.

I decide to treat myself to a bar drink, somewhere, it's just after 4 PM, places have Happyish Hours.  I go to "Fado's Irish Bar", a place we had lunch once long ago, never back since, you can imagine the bar.  

Fadó Atlanta - Midtown - Fadó Irish Pub – Irish Food & Sports Bars in Atlanta, Chicago & More
Fadó Atlanta - Midtown - Fadó Irish Pub – Irish Food & Sports Bars in Atlanta, Chicago & More

They have a Mule for $9 and fish and chips for $8, OK, whatever, the lady bartender makes the drink which is a bit odd but OK.  I'm the only customer there at that point though later a few groups drift in for an after work libation.  The F&C is pretty good, very hot and crispy, they do give a 10% discount to residents to offset our 8.9% tax (which ostensibly in part goes to "transit", somehow, though we don't see anything new).

They have four TVs in sight showing soccer and golf, OK fine, overall it was a decent experience.  It's a local chain, I guess overall decent.  I might go back and order something else, like a "corn beef roll" whatever that might be.  These "theme" bars don't generally do much for me, I suspect the put too much money into appearances and too little into food, but I guess that's par.

I remember a teacher in grade school made my brother eat a brussel sprout and he threw up on her. 

To this day I've never tried one. 

Fado is actually a national chain, though I think it's shrinking these days.  There was one in Austin for many years during the late 90s and early 2000s.  My first ever date with my i s c & a aggie wife was a meet-up at the Fado in Austin, back in 1997.  It finally closed in 2018 which was too bad, I always liked the place.

I was thinking to myself "isn't that a chain?"

Not sure I've ever been. I assume it basically falls into the "Generic Irish Pub" genre. 

Is there anything actually unique to it?
 

I was thinking to myself "isn't that a chain?"

Not sure I've ever been. I assume it basically falls into the "Generic Irish Pub" genre.

Is there anything actually unique to it?
 

I would opine no, it's a "fake" Irish pub, which can be OK.