Jamie's Bar & Grill & Birth of Coach

427 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95818

For the full story on Jamie's read the post from last January! There are so very many reasons why we like this place and that will explain a lot of them.

This time we were here celebrating Coach's birthday. He needed some good old fashion delicious food so this was perfect. The drinks are stiff and when one of the more manly members of the Thursday Drunks commented on it the sassy bartendress looked over her shoulder while walking away and yelled "Put your big boy pants on!" How can you not love it!

We were seated in the back room again and enjoyed an evening of perfectly cooked meaty dishes, fries and french onion soup. This is such a comforting and comfortable place - what's not to love. And always look at the specials board!

de Vere's Irish Pub

1531 L Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 231-9947

We sent a contingent of Thursday Drunks to the desert this week to find themselves so we ended up with a cozy group of 7. De Vere's is a cozy pub for a stormy night with properly pulled pints and good pub food. Their happy hour (if you can get there before 6:30) is pretty decent.

The fish & chips are very tasty and more flavorful than you would expect. The shepards pie is great and you can get it with an egg on top! Mac n' cheese, crisps, fish tacos, they were all good!

My favorite drink was the wee ginger, Jameson's and ginger ale - yum. And who doesn't want to order a wee ginger!

Thai Invasion

Undisclosed Fair Oaks location

After the hustle and bustle of the holidays a house hosted Thursday was just what we needed. We enjoyed the hospitality of Jarla & Mr. Chem in their lovely house with their mini horse Otto. Well, he's really a giant blue great dane.

Takieng Thai delivered up all of our Thai favorites and we settled in for a night of drinks, chatting and playing with the pup. It's amazing how fast the nights goes when you have that kind of combination.

Oh Thursday Drunks, you are my people.

Boxing Donkey

300 Lincoln Street
Roseville, CA 95678
(916) 797-3665

Usually we hit up the Donkey before Christmas but time just flew by and we finally got here! With a happy hour that goes until 8pm and some surprisingly tasty food, this is a favorite and let's us imbibe closer to our Roseville constituents.

Now, I would report on all the shenanigans and inappropriate conversation but alas, I missed it all. Bad drunk. Bad blogger. Bad Scribby.

Fanny Ann's Saloon, Birth of Bump

Rounding out our December birthdays is Bumpy Truck! We headed down to Fanny Ann's in old Sacramento for some burgers & booze. It's a thin building with four floors and we usually sit up top so we can visit our coaster that we stuck to the wall year ago, but this time we explored the downstairs area that now has a new Thursday Drunks business card.

Drinks are simple and stiff and the food is straightforward burgers, fries and other pub food but it hits the spot. They are sticklers for carding since they are kind of in a party district so don't forget your ID or they won't help you drink.

Downstairs was pretty cool since its sort of small and we got the whole area to ourselves. Bumpy was able to open his recycled birthday cards in peace! Just make sure you get our before then karaoke starts.

Drinky Xmas 2011

Undisclosed Placerville location

It's that time of year again, Drinky Christmas!!! 22 drunks, 3 kinds of fondue, 1 Elvis Santa, countless bottles of wine and a night full of gifts, friends & hilarity. Merry Christmas!!

Sundance Bar & Grill

5430 Sunrise Blvd
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
(916) 965-9736

Celebrating one of our own again this week, but since he was galavanting around Europe during his birthday, we picked this week! And a perfect opportunity to visit a good old fashion bar with large beers, stiff drinks and surprisingly good food.

Order your food in the attached deli. The prime rib sandwiches are moist, tender & very flavorful. Served with some au jus, it's just about perfect. Maybe bring your own horseradish. All the fried foods are fried so therefor wonderful!

The birthday boy always asked that we donate toys for his birthday so take then opportunity to buy him age and gender inappropriate gifts! The list included a Ken doll, My Little Pony, ray guns, Hungry Hungry Hippos and all sorts of other great toys. Such a good guy and good sport!