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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGordon Ramsay tweets a picture with me in it.
Aww yeah. I'll leave it to you guys to guess who I am.
And, my God, that hotel needed his help...
https://mobile.twitter.com/GordonRamsay/status/346292615689424897/photo/1
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)You are the guy with the light colored shirt looking over your left shoulder.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)That's my face that looks like it's sticking out of the stanchion
Baitball Blogger
(46,720 posts)I don't drink beer and I want to go there.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)The beer was outstanding. It's from Crooked Letter Brewing, a Mississippi craft brewer, and the summer ale had mango and jalepeno. They also had an Italian lager, an IPA, and an oatmeal stout.
And yeah, the place is beautiful. This is the little Mississippi town I grew up in and the downtown/main street area was always pretty sad with half the stores closed down. This is an old Art Deco hotel that was basically vacant throughout the 80s and 90s that some guy bought up and tried to renovate, but it apparently wasn't going well. I had to promise not to talk about the changes they made until the show aired, but I will say I'm more hopeful for the future of Main Street now.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)but it sounds like a wonderful thing.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)They're generally against regulations; this one only exists because the city council was desperate to have somebody do something with the property.
Basically, it's just a fenced-in outdoor area with a bar where you can sit outside and drink. In Mississippi, the whole thing has to be invisible from the street; this shot is from a parking lot so they got by on that technicality.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)the thought of mango jalapeño beer...Now I'm sad I was that close to Ramsay and didn't know it AND I don't have any mango jalapeño beer...
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Ask your package store guy to start carrying it.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)We have a couple really good beer stores here in Orlando. I'll ask them about it. Would't mind trying that oatmeal stout either...
marzipanni
(6,011 posts)I can't see a stanchion, with or without a face sticking out of it, or a woman who looks like a man looking over her left shoulder...(at the bar?)
Recursion
(56,582 posts)My face is sticking out from the post. Short hair and a short beard.
marzipanni
(6,011 posts)That's fun.
I hope Gordon Ramsay's advice will help the Beer Garden succeed.
This may be a 1.5 mm of fame instead of a 15 minutes of fame
mimi85
(1,805 posts)and still couldn't tell. Ha, I almost tried to enlarge the pic with my fingers. Forgot for a second that I was on my iMac and not the iPad. Although, it may not be able to be enlarged. Damn, I need more coffee!