Downtown Buildings That Would Make Great Bars (Part 1)
by Perry Champlain
Hello there Fresno. It's me, Perry Champlain, your resident drunk and expert on all things libationesque. I know that I'm supposed to be on a quest to find the best bar in Fresno, but I ended up on a 2 week bender with some gals from Flagstaff and...next thing you know...I forgot.
The other day, the secret sleuth that runs our Twitter page (it's The Editor, by the way) was involved in this short exchange:
Well, it appeared a few people agreed with ol' The Editor and he has now tasked me with starting a series highlighting some of the old buildings downtown that would make great places to down a couple hundred drinks with your friends.
As always, if you're going to be drinking, make sure to have a designated driver. Or just do what I do and find a stranger, jump on their back, and demand they give you a piggy back ride to wherever you need to go. (This--surprisingly--works more often than you'd think.)
So I here I go. I'll get back to "Theatre 3" later, because first and foremost I want to talk about the dream. The big one. The one that would never happen but if it did it would be like Disneyland for a guy like me.
This building is, of course, the Parker Nash building.
Hello there Fresno. It's me, Perry Champlain, your resident drunk and expert on all things libationesque. I know that I'm supposed to be on a quest to find the best bar in Fresno, but I ended up on a 2 week bender with some gals from Flagstaff and...next thing you know...I forgot.
The other day, the secret sleuth that runs our Twitter page (it's The Editor, by the way) was involved in this short exchange:
Interior work being done in brick bldg commonly known as "Theatre 3" in Downtown. Local marketing firm is moving in pic.twitter.com/BvYf14qdK2— Veronica Stumpf (@ThatFresnoBlog) March 30, 2016
@ThatFresnoBlog always thought this would make a great bar— Good Bad Fresno (@GoodBadFresno) March 30, 2016
@ThatFresnoBlog actually I think every empty building downtown would make a great bar— Good Bad Fresno (@GoodBadFresno) March 30, 2016
Well, it appeared a few people agreed with ol' The Editor and he has now tasked me with starting a series highlighting some of the old buildings downtown that would make great places to down a couple hundred drinks with your friends.
As always, if you're going to be drinking, make sure to have a designated driver. Or just do what I do and find a stranger, jump on their back, and demand they give you a piggy back ride to wherever you need to go. (This--surprisingly--works more often than you'd think.)
So I here I go. I'll get back to "Theatre 3" later, because first and foremost I want to talk about the dream. The big one. The one that would never happen but if it did it would be like Disneyland for a guy like me.
This building is, of course, the Parker Nash building.
I hear it's getting turned into a school or some bogus crap like that. Come on. Downtown is for adults. At this point it looks like my dream is dead. But maybe you're asking, "Yo Perry, why do you think this would make a great bar?"
To start it off, look at all the sweet patio space you could have here. Those big square rooms in the corners of the second floor? Patios. This is Fresno and people want to drink outside. You could probably even turn the whole top floor of that building into one big patio. Damn!
Then what do you do with all that other space? Anything you want. Pool hall. Movie Theater. Ice rink. The buildings big enough you could do it all! It would be a one stop shop. People would come from far and wide to drink in Downtown Fresno.
But, alas, this shall never be.
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