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We are bringing back the Pubcrawl, and this time its getting all grown up.
There are other sponsors besides just MetroJacksonville for example:
The Jacksonville Landing is consponsoring the event, by providing trolley transport this Friday to crawl, socialize and otherwise make your way between some of the best night spots in Riverside and Downtown. Here is a map of the five official PubCrawl stops!
The Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront is also running an awesome sponsorship. For the Pub Crawl they are offering a $99 deal gets you a night's stay at the hotel and a $50 gift certificate for dinner and/or pregame at The Landing (which you can use for the $10 Pub Crawl ticket). Basically a 49 dollar room, plus dinner and a full night of clubbing!
MetroJacksonville and the Nightclubs will be sponsoring Designated Drivers free of charge for the entire event.
If you have a designated driver for the evening, let us know ahead of time and we'll set them up with a complementary wristband so they can ride along and join you in the bars without charge.
The June PubCrawl will spotlight the ubercool King Street District, and Downtown with the Landing and the Bay Street Nightclubs. We will be crisscrossing between the two districts throughout the night! We are trying to make this as walkable an event as possible, to allow residents of both neighborhoods convenient walkable experiences in each other's back yards.
If you decide to use the trolleys, then park your car early in the evening near the stop you want to get off on at the end of the night, hop on the early trolley with your designated driver and join the fun without repositioning your car every stop.
You can join in the Pub Crawl at any one of the stops, and we are encouraging bicycle participants to join up and do the riverside to downtown ride along with us.
The PubCrawl will unofficially begin at The Landing. Captain Zissou and the guys will gather at the Landing Courtyard starting around 5:30. There will be a table to sign up, get your wristbands, buy tickets, hang out and meet other crawlers (and you will meet new people)
The Downtowners will all hop onto the Pub Crawl Trolley in front of The Landing at about 6:50 and head over to Riverside.
Along the way, we will stop in Five Points in front of Starbucks.
There will be a pickup at Park and King Street.
There will be a pickup at Post and King Street.
The final stop will be Intuition Ale Works, which is where the PubCrawl Officially Begins.
There will be a sign in table set up at Intuition as well. Stop there and seek it out. After everyone from the Riverside half of the PubCrawl is signed in, wristbanded, drink tokened and chatted up the group will then head down to the King Street District for two more stops:
the LOFT
The Rogue
The Loft will be premiering their new drink menu that same night, so PubCrawlers will get the first crack at the new offerings. Don't forget to play the shot game at The Rogue with the mason jar lids!
From the Rogue, everyone will either drive, bike or take the trolley downtown. The Trolley will leave for Downtown starting at 9pm. Depending on how many passengers we have, there may be a couple of trips from the Rogue to the Landing. It will not be making any stops between the two locations.
Everyone will meet up at the Jacksonville Landing Courtyard for some cornhole, beer pong, teste toss (redneck golf, ladder ball, throw golf balls on string around standing pipe game) a quick bite of nosh and more bar action. The Landing is sponsoring beverage tokens for the bars and restaurants on the bottom floor, and there will be surprise gifts, swag and other stuff as we finish getting everyone over from Riverside.
The restaurants will have cheap, fast order menus specially for the pubcrawl, so this will be a great opportunity to get some food on, hydrate and let the mojo happen.
Then we will head on foot two blocks to the Bay Street District. Three stops:
The Ivy Ultra Bar
The Dive Bar
Club TSI Discothéque
The Dive Bar has just completed its switchover to a live music venue and if you havent been to the place in the last couple of weeks, then you havent been to the place. Its totally different.
TSI is having a pretty cool blowout party that night with Landon Cole, who is probably the most exciting and subversive partythrower/promoter in the city. He got back from Egypt a few months back and has already been shaking it up. They have full liquor now, and a full Hookah setup in the tunnel/back patio. Landon's party is going to get started right around midnight, and its going to be a pretty hip, fun evening.
Finally, Riversiders and people parked in Riverside will begin returning on the PubCrawl Trolley which will drop people off at the four riverside stops listed on the map. Depending on how many passengers there are, there may be a couple of trips.
Here is what a simple pubcrawl ticket gets you:
Transportation on the trolley,
Drink Specials at Intuition Ale Works,
2 free beverage tokens for the clubs,
Free admission to 5 nightclubs
A chance to meet the most interesting people in the city (come on lets face it, our readers are pretty damn interesting people)
Schedule
07:00pm - 07:40pm Intuition
07:45pm - 08:45pm Loft/Rogue
transit to Downtown
09:00pm - 10:00pm The Landing
10:05pm - 10:45pm Ivy Ultra Bar
10:45pm - 11:25pm Dive Bar
11:25pm - 12:00am TSI
transit to Riverside
Miscellaneous Details
The beverage tokens are only good after the time marked on them, but they can be used for the rest of the evening until the pub closes for people who want to hang out after the pubcrawl is officially over.
Tickets are 10 dollars if you purchase them before hand, 15 dollars once the pubcrawl begins.
We will be selling tickets online until 5pm on Friday, the day of the event, afterwards we wont be accepting purchases online.
If you are booking the deal at the Hyatt, call Blakeley at 904 353 1188 extension 1038
Dress for fun and mayhem. Points for awesome dresses, but keep in mind you need a pair of comfortable walking shoes a couple of times during the pubcrawl.
We have a list of everyone who is purchasing tickets online, but just in case, print off the receipt!
Buy a ticket now!
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stephendare
June 23, 2011, 07:11:57 AMCaptain Zissou, PeeJayEss, Fieldfm and Blakeley from the Landing have been hella fun getting this together! Landon Cole's Party at TSI is going to be an absolute blowout, and we havent decided where the after party is going to be yet.
stephendare
June 23, 2011, 07:15:17 AMAlso, pay attention to the Designated Driver thing!
PeeJayEss
June 23, 2011, 08:42:21 AMSo psyched!
RiversideLoki
June 23, 2011, 08:49:43 AMI'm gonna try and catch you guys at one of the venues. I don't think I'll have time for everything because I have a reddit meetup to go to!
drhandbook
June 23, 2011, 08:58:21 AMWooo Hooo! Party!
Captain Zissou
June 23, 2011, 10:09:37 AMI can't believe it's finally here. Tomorrow night is going to be awesome.
finehoe
June 23, 2011, 10:30:09 AMOK, I get this is going on Friday, but there is no date mentioned. For the casual visitor to the site, you might want to add it somewhere, preferably near the top of the page.
PeeJayEss
June 23, 2011, 11:02:48 AMGood point. Yes, tomorrow.
JUNE 24, 2011 EVERYBODY!!! TOMORROW!
JeffreyS
June 23, 2011, 03:52:29 PMIt looks like me and mine are going to make our first MJ Pub Crawl. Much to my five year olds dismay that we do not intend on seeing Cars the Movie 2 on opening night.
Captain Zissou
June 23, 2011, 04:59:05 PMAwesome, we'll be happy to have you. Based on the amount of prepays, this is going to be the biggest and best crawl we've ever thrown and one of the biggest the core has ever seen.
drhandbook
June 23, 2011, 05:03:54 PMI got two tickets just need to find some poor schmuck to drag along.
SarahTay
June 23, 2011, 05:33:09 PMI hope this weather doesn't rain on our crawladeeee
wsansewjs
June 23, 2011, 05:38:41 PMHow can I find you? What do you look like? Oh snap you are Bill Murray!
-Josh
PeeJayEss
June 24, 2011, 10:34:48 AMThat's right, everyone: Bill Murray will* be at the Pub Crawl!
*He will not. Actually, he may, but it is unlikely.
fsujax
June 24, 2011, 10:36:59 AMdont worry about the rain. It will probably be out by the time the Crawl gets going.
Captain Zissou
June 24, 2011, 10:41:15 AMWe will crawl rain or shine. Rain will just put a different spin on things. I hope we can get a solid rain at about 5 that dissipates by 6:30, so we'll have some clean, cool, evening air to crawl about our fair city in.
stephendare
June 24, 2011, 11:57:00 AMWow. This is definitely going to be the biggest and most fun pub crawl yet. Who knew that connecting downtown and Riverside would be so freaking popular?
For the food/regathering at the Landing Courtyard there will be beerpong and cornhole set up, and the Landing restaurants are making extremely quick 'pubcrawl' meals so that you can get your food in minutes.
They are also sponsoring a band for entertainment, this is going to be awesome.
ProjectMaximus
June 24, 2011, 01:19:51 PMI think the move to Fri night and the long anticipation/build-up has contributed greatly to popularity. But if your statement was also sly referendum on transit in this city, well then you, sir, make a great point.
PeeJayEss
June 24, 2011, 01:48:40 PMAnd if you enjoy the trolley ride from the King District to the Landing, let JTA, the city, your friends/family/enemies, all the powers that be know about it. We may just have to do this trolley thing until the city starts doing it for us.
JeffreyS
June 24, 2011, 02:25:42 PMCan we join up at the starbucks?
Captain Zissou
June 24, 2011, 02:34:56 PMYes. Be there before 7. The Trolley won't be there more than a couple minutes.
Intuition Ale Works
June 24, 2011, 03:00:56 PMWe're very excited to be hosting the first stop of the crawl.
We will be serving the pub crawl participants our Jon Boat Kolsch, Peoples Pale Ale, Centennial IPA and our Riverkeeper Red for $2 in the brewery bar.
I might be called into service as a bartender so be warned, I am a terrible bartender and tend to be a little grumpy!!
Thanks to metrojax and everyone that helped put this together.
Support Your Local Brewery!!
stephendare
June 24, 2011, 04:05:46 PMWow. This is shaping up to be a surprisingly big event. Extra bartenders needed for the hour that the pubcrawlers are coming through.
JeffreyS
June 24, 2011, 04:54:32 PMClock is ticking I am leaving to meet my group for a precrawl dinner.
JeffreyS
June 24, 2011, 05:46:17 PMOk we are going to meet up with the crawl at intuition ale works not starbucks.
stephendare
June 25, 2011, 10:32:06 AMWow. what a night.
250 or so people converged on Riverside and Downtown from the Pub Crawl. The Trolley was literally packed japanese style with five trips necessary to bring people from the Rogue back to the downtown.
Im sure Captain Zissou is still recovering from last night.
Ethelyne, UrbanLibertarian, Jeffrey S, Non Redneck Westsider, Maximus, PeeJayEss, The Cat and hundreds of others showed up. Wow.
I will post more a bit later, but it was a pretty kickass time last night,
And we definitely proved that there exists a need for the riverside/downtown trolley connection at night.
hillary supporter
June 25, 2011, 10:34:24 AMCongrats, great job!!!! This is monumential. Jax ROCKS!!!!!!
Captain Zissou
June 25, 2011, 11:03:35 AMThe Captain is fully recovered, thank you.
That Crawl was AWESOME! Tons of people from all backgrounds having a great time and enjoying the urban core. Thank you for everyone's patience. We didn't anticipate such a massive turnout, but everyone seemed to be having a great time. I can't wait to do it all again.
Steve
June 25, 2011, 11:45:03 AMDefinitely a solid time - glad to see that the Captain is doing well this morning!
marksjax
June 25, 2011, 01:17:02 PMGreat job to Stephen & Co for pulling this off.
It is very hard work to organize and plan something like this. Very nice crowd & the turn out exceeded expectations. Oh and the Trolley was a big success (listening Mike Miller/JTA?).
Now that's what I'm talkin' 'bout!
stephendare
June 25, 2011, 01:22:27 PMThanks Mark! Dive Bar was one of the best experiences on the crawl! It kindof became the defacto end up because I think people had partied more in one night than they usually do in a week!
Your staff was great, gracious, fast and provided an excellent, quality experience.
We were slammed, and I know you guys were too, thanks tremendously for making such a great environment downtown.!
JeffreyS
June 25, 2011, 02:16:22 PMWe had a great time. Kings street to bay and back loved the trolly. We did the easy walk from the landing to ivy.
marksjax
June 25, 2011, 02:18:50 PMThanks Stephen. It was indeed our pleasure!
Non-RedNeck Westsider
June 25, 2011, 02:39:36 PMSome of the better parts of the night was having people from all over the city - intracoastal, arlington, southside, beaches, etc... and they were all having a great time in these awesome venues that they have never tried. I think it was completely eyeopening for quite a few that there's a lot more to do than go to the towncenter and have some pops at the cheescake factory.
I had a great time, personally, and look forward to the next one.
stephendare
June 25, 2011, 02:42:09 PMyeah, that was pretty awesome, NRW, and I have to say that it was a very sincere pleasure to finally meet you in person!
ProjectMaximus
June 25, 2011, 02:46:04 PMAwesome awesome awesome. I know my boys who are beaches guys through and through were very impressed.
I am recovering but I'll be ready for round two pretty soon. Probably will take advantage of the Hyatt deal if it's available next time too.
Thanks to all the folks who put this together!
whats a cheesecake factory?
Steve
June 25, 2011, 06:43:21 PMMark, I have to echo Stephen's comments - That was the first time I've been to Dive Bar since the live music change. I really like it, because Downtown really doesn't have a place like this. Agreed about the staff too - bartenders were really quick and made a great drink! Thanks for participating with the crawl!
stephendare
June 26, 2011, 08:15:24 AMAccording to Wikipedia, the largest pub crawl in South America has 250 people on it. Here in North America, the largest regular one runs about 300 people. The metrojacksonville PubCrawl ran just short of 250 people, making it accidentally one of the biggest pub crawl tours in america!
SarahTay
June 26, 2011, 12:15:04 PM"The" Cheesecake Factory ... a very popular chain restaurant:
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/
urbanlibertarian
June 27, 2011, 01:48:57 PMGood thing we didn't try to do our pub crawl in Manhattan.
From DNAinfo.com:
http://www.dnainfo.com/20110624/murray-hill-gramercy/ban-on-pub-crawls-brewing-on-east-side
stephendare
June 27, 2011, 01:59:21 PMIts a different kind of pub crawl, urban.
Those kinds of pubcrawls are multi day events that are kind of like festivals instead of a travelling pub crawl like the one we threw.
Dapperdan
June 27, 2011, 02:04:27 PMAnd our Murray Hill is much different than the one mentioned here.
ProjectMaximus
June 27, 2011, 03:16:12 PMThanks, SarahTay, but that was just my weak attempt at humor. Sadly I am quite familiar with the Cheesecake Factory.
Well, not sadly cause I do like their cheesecake. Actually, yes sadly...for my health.
finehoe
June 28, 2011, 09:54:26 AMIt would be nice if that line was referring to the Jacksonville neighborhood.
02roadking
June 28, 2011, 10:12:43 AMAnd some pics too...
http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/category.asp?eventID=1274983&CategoryID=10519
wsansewjs
June 28, 2011, 10:24:05 AMI highly recommend bringing an official from the Guinness World Records for the next Jacksonville's Pub Crawl to see if we can break the world's record for the largest single linear pub crawl.
Source: http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Most-people-on-a-pubcrawl/59031.htm
Stephen, if you can tell your Pub crew to promote this as an attempt for the world record, MORE people will come! COME ON JACKSONVILLE! We are one of the drunkest cities in United States, so let us make that ring true!
-Josh
Captain Zissou
June 28, 2011, 10:29:38 AMWe've got some work to do.
BridgeTroll
June 28, 2011, 10:33:14 AMThank