With two weeks to go, it’s time to announce our itinerary. This year we have a record 22 bars lined up. All twenty bars from last year will be participating again this year, although one of them is under a new name and new ownership (Re//Bar at the old Envy location). Plus we’ve added two new ones, McLanahan’s and BRGR.
The participating establishments (roughly from east to west) are
- Sharkies
- RE//BAR
- The Lions Den
- Primanti Bros
- Brewery
- Adam’s Apple
- ShandyGaff
- Doggie’s Pub
- Mad Mex
- Jax
- Phyrst
- Local Whiskey
- Champs Downtown
- McLanahan’s
- Pickles
- Zeno’s
- Allen Street Grill
- The Basement Nightspot
- BRGR
- Federal Taphouse
- Cafe 210
- Chrome
As usual, the official start time will be 8 pm. Once again we will have four spots lined up to act as official hosts for the start. Those four are the two traditional spots: Cafe 210 and Primanti Bros, a returning host from the last two years, The Federal Taphouse. and, for the first time, Doggies Pub (weather permitting Doggie’s will open up their beer garden for us). As we did last year, come 9 pm Crawlers will spread out to any of the remaining spots on the Crawl. All of them have been alerted to expect Santa Crawlers to start arriving around 9 pm.
Wristband sales will begin a week from Monday. Next week, we’ll announce the specific locations where you can get them. You need not purchase the wristbands ahead of time. All four of the starting locations will have wristbands for sale, so you can wait until the day of the event to pick them up. If you prefer to get them ahead of time, you can pre-purchase at multiple spots around town.
For those who can’t wait until 8 pm to start, we will once again be having Happy Hours in advance of the official starts. Look for an announcement next week detailing the Happy Hour locations.
See you in two weeks.