Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.09.2016, Síða 64

L I F E , T R AV E L & E N T E R TA I N M E N T I N I C E L A N D
Issue 14 × 2016
Sept. 9 - Sept. 22
www.grapevine.is
Where Should
You Go Tonight?
You’re here! Oh my! You’ve
just arrived, just returned,
just landed or just woke up.
You’ve seen that church or
stood by that pond. You’ve
looked up at night, saw the
solar flares, or looked down
and watched that water bub-
ble and blow. You’ve soaked
your bones and blistered your feet. You’ve got lost
and tried a new type of meat. But what now?
We’ve just met, in this line, at this table, on
this sidewalk or by this bar. You’ve ordered a
Gull and tried to click the “Ls” but just managed
to spit. You need some advice. What now? You
leave tomorrow or the next day or the one after
that. What do people here do on a weeknight, the
weekend or a Sunday afternoon? Do the drinks
cost the same for everybody? How is everyone
drunk? Please advise, lead the way.
➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ Well, don’t fret, world traveller. This may be
difficult to comprehend. It’s one street that
stretches end to end and most places are on
the same side. The right side if you’re head-
ing east or the left if you’re heading west. B5
is an outlier, with burgers during the day and
beefheads at night. It’s also a new street but
you won’t notice. There’s Lebowski Bar for the
lactose extremely-tolerant, but it’s not for those
who consider copyright laws to be in any way neces-
sary or relevant. You can also go to Bravó and end
up in a book. Just watch your step on the way in.
➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ For those who want to test their immune system,
Boston serves food, or does it? Dillon serves
whiskey, or is it whisky? Mónakó has slot ma-
chines. I’m not sure what that means. Basically,
what I’m saying is you’re on the one street.
Yeah, that’s it.
Ok, there’s places off the one street, at most
50 metres away. Keep going west, down the new
street and crossing into another new street in a
straight coinciding line, it becomes a lot easier
to understand. There’s English Pub with English
things, like dark wood and TVs. There’s American
Bar, with American things, like hot sauce and Lenny
Kravitz and… TVs. There’s an Irish pub, The Drunk
Rabbit, which has Guiness and TVs.
You can do all these things and more. It’s all
there on the one street. There’s even a liquor store,
Vínbuðin, open until 18:00 most nights, except when
you need it. You could buy your beer there, slightly
cheaper, and watch TV in your hotel or Airbnb to
your heart’s delight.
There’s no places, really, for an early breakfast, so
just sleep in and meet me on the one street tomor-
row evening.
➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘ Rinse and Repeat.
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