Wednesday, January 4, 2023

[Updated] The 13th Step is now going as Downtown Social

Photos by Steven

The 13th Step is apparently undergoing a name change as we enter 2023. 

The windows of the sports bar-SantaCon hotspot are covered... a sign on the window promises "a big reveal" coming this Friday... (an Instagram post says the reveal is coming today) ...
The bar, from the family of like-minded places like Down the Hatch and Off the Wagon, opened here (with comic-sans signage) in the summer of 2010. 

The Telephone Bar closed here in January 2010 after 22 years.

Updated 4 p.m. 

Apparently, the "big reveal" was today... as you can see, the bar is now going as Downtown Social... and reopens on Friday...
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7 comments:

  1. noble neolaniJanuary 4, 2023 at 10:44 AM

    I heard it will be an alcohol fro-yo shop.

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2023 at 11:11 AM

    Thanks for the memories 13th Step. Looking forward to the day that we can reunite and I can consume nine $1 beers just like the old days. Farewell my friend…

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2023 at 12:12 PM

    Always thought that was a messed up name. Glad they're changing it but still won't go.

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  4. EV Signage + Font TrollJanuary 4, 2023 at 6:21 PM

    RIP Telephone

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2023 at 9:35 PM

    It's like when WorldCom changed its tainted name to MCI -- to establish a new image.

    When one Googles Downtown Social for its reviews, the reviews from the 13th Step won't be calculated there. A douchebar by any other name would smell as pungent.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2023 at 10:55 PM

    @9:35pm: "Douchebar" - now THAT would have been truth-in-advertising, IMO.

    That, or "Low-Bro".

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