Highlands crowds jubilant as “Brother Joe’s Travelling Salvation Show” heads south
April Fool, Nawbany suckers; I’ll explain this in a moment. But first, this upbeat PR piece about the transplanted Pints&union at the Courier Journal:
‘It’s phenomenal.’ This old-world style pub serves the best Irish coffee in Louisville, by Lennie Omalza.
Is Chef Troy Stewart still aboard? The food is praised, but his name is nowhere to be found, and that’s too bad.
And, unfortunately, it appears that Colonel Phillips no longer has anyone around to help him workshop his media utterances; to trim back the self-aggrandizement, and remove the exclamation marks at the end of every sentence.
I tried, alas.
“(Phillips) explained that the only reason his original location was on the other side of the bridge is because the New Albany space just happened to be available six and a half years ago.”
Ouch.
I’m sure that all those P&u regulars from New Albany (and SoIN) who patronized the joint during its tenure in NA — who fell in love with it, and spent their time and money there —are delighted to be reminded yet again that the good times owed to the equivalent of a marriage of convenience; sorry, but my heart lies with another, and I only bedded you because you were willing and available.
For those with long memories, like me, here’s what he had to say in a press release prior to the pub’s opening in New Albany in 2018.
As a resident of New Albany and a father of four, Phillips is keen to see Pints & Union become a community anchor. “We’re committed to New Albany and its future. I hope to bring back not only the idea of the pub, but also of the old-school family pub business.”
Allow me to repeat: Back here in New Albany, I’m just sorry, even if it’s not my apology to issue. All along I’ve felt terribly for the Pints&union regulars, and the fact that they’re STILL being gaslit this way months later.
I enthusiastically midwifed the establishment at the space that “just happened to be available” (his words), which was wonderful at its peak, only to see my tenure as an employee, and the establishment’s status as “community anchor” (his words again), both end in...Read more
