Blondes apparently don't have more fun because Blonde's Lounge closed and stopped having fun altogether — as did Hef's Bar and Grille in Park Road Shopping Center.
Well, rumor has it the owner of Hef's and Blonde's just bought Fairview Grille and put the Park Road bars up for sale — according to the guy who bought Blonde's Lounge and opened Thurston's Bar in its place.
Thurston's opened about a week ago, sans a sign. It is a private club — meaning they don't serve food and have to call themselves one in order to abide by ALE law. So, they can lawfully serve their champagne cocktails. They tentatively have open mic night scheduled for Tuesdays and live music on weekends. Thurston's Bar's official grand opening party is July 10.
Meanwhile, Hef's Bar and Grill is having its "Grand Re-Opening"
They're keeping the name, but changing the drink specials and offering $1 Mondays (select drinks including Bud Light and house vodka are only $1).
And Duckworth's Cheese Steakery is changing theme and location. They are now Duckworth Grill and TapHouse — they dropped the cheese steak and added several new brews on tap and over 60 different bottled beers — they are said to have a beer selection to rival that of Revolution in NoDa and Mac's Speed Shop. But even still, the new IceHouse SouthEnd blows everyone out of the water ... hops and wheat.
As you can see, you can shop for nightlife over in Park Road Shopping Center, and with Montford Drive that runs parallel to it with bars filling every space between Angry Ales and Moosehead Lounge (topped off with a late night Taco Bell) Montford Drive is kinda like Bourbon Street ... well, Dive Drive.
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