Fourth of July parades in Northwest Indiana. Where else can you find clowns, school bands, politicians (insert clown joke), tractors, cheerleaders, war veterans, school bands, horses, and Bob’s Heating and Air? At the parade in Crown Point you can also find beer. Now I was unable to hit all the region parades but in Crown Point you can watch the Shriners and their little cars (and big men) while downing a beer or two or three in the outside dining area at Tequila Si Cantina. Not quite the Go-Cup of New Orleans but close enough. $2 got you a cup of Lite. Parade beer. Two new parade rules according to me: No politicians unless they are willing to dress up as a clown or…
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Drinking Crown Brewing’s Special Forces IPA at the Taste of the Region was like having a beautiful mermaid spit down my throat…yum. A little NOLA was present at Crown Point’s Taste of the Region June 25 as the Bourbon Street booth offered up some fine red beans, rice and sausage. And how about some music on the side? Not sure about the headgear but…good times. Especially when Crown Brewing is serving the beer.
This is what you got with your 32-ounce beer at the St. Thomas More Fest beer garden in Munster. Crazy-ass 70s and 80s tuneage. Dick Diamond and the Dusters was Saturday’s band. This is one of the bigger summer beer gardens in the region. Plenty of seating outside and inside the giant white tent. The 32-ouncers were $6. If that was too big you could have gone to the usual 16-ounce up at $4. Miller Lite was on tap. A decent over-21 crowd but lots of couples. Another reminder that if you’re single in NWI it’s not so hotta unless you’re in high school.
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