Richmond's own self-serving rag, Style Weekly, did a 2006 guide to living in Richmond. Essentially, every event, location, business, celebrity, and pet gets a mention. In the "See Stars and Bars" category, which was a random and disjointed list of sporting events, bars, outdoor celebrations, and a planetarium, the following appeared:


4. Mars Bar serves the rare green liqueur
absinthe. To properly imbibe absinthe - rumored
to be mildly hallucinogenic, and recently
tapped by a men's magazine as the
drink most likely to start an orgy - you must
first drop a flaming sugar cube into the glass.
Ten dollars will get you a shot of the stuff
plus a paperback copy of "Alice in Wonderland."
644-6277.


Speaks wonders of both the bar and the publication. Idiots.

Contact them and explain to them why they're stupid.
Otherwise this shit will continue.
It's time for us to be proactive,
instead of whinging with our asses on a seat.

... I'M THERE!

I'll come there and set 'em straight.
My damned grandma is there.
Amidst all the Liberty U stuff and all.

My grandma kicks ass.

Alice in Wonderland? Man, the marketing ploys are getting stretch marks.

There are a couple of French restaurants here that have absinthe references for atmosphere, I can accept that in context. But this Mars Bar is a dive, and they have no atmosphere.

FYI, Richmond's area code is (804), if anyone wants to call them. The one time I went, when they first spread the word they were serving absinthe, was a lot like this