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In more than two decades at the Statesman, Mike's been a copy editor, Sunday editor, Page 1 designer and, for the past 14 years, XL art director. But after more than 700 XL covers, nine XL Dining Guides, managing the hundreds of listings in our restaurant database and writing stories about doughnuts, Vietnam and the Incredible Hulk, he'll finally be able to put his nine years of fancy restaurant job experience (thank you, drive through) to good use. This means he can write about trailer tacos on South Lamar, $250 anniversary dinners at Hudson's, smoking a cigar with Michael Moriarty at Louie's 106, brewing his own Anderson's Coffee stout beer and freeloading at kids-eat-free nights all over town.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
By Mike Sutter
| Sunday, May 24, 2009, 12:46 PM
The buzz about the Black Sheep Lodge since it opened May 15 has centered on one thing: free beer.
Until the liquor license comes through (which could be any day now), the burgers-and-beer bar over by Bird’s Barber Shop on South Lamar Boulevard is giving away a draft pint or a frozen margarita with food purchases.
And kitchen manager Troy Nelsen (above) has the from-scratch menu to back it up: fresh-beef burgers with custom-baked buns (6.99 with a side of sweet-potato fries), roasted garlic sliders with gorgonzola butter ($7.49 with a side), hand-battered Nathan’s corn-dog bites ($5.99), a portobello mushroom cheesesteak ($7.49 with a side), housemade beer mustard and curry ketchup (75 cents each).
Once the bar’s at full speed, the lineup will expand to include mixed drinks and 18 tap beers, said Keith Sandel, who owns the Black Sheep with Brian Pacheco and Troy Moore.
The early buzz that packed the dark-wood interior and the picnic area in front has given the place the embracing feel of a bar that’s already been there 20 years. And that was enough to draw in actress Drew Barrymore on opening night, Sandel said.
2108 S. Lamar Blvd., 707-2744, www.blacksheeplodge.com. The hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Sundays through Fridays, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Saturdays.
(American-Statesman photos by Mike Sutter)
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