Address/phone number:
1827 N. Orange Ave.,
407-898-7733
website, if there is one:
facebook.com/thecaboosebar
beer/wine or liquor too?
Liquor too!
CHECK all that apply:
( ) fancy cocktails
(X) wine list (5 choices or more)
(X) make ’em strong and keep ’em coming
(X) beer selection: the usual suspects
(X) wide selection of bottles
( ) wide selection on tap
food? Nope
smoking allowed?
(X) Y
( ) N
after work or after hours? After work
get laid or just get drunk? Just get drunk
outside drinking:
( ) Y
(X) N
(a few tables on sidewalk outside, but they’re working on city approval)
dogs allowed? Y N
(X) Y
( ) N
And they even have a regular named Gunner, a German Shepherd who’s quite fetching
DJ? On special nights
TVs?
(X) Y
( ) N
What’s on? Sports
jukebox?
(X) Y
( ) N
Most likely to hear:
You used to hear classic rock, but when I was there, it was all Miley and Gaga.
games? Check all that apply:
( ) pinball
(X) arcade games
(X) pool
( ) skee-ball
(X) darts
(X) other: Awesome stripper pole and occasional burlesque
Essay question: Explain, in 50 words or fewer, why I should drink here:
The Caboose is as unpretentious as a bar gets, with loud music, a piecemeal approach to furnishing the space – which is now twice as big as when they started – and no-frills ways to get wasted with stiff drinks and domestic pitchers. You can disappear here.
This article appears in Jan 29 – Feb 4, 2014.