quick help

am meeting a friend at 3:30, and want to go somewhere fun for drinks and nibbles in the slope. I'd love a garden. Brookvin and Beer table both don't open until 5...any suggestions?

Thanks!

Not many places are going to be open- you might try Dram or maybe one of the more fun restaurants (maybe Barrio?) I know the gate opens at 3, you could run to Grab or Beercraft and get some cheese/bread, sit outside and have some drinks at The Gate...

Dram Shop seems like it's always open and has food. Never been but it is never empty.

dram is def open and they do have food, its a sportsbar kinda place though so if you were looking for something beer-table or brookvin-esque its not the same vibe. I vote cheese and sun at The Gate...

Gate sounds awesome...on another note, anyone know when Bar Tini is open?

you could spend 30 minutes at cafe steinhof; they close between 4 and 5 pm.

tini opens at 5 pm weekdays, 4 pm weekends, but they also have brunch hours on weekends.

I actually meant the new place on 8th and 13th...isn't it a coffee shop in the a.m. that morphs into a bar/restaurant as the day moves on. It's the place owned by the Bar Toto folks.

Alchemy, the gatropub, has a back patio, and great food/drinks, plus free fried chickpeas (trusts me you'll adore them -hell, I might go myself!)