Out with the Old (Pizza), In with the New (Beer)

Vicissitude:

• a : the quality or state of being changeable : mutability
• b : natural change or mutation visible in nature or in human affairs

per http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vicissitude

Thursday April 5, 11:34 pm

I've been intending to visit the Clocktower Brew Pub in Westboro since it opened in the fall, and even more so since my initial debriefing with Elaina. In 2011, Clocktower on Bank St generously hosted our Volunteer & Staff Party; I learned that for 2012 the Clocktower has stepped up their support and will also be our locale for the Volunteer Orientation Meeting on Tuesday May 1.

As with any change, I'm nonetheless a little sad that the Orientation Meeting won't be held at Moe's World Famous Newport Restaurant this year. Owner Moe Atallah has always been more than gracious to me and to the volunteers, and we will miss his pizza and the street-side view. My heart-felt thanks to Moe for all his support to the Volunteers over the years.

But the Clocktower sponsorship is a great coup, for the festival, the volunteers, and the Westboro neighborhood in general. So I needed a "reconnaissance mission" to get the lay of the new location, on south side of Richmond Rd, between Roosevelt & Golden Avenues. While on my mission, I discovered:

1. an open concept upstairs room
2. a area behind the bar that can be made private
3. Bytowne Brown ale - mmmmm beer!
4. that to meet with a manager, I should have come on a night when there WASN'T a Sens game and Good Friday the next day :-)

So there's lots of space, some of which we'll use for the Orientation Meeting, and the Volunteer & Staff Party (with the ever popular karaoke!) on Tuesday June 19. And I expect that the ENTIRE place will be filled on Friday April 13 at 10 am sharp for the Westfest Media Launch (yikes, coming up soon!). 

Having missed the manager however, I will (oh well!) need to visit again soon to try the mussels and another pint!