Watch the NBA finals at The Tiger Paw in Parque Lleras, Medellin

mranderson says on Jun 1, 2008, 10:53:

Is there free secure parking for motos?

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BillBigD says on Jun 1, 2008, 11:03:

Brian- Nice price for Hieneken. Hey your football class for 2009 is starting off very very well.

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bogotabrian says on Jun 1, 2008, 11:36:

mranderson - yes we have a special spot for motos and very secure.


Thanks BillBigD. I am really happy with Tommy Bowden's recruiting but just wish the staff were better at game-day coaching. He is starting to remind me a lot of Mack Brown. I think Alabama got one that can do both but they sure paid a lot to get him! Did you guys have any non-qualifiers from last year's number one ranked class?

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Bogota J says on Jun 1, 2008, 12:05:

How big is the TV?

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bogotabrian says on Jun 1, 2008, 12:42:

I have one 36 inch and two additional 26 inchers in the bar. There are plans to add three to four more flat screens and a projector before football season starts. I will have college game day package and NFL season pass as well.

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snaiks says on Jun 1, 2008, 13:50:

wow, nice that ull have NFL season pass, start a tab with my name, ill pay u superbowl sunday :)

in other things ill see u guys on thursday.

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august says on Jun 1, 2008, 14:53:

Now hold on one second. 2000 COP for domestics? Both Pilson and Costeno have made it quite clear that their suggested price is mil cien. Que tal?

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bradenmiami says on Jun 1, 2008, 15:16:

Brian...you know I'll come to watch a game on occasion if you're not all booked up with a bunch of backpacking weirdos that don't respect the "game" or the atmosphere of sports, then I have to hand my spot back to you and move on to the sports bar. ;) However, sounds GREAT that you're getting the place up and running!

As for Cowboys? I might have a packed house myself with my plans for the year. The 'Boys on the bigscreen, surround sound, and pizza for all the fanatics!

The "lovemedellin website" is a piece of crap made by some moron who has only been to Medellin once...you'd be better off reading the Lonely Planet advice from a guy who never even came here!

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goin_south says on Jun 1, 2008, 15:35:

Koby and His L.A. Kowboys in 7.
Would be 6, but the television networks need the money ;-((

Ciao! Gustav. Bienvenitos, Ike.

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Medellin Traveler says on Jun 1, 2008, 16:00:

august says, "Now hold on one second. 2000 COP for domestics? Both Pilson and Costeno have made it quite clear that their suggested price is mil cien. Que tal?"

In the lower barrios they charge 1,200 COP, but everyone charges more in Parque Lleras, because it's Parque Lleras.

"Huevos Rancheros en Medellin, No Quiero Taco Bell." - www.medellintraveler.com

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august says on Jun 1, 2008, 16:13:

Yes, but on the very bottle of Pilsen it says 1100 COP suggested retail and on the TV ads for Costeno they say the same price! I know every cornershop sells for 1500, but almost doubling the price for backpackers? Scandalous!

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rocinante says on Jun 1, 2008, 17:24:

Nobody charges the sugggested retail price for beer. I don't think it's scandalous. What do other hostals charge for beer? Anyone know?

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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adrimm says on Jun 1, 2008, 18:30:

Who cares? They'll pay it they want to drink there (it's a bar not a store). How many hotels do you know that charge the retail price for their food/beverages?

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bradenmiami says on Jun 2, 2008, 07:23:

Find me a place in Parque Lleras that sells these domestics for 1200 and I might consider going! You usually have to be in a low-end barrio to get lower prices such as 1200-1500 per beer. The standard across most of the city is 2000. Most bars and nightclubs charge anywhere from a minumum 2500 to 6000 max! I think Brian is being more than fair and very reasonable considering his location! If you are going to bitch about 2000 COP for a beer in Lleras you ought to stay the hell home and drink from your private stash....GEEZ!

The "lovemedellin website" is a piece of crap made by some moron who has only been to Medellin once...you'd be better off reading the Lonely Planet advice from a guy who never even came here!

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spigrimace says on Jun 2, 2008, 09:12:

Brian, you will find out running a sports bar can be a thankless job. Like my place, every year youll spend $100USD or more each for ESPN Game Plan, ESPN Full Court, MLB.tv &/or MLB Extra Innings, HBO Plus for Boxing, NBA league pass, NFL Sunday Ticket, NHL Center Ice, Mediazone Rugby, etc. etc. etc. plus $300USD a bulb around 2 times a year for the projector, all the monthly internet, Direc TV, energy costs and all other related costs like employees, cleaning, bathroom costs, glass breakage, etc. You have all the startup costs to try to eventually cover as well. A domestic beer costs wholesale 900 for Pilsen up to about 1100 for Club Colombia - warm. So add the electricity cost of getting it cold and the albeit small cost of the bottles and case which is a deposit system. Its between Brian and DIAN if he has to charge IVA on the sale of the beer which at 16% is a huge cost. As a restaurant, I have to. Even if he doesnt have to charge the sales tax, he still makes at best, a mil a beer. Thats a lot of beer one needs to sell to cover all those monthly costs. In my eyes Brian, these folks dont see the whole picture and dont realize the huge bargain they are getting when they use our services. Maybe you can give the backpacker that sleeps at the hostel who just wants to shoot pool a break on the price, but for the off the street fan, who comes in to watch a game thats not on any cable down here, add up all the costs above translate it to pesos and divide by mil pesos profit a beer to get how many beers a Medellin sports bar owner has to sell just to break even and you should now feel like youre getting a really good deal.

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gorgonabob says on Jun 2, 2008, 10:09:

yup... im selling pilsen at 1.300 pesos a beer for pilsen, 1,100 would be rediculous. there a bunch if friggin idiots for printing 1,100 on top of every bottle.. whens some competition arriving to this beer monopoly...
if anyone wants to come around, though im not trying to make any money there. we got a tv and a new couch fastest internet in town now, going to 4000k so we can watch the rugby live off the internet. the best sports team in the world, the crusaders won again last week.. thats seven championships in 11 years....

chris, you're not selling yourself well there,, if you know what i mean.

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bradenmiami says on Jun 2, 2008, 11:22:

Hey Chris....can you up the price on your beer by 100 pesos each then buy some nice seat cushions? hahaha... I like everything about your bar, except the way my ass feels after 8 hours of football. At any rate, you can bet I will be back...over and over again...with all my girlfriends for another good season thanks to you!!!

The "lovemedellin website" is a piece of crap made by some moron who has only been to Medellin once...you'd be better off reading the Lonely Planet advice from a guy who never even came here!

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mranderson says on Jun 2, 2008, 11:35:

Chris I got to agree with brad on that. The seating in my opinion needs some upgrading.

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bogotabrian says on Jun 2, 2008, 11:37:

I completely agree, Chris. People don't just understand the costs of running a sports bar. Wholesale costs are around 1 mil and I would make absolutely nothing selling them at 1.5 mil. I have a very nice bar, pool table, furniture, multiple flat screens, laptops to run the games, and an excellent location. I will never apologize for running a business to make money, if you work hard and provide a good service.

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gorgonabob says on Jun 2, 2008, 11:56:

yup. and people steal half the friggin beers.. bastards.. do sell the aguila 500ml for 2200

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MitchAlvarez says on Jun 2, 2008, 12:03:

the place looks nice

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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rocinante says on Jun 2, 2008, 12:30:

Lakers in 6.

"World economic indicators point to a democrat winning 2008. It will surely be Obama. Peso 1400 by November" Feb 5, 2008

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Brians says on Jun 2, 2008, 13:26:

After reading Sprigimace I am willing to pay $5,000. Man people like to bitch about prices. Don't go like bradenmiami says....Brian you will have your work cut out for you if your clientel bitchs about a friggin 50 cents. I would not want your job.

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BillBigD says on Jun 2, 2008, 20:09:

Brain-As I said before I thought your pricing was a good deal. On Bama only 1 non qual guy for 2008 class so far.. But they said he might still get in as he needs to retake one class from this freshman year. Today we landed #3 rated RB in class 2009.

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snaiks says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:01:

anyone going to the game tonight?

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El Polo says on Jun 5, 2008, 16:44:

lets go Celtics!

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BillBigD says on Jun 5, 2008, 17:10:

GO Lakers and Brian hope you have a full house tonight

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