On Sat, 7 Jan 2017 12:01:42 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>"Nancy Young" wrote in message ...
>
>On 1/6/2017 9:41 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Fri, 6 Jan 2017 21:23:59 -0500, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/6/2017 7:18 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>>> I never sit at bars/stools. Next time get a booth. Houlihans?
>>>
>>> Is there Houlihan's by you?
>>
>> There are a couple here in San Antonio and I ate there maybe a week
>> before Christmas. I know they have both the items you mentioned.
>
>I get the connection now. No, this is just a little local pub chain.
>I think they're down to 2 locations from 4.
>
>>> I didn't know they were all over
>>> the country. I'm big on their stuffed mushrooms.
>>
>> I did have to look them up to see if they were in your area - and was
>> surprised how many of them there were. We had fried mushrooms stuffed
>> with cheese and I thought they tasted a little off - maybe from frying
>> the (blue?) cheese.
>
>There are a couple of locations in my general area, neither around the
>corner, so we hardly go there. One is a lot better than the other.
>I do always get the mushrooms appetizer.
>
>All this talk of appetizers and the thing is, we hardly ever order
>them. They're a nice dinner off the Happy Hour menu at this one place
>so we'll make a dinner of them once in a while.
>
>Not that it's legal to call it Happy Hour any more,
>
>nancy
>
>====
>
>Why not? It is actually illegal?

They used to cut the prices - often by half - during 'happy hour' and
all the stats showed some people would regularly gulp down all they
could and then proceed to drive home. DUI stats after happy hour
ended used to zoom. It was an excellent move to cut it out.