CU Bars in the News, Best Bars: Fat City

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Best Bars: Fat City

Fat City is located at 505 South Chestnut.

Fat city is one of the few places (if there are any others) with shuffleboard.

According to their website, their beer (tap and bottle) list is horrible. There are about 35 versions of American Light Lagers. Let's run them down... shall we:

Draft:
bud light; coors light; miller lite; stella artois

Interestingly, Blue Moon is listed as an import draft.

Bottles:
Budweiser, bud light, bud select, bud select 55, busch, busch light, coors light, old style, o'doul's, mgd, mgd 64, miller high life, miller lite, natural light, pbr, bud light lime, bud light wheat, michelob ultra, michelob ultra pomegranate, amstel light, corona extra, corona light, dos equis lager, fosters, heineken, landshark, pacifico, red stripe, rolling rock, stella artois.

That's a lot of the exact same thing.

They serve Pepsi products.

They do have a large patio, and have live entertainment.

CU Mardi Gras

It's Fat Tuesday, where are you gonna go?

Radio Maria has Uptown Mardi Gras party. Featuring Jazz, Blues, and Funk, with Sazeracs, Gin Fizzes, Pimm’s Cup and Whiskey. Feel like you are at the Mapleleaf in New Orleans!

Seven Saints will be featuring Hurricanes and other Mardi Gras drinks.

Jupiters at the Crossing will be serving Jambalaya and Chicken Gumbo, also $4 Hurricanes.

Fat City will be hosting the No Secret Band, at 6pm.

I'm sure there are more, and if you go to the campus bars, or go to downtown Champaign, everyone will have beads available. Downtown Urbana bars will probably also be giving away beads.

The ones I'd trust most for authenticity would be Seven Saints (Andy used to live in New Orleans), Radio Maria (Jacob just got back), Jupiters at the Crossing (Chris used to live there).

I trust you earned those beads...