Anna K.
Yelp
**If you visit this pop-up bar this upcoming weekend, there's a good chance you may have to sign up online before arriving -- check on their website beforehand, just in case, so you're not disappointed if you can't get in!**
I've been to Deuce's and the Diamond Club several times over the years, so when I was waking by yesterday and noticed it'd been transformed into this magical St. Patrick's Day pop-up, I had to give it a try! I pulled up the Charm'd website as I walked up, because I know that a lot of these pop-up require tickets beforehand, but the site was being glitchy, so I just took a chance on getting in without a reservation. Luckily, the girl behind the check-in podium let me in as long as I gave them my email address. Plus, it was about 5:30 on the Thursday before St. Patrick's Day, so it wasn't insanely busy inside just yet!
There were a lot of ~Instagram pic opportunities~ in the courtyard where I entered, but I'm not really great at posing for photos and it was SO windy outside, so I trudged to the main building. I truly did enjoy the colors and lights as I walked through the entryway, but I was honestly more excited to sit down underneath giant gold coins and gaudy lights on the ceiling above my table as I drank beer!
I sat down and waited for my friend to arrive, and while I perused the menu, a sweet waitress came by and dropped off a mini skillet filled with Lucky Charms. I was immediately ~charmed~. I really like gaudy little touches like that, and this one got me good. I also ordered a pesto sandwich to eat (which I'd imagine is just something off the normal Deuce's menu and not something particularly made for the pop-up) and was brought water in a green Solo cup. I appreciated the bar's attention to detail to make everything as green as possible.
When my friend arrived, she ordered tater tots, and we each studied the menu even more closely because there were so many unique drink options to choose from. From colorful mega shakes (that are also available non-alcoholic), to cocktails crafted just for this pop-up, to Irish beer, of course, the drinking possibilities here are endless. Since we were headed to another event afterward, we both decided on each getting a flight of beer.
All of the options available for a beer flight were very Irish: a variation of Irish reds, stouts, and a classic Guinness, of course. The waitress was a little confused when she brought out our flight glasses, because they were all together on a single serving tray, but I think if they do this pop-up again, it may help to get those cute little wooden flight trays/boxes to help keep the beers organized and sort them according to how the customer should drink them (from light to dark, I think it is?). This wasn't an ~issue~, just a suggestion from my friend and I!
We really enjoyed ourselves and I think the quality of this pop-up was pretty high in comparison to a few others I've visited over the last year. There's an entire second floor that we didn't even take a look at because we didn't have too much time, but if this place has even more to offer than we experienced, I recommend stopping by if you can -- Charm'd will live at Deuce's and the Diamond Club through the end of March 2019! Woo!