Andrew P.
Yelp
I've been to Power Plant Live! a couple of times either when I or friends won happy hours. I haven't been in like a year.... but out of the blue, I got a notification that I won a bar crawl to hop between most of the spots! Since when have they done bar crawls? I was super excited! So I assembled my crew and we went.
I got there around 6... my first time going in the daytime. It's beautiful there in the daytime, I wish I could make it that early every time, but not with how I work in DC.... anyways, my first stop was Luckie's, where my email advertised complimentary appetizers until 7:00. Here, I learned that people just walk around with platters and allow you to just pick one piece off (finger food basically), so it was no way near enough to fill you... I still had to buy food. I only had one tiny piece of a quesadilla...nothing else came around. I wasn't upset though, because the quesadilla was worth buying, BUT I do think that they should clarify how the complimentary appetizers work, because I was expecting way more.
After leaving there I got my cup to drink unlimited, then went into the Leinenkugel's Beer Garden. It's a nice open place, but the service was super slow... I am fairly certain that our waitress was new, so I'll give her the benefit of the doubt on that. We also saw a mouse in there... The place IS pretty open so I don't know if that was a Baltimore mouse or a mouse exclusive to that place... either way, yikes.
After that, had an absolute blast in PBR because they had A BULL! I'd never ridden a mech bull before but I hope that footage doesn't see the light of day because I got pwned. Lastly was Mosaic, which got really live after the concert ended and we really enjoyed ourselves there too.
The best part about winning this bar crawl is that no one had to pay, and we all got free parking in Pier 5... it's a beautiful thing. All you have to do is say the host's name at the tent and give them your Pier V parking stub and you're good to go! Make friends... everything is better when it's free (or discounted).
Pros: Mechanical bull, environmental variety in different places, outdoor seating, free parking
Cons: EEK! A mouse, Slow service in Leinenkugel's, weak drinks