Place #2: Cat's Eye!

The Cat's Eye Pub, locally referred to as "Cat's," is a radiant pub that caters to all types of people. It's the type of place that you can chill on a Saturday night with a group of your friends, or a Monday night with the local crowd! You can show up alone and make life-long friends :-) You will never be out alone when you are here; the guests, bands, bar-tenders, and owners are extremely hospitable and friendly.

It offers 40+ beers on tap; a variety of ales, stouts, and lagers. Favorites include: Oliver's Irish Red, Lentz Sun Wheat, Harp Lager, Oxford Raspberry Wheat, Frank Weiser, Smithwick's, Sierra Nevada, and of course your Stella, Sam Adam's, Amstel, Bud, Blue Moon, and Newcastle (among others). There is a limited selection for mixed drinks, however, but this is expected in a place like Cat's. We will not deduct points for this.

Cat's is located at 1730 Thames St at Thames and S Ann in the heart of Fells Point along the water. It is best known for its music; bands play 365 days a week!!! Blues, rock, funk, acoustic, folk, and jam-bands are mostly the genre of music you will find here. There are some bands that play quite regularly - including Nate Meyers & The Aces, which is a super funky blues band originally from Harrisburg, PA, (Check em out when they return to Cat's Eye on Oct 28th!), Bad Neighbors, a classic rock band that successfully rocks out doing covers of your favorite elementary school tunes (their next gig at Cat's is Sept 2nd!), and The Phil Conneff New Quartet, a smooth jazz group from the Baltimore area that plays every Monday nights with horns! 

Don't let the occasional homeless guy sitting on the stoop next to the entrance deter you from checking out this original joint. I'm not sure how many homeless dudes you know, but the ones I have met have impeccable taste in music. So, if anything, let the choice of their loitering spot be a statement to the success of the musicians that frequent Cat's Eye. And although the pub is best known for its blues, funk, and rock type tunes, they also bring in bands that play Salsa, Irish, Cajun, bluegrass, country, and acoustic. Because the pub provides daily music, they have an incredible opportunity to please the Fells crowd with a well-thought out mixtape of endless musical possibilities. Although most of the Cat's shows are free, some bands require a low cover for entrance - but this cover is solely to support the band, and thus, for a good cause. We won't deduct points for this either :-P

There is something unique about Cat's that I must share...

I met a friend here once upon a time; a friend named Jake - the Cat's Eye cat! He belongs to a local who frequently visits the joint, and he hangs out in his bike basket while his owner goes inside and gets down at the pub! This cool cat will vouch for the rockin scene this place offers, as he never leaves his basket, and can give you the real perspective on what all happens on a typical night at Cat's. And no matter how late of a night his owner makes it, he relaxes, stretches, and chills to the sound of the blues.

Jake: The Cat's Eye Cat!

So between the coolest cat Jake telling you to boogie down, and Yoda making the statement of "Go, you will. Try, you must," Cat's Eye Pub is a place that cannot be missed!
 
Check out their site for more info:

http://www.catseyepub.com/index.htm

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