Slog - Comments on A Brand New Pony http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony I don't know from liquor licenses and leases and derelict fast-food-franchise locations. But I do know from fags and gay bars. And every invert I know is still mourning the untimely demise of Pony, the late, great, trashy gay bar/temporary instillation that occupied the old Cha Cha space on Pine Street for a few glorious months. (Pony was always supposed to be temporary; the block was coming down before the bar opened. Pony's demise was untimely because an empty lot now stands, and has stood for months, on the spot where Pony—and Manray and Kincora's and Bus Stop, etc.—once... Copyright 2008 Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:21:09 -0800 Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:13:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Brilliant!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140607 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140607 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:29:05 -0800 Comment by The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver Why can't The Stranger buy it and make it their official bar? I mean, Vice owns a pub in London. Why not?

]]> The Artist Formerly Known As Sigourney Beaver http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140609 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140609 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:31:29 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger And it will flop just like Timberline II!!

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140612 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140612 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:36:29 -0800 Comment by jrrrl OMG. I never went to the original Pony but would go to this one in a heartbeat, especially if they kept all the furniture. It would make BILLIONS.

If only we had a wealthy gay icon in the neighborhood who could make this happen?!

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140614 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:36:52 -0800 Comment by Spalding What's an "invert"?

I already checked urban dictionary and it didn't make any sense, either.

]]> Spalding http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140616 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140616 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:38:38 -0800 Comment by Scottie Yahtzee I heard the Jack in the Box was making a triumphant return to the Hill in that spot.....

]]> Scottie Yahtzee http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140624 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:42:13 -0800 Comment by chaosbound If this happens, the special drink of the house should be called the "Colonel's cock."

]]> chaosbound http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140628 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140628 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:43:57 -0800 Comment by sometimesposter I had heard a rumor that Jack in the Box was going to open at the old KFC spot.

]]> sometimesposter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140629 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140629 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:44:48 -0800 Comment by Greg Yeah, unfortunately I haven't got $75,000 to sink into a sleazy gay bar, so I'm gonna have to pass.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140632 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140632 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:47:47 -0800 Comment by treacle Ooo! Ooo! Can we put two-way mirrors in the windows looking out to the street?
THAT would be swoony...
Can I bartend there please? I wanna flirt with the trashy ponies too...

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140640 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140640 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:54:23 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I'd rather have the Jack-in-the-Box.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140641 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:55:09 -0800 Comment by Andie I would definately go now that I'm back in Town! Set it up Pony Girls and Boys!

]]> Andie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140651 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:03:52 -0800 Comment by DanFan @10 That is such a great idea. If Dan or Tim Keck make this happen they just may win president on write-ins alone. There's no way this would not be a mega-hit and profitable as well.

Imagine the election party and the weekly Slog Happies.

]]> DanFan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140653 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140653 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:05:42 -0800 Comment by COMTE Four words:

DRUNK INDOOR PAINT-BALL!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140665 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:12:26 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell @Napolean -- Did you not enjoy Pony? It was the most fun I've had in a gay bar in 15 years.

Brilliant idea, Dan.

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140725 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140725 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:54:20 -0800 Comment by bradlesb When I see an open space on the Hill I think "PONY!". It will never happen but everytime I walk by the old KFC I still think "PONY!"

]]> bradlesb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140746 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140746 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:13:25 -0800 Comment by Non ELAINE: What about ponies? What kind of abnormal animal is that? And those kids who had their own ponies..

JERRY: I know, I hated those kids. In fact, I hate anyone that ever had a pony when they were growing up.

MANYA: ..I had a pony.

(The room is dead quiet)

JERRY: ..Well, I didn't really mean a pony, per se.

MANYA: (Angry) When I was a little girl in Poland, we all had ponies. My sister had pony, my cousin had pony, ..So, what's wrong with that?

JERRY: Nothing. Nothing at all. I was just merely expressting..

HELEN: Should we have coffee? Who's having coffee?

MANYA: He was a beautiful pony! And I loved him.

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140805 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:56:14 -0800 Comment by Non ^ youtube

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140806 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140806 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:58:03 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It was my understanding that Pony was supposed to evoke the seedy NYC gay bars of the 90s, not the greasy KFC bars of the 2000s.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140820 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140820 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:19:42 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV 70s. Seventies.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140821 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:20:42 -0800 Comment by Andrew The Jack in the Box thing fell through. It's not going in, no matter what the local blogs are saying.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140862 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140862 Homo Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:18:25 -0800 Comment by danrand Drive-thru glory holes!

]]> danrand http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140970 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_brand_new_pony#c1140970 Homo Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:13:40 -0800